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 »

On the 26th of September in 1983 one man, a Russian officer whose name is Stanislav Petrov showed so much civil courage that he was later called "the man who saved the world." Read more »
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The People’s Climate March made history as the world’s largest demonstration on climate – and PSR was there to help. Read more »
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Fish can play an important part in a healthy diet. But certain fish are safer to eat than others, due to toxic pollutants such as mercury. Read more »
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This summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held four public hearings on the Clean Power Plan, its proposed rule to set limits on carbon emissions from power plants. However, no hearings were held in or even close to Iowa, a particularly coal-intensive state relative to its low population. Read more »

The anniversaries of the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki provide a “teachable moment” on one of the gravest health threats of our era: the world’s arsenals of over 17,000 nuclear weapons. Read more »
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Western North Carolina’s PSR Chapter participated in the Veterans for Peace 29th Annual Convention in Asheville, NC. Read more »
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Recently the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee on Oversight and the Environment held a joint hearing to discuss the status of reforms to EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). What is IRIS and how is the public’s health impacted by this program? Read more »

Dr. Susan Katz, Oregon PSR board President, provided the medical voice at a recent press conference announcing a new bill to phase out the worst of the worst toxic chemicals. Read more »

Sixty-nine years ago, mushroom clouds rose over major population centers for the first (and fortunately, only) time in the history of warfare. Read more »
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Twenty-four brave, young activists, representing 10 countries, will cycle through Kazakhstan to show their solidarity with the victims and survivors of nuclear weapons, nuclear testing, uranium mining, nuclear energy and nuclear accidents in the past 70 years. Read more »
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Just about every week, a new study shows the connection between toxic chemicals and adverse health outcomes. Read more »
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President Obama, in a phone call with health organizations including PSR's national office, used a health frame to frame the importance of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s newly proposed rule to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. Read more »
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PSR applauds the unveiling of the draft carbon rule for existing power plants. Upon implementation, this new standard will immediately protect the lives and health of those who live downwind from dirty power plants. Read more »
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I hate to tell you, but it may be because of climate change. Read more »

Nine countries, mainly the United States and Russia, possess 17,000 nuclear weapons, many of which are hundreds of times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki almost 70 years ago. Read more »

Your doctors are worried about your health―in fact, about your very survival. Read more »

PSR condemned the proposed Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA), saying “CICA fails to reduce exposures to hazardous chemicals in our air, water, and consumer products, and it does nothing to protect the health of vulnerable populations.” Read more »
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