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Just in time for the Oscars, PSR-LA held its own red carpet event on March 3, 2010. The Toxies, a tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony presented by PSR-LA with Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE), shone a spotlight on "Bad Actor" chemicals, making the case for their immediate retirement. There are an estimated 80,000 chemicals in use. Many have been linked to cancer, birth defects, reproductive impacts and other health problems that are costing our nation upwards of $5 billion a year in health care costs.
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PSR Board Member Dr. Ira Helfand spoke at a teach-in to over 300 people, including members of the Vermont legislature, in Brattleboro, VT on February 21, 2010 to discuss the threats to human health posed by the Vermont Yankee reactor. The Vermont Yankee reactor was under consideration for a 20-year license extension, which was voted down overwhelmingly (26-4) on February 24, 2010 by the Vermont Senate.
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PSR Executive Director Dr. Peter Wilk and Director of Environment and Health Programs Kristen Welker-Hood, ScD MSN RN, spoke at a Congressional briefing hosted by Senator Boxer (CA) supporting EPA authority. Wilk and Welker-Hood denounced the efforts of Senator Murkowski (AK) to overturn the scientific findings of the EPA, finalized in December 2009, that carbon pollution endangers public health. Dr. Wilk stated that "this brazen attempt to block EPA authority to implement life-saving regulations is unacceptable." Read more » |
Physicians for Social Responsibility released a groundbreaking medical report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health," which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. This report looks at the cumulative harm inflicted by those pollutants on three major body organ systems: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system. The report also considers coal’s contribution to global warming, and the health implications of global warming. Download the report »
The report garnered media coverage coast to coast and internationally. Read more about our successful media release »
The nuclear weapons danger is real and growing: nuclear terrorism, proliferation, and thousands of weapons still on hair-trigger alert in the United States and Russia. Fortunately, there also are new opportunities to eliminate this threat.
Read More »Toxics and global warming create pervasive threats to health. PSR responds via chemical policy reform, climate policy advocacy, practitioner education, and “Code Black,” a campaign to reduce pollution and global warming.
Read More »The Safe Energy program focuses on protecting public health, taxpayer dollars, and national security by preventing the construction of expensive, dirty, and dangerous new nuclear reactors.
Read More »It's deadly, it’s America's second-biggest river of industrial waste, and it’s barely regulated. Read Jeff Goodell, noted author of Big Coal, on coal ash.
Source: Rolling StonePSR met recently with the Office of Management and Budget to urge it to review and release a proposed EPA rule that would tighten up the handling of toxic coal ash.
More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.
Source: Associated PressJoin health advocates and environmentalists in a discussion of the future of Oregon, our health and our environment.
Registration opens TONIGHT at midnight (March 9 12:01 AM). Join WPSR on a Hanford Public Tour!
Registration for the 2010 Hanford Public Tours will begin at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Join WPSR for a roadtrip out to Hanford!
PSR Reports: Spring 2010
Inside this issue: PSR makes the medical case against coal, the need for chemical reform, President Obama's risky nuclear loan guarantees, a dangerous nuclear power plant in Vermont, nuclear disarmament challenges and opportunities, and more. Read more »
Projected US Casualties and Destruction of US Medical Services From Attacks by Russian Nuclear Forces
The number of direct, short term casualties and collateral damage to US medical services were calculated for two thermonuclear attack scenarios: 1) 2,000 Russian warheads believed to be on high alert status today; and 2) a future Russian force of 500 warheads targeted in response to the deployment of a US National Missile Defense (NMD) system. The first scenario would cause 52 million prompt fatalities, 9 million injuries, and massive destruction of US health facilities. The second scenario produces more than 100 million casualties. Even with an effective US NMD system—defined as capable of successfully interception more than 100 warheads—nearly 70 million fatalities would occur. Read more »
Coal's Assault on Human Health
Physicians for Social Responsibility has released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human Health,” which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. This report looks at the cumulative harm inflicted by those pollutants on three major body organ systems: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system. The report also considers coal’s contribution to global warming, and the health implications of global warming. Read more »
Physicians for Social Responsibility is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and the toxic degradation of the environment.
Putting millions of Americans needlessly at risk from poisonous chemicals at chemical plants is unacceptable. Tell your Senators to support health-protective chemical security legislation.
Dr. Barbara Warren and PSR members are walking the talk in Arizona: educating the community on the human and environmental threat of coal fired power plants, engaging activists and elected officials in work to promote energy alternatives, and serving on government bodies working to make changes. For tips on best practices for coal advocacy, check out Walking the Talk: Eclipsing Coal by Advocating for Sustainable Alternatives.
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