The federal budget request was released on time this year (for the first time in many years) on Feb. 2, 2015. Not surprisingly, the biggest chunk of our money is going to defense spending – roughly $534.3 billion out of the total one trillion dollar budget request. Read more »
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Flu and cold season is upon us. For parents of young children, this time of year can be trying- endless colds, fevers, and sleepless nights. Products espousing to kill cold and flu germs can be particularly tantalizing. Read more »
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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists breaking news: It’s 3 minutes to midnight. Do you know where your nukes are? PSR members work the media in our race against time to save the world from climate change and nuclear weapons. Read more »

The Iran Talks have already made significant progress by placing a temporary freeze on Iran’s nuclear program through the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA). The current negotiations are to ensure a permanent resolution to the problem. Read more »

Many people know that Martin Luther King Jr. advocated an end to discrimination and a path to equality. What many people don’t know is that he also advocated PSR’s message of disarmament! Dr. King dedicated a paragraph of his 1964 Nobel Prize Speech to the issue of nuclear weapons. Read more »
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Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) have been in use for more than 60 years. These chemicals are applied as water-, soil- and stain-resistant coatings for clothing and other textiles and grease-resistant coatings for food wrapping materials. They have been linked to cancer, immunotoxicity and birth defects. Read more »

History will show that the struggle to abolish nuclear weapons turned a corner this month. A global drumbeat calling for nuclear weapons abolition has been building since 2010 and reached a load roar December 6 to 9 in Vienna. Read more »
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The deadline for a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program was extended from Nov. 24th until July 1st, 2015. This is great news since it allows more time to let diplomacy work. However, there are hardliners in Congress who would like to add additional sanctions against Iran in the hopes of pressuring them to accept an agreement. Read more »

PSR’s Executive Director Catherine Thomasson and IPPNW’s Co-President Ira Helfand "worked the aisles" and witnessed the exciting and historic outcome of the Vienna conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons. Read more »

Chemical fragrances are added to a wide range of products including shampoos, soaps, makeup, candles and toys. Read more »
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On Saturday and Sunday, December 6 and 7, more than 600 campaigners gathered in Vienna in the largest ever civil society meeting on the abolition of nuclear weapons, the Vienna Civil Society Forum, organized by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Read more »

Four months ago, I was traveling across the Kazakh steppe by plane, train and bike with fellow students and young physicians from around the world. Two weeks ago, I was watching a 1987 documentary with fellow Washingtonians at our local Busboys and Poets, a community center for social transformation and delicious eats. Read more »

On Friday, November 7th, the U.S. Department of State announced to PSR and other disarmament groups that they WILL send an official delegation to participate in the third Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Conference on December 8-9, 2014. Read more »

The science is clear, the solutions are outlined. IPCC’s authoritative report says humanity’s healthy existence is on the line. Our fossil fueled system is causing climate chaos and damaging our ability to feed and house ourselves. Read more »

The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War student movement has a history of spreading its message through bike tours in various regions around the world. This year, as PSR’s student coordinator, I worked with three other students—from Kazakhstan, Estonia, and India—to coordinate an International Peace Bike Tour in Kazakhstan. Read more »
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At Rendez-Vous Ottawa 2014, a cross-Atlantic mix of campaigners from many different organizations trained each other in advocacy techniques, strengthened alliances, and developed North American strategies. Read more »

The student PSR at Penn State Hershey started the school year with a PSR banquet at Harrisburg, PA and a lunch lecture featuring Patrick Bocco, the fundraising manager of CRY America. Read more »
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This month, we’d like to take a moment to recognize the outstanding achievements of our Western North Carolina chapter in the nuclear disarmament field. Read more »

Dr. Ira Helfand, representing PSR and IPPNW, has spearheaded the effort to amend the World Medical Association Statement on Nuclear Weapons adopted in October 1998. Read more »

Following on the heels of the "People's Climate March," PSR board member and past president Alan Lockwood, MD toured Canada to highlight the health implications and costs of coal combustion and to raise questions about carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), an experimental technology being tested now in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Read more »