The Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families coalition, a nationwide effort of diverse groups (including PSR), has published a report, The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act, that presents the science and economics supporting its position. The report draws primarily on five peer-reviewed publications that study and review the scientific literature, one of which is GBPSR's Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging report.
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Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility offers a series of seminal research reports on environmental health, a body of work that examines the influence of environmental exposures over the lifespan..... These reports have been used as the basis to educate over 10,000 health professionals at presentations and trainings throughout North America.
Ask the Researcher Forum is a valuable, interactive environmental health resource tool developed by the Boston University Superfund Research Program and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility to help bring "research to real life" by allowing readers to pose questions and have them answered by four expert researchers involved in the BUSRP.
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Somerville Community Access Television chose the Massachusetts Disarmament Action Network (DAN)'s 1/2 hour television roundtable video, "Getting to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World," as one of three nominations for a "Best of 2009" award in the Informational category.
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Health and Environment Projects
GBPSR has been a leader on environmental health issues for over 16 years, effectively working through publications, trainings, and presentations to educate the medical community, policy makers, and the public about the health consequences of a range of environmental factors.
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Health, Peace and Security Projects
Since its founding in the late 70s, GBPSR members have been committed to preventing the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons, to educate on the public health dimensions of war and militarism, and to support policies that work for peace and global disarmament.
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Free Online Continuing Education Course for Health Professionals on Pediatric Environmental Health
GBPSR teamed up with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry's (ATSDR) Division of Toxicology and Environmental Medicine and the University of California - San Francisco Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit to create this FREE online 1 1/2 hour CE course for health professionals.
More on Free Online Continuing Education Course for Health Professionals on Pediatric Environmental Health »Read Amelia Hass' new "From Research to Real Life" series article and find out more!
Healthy People, Healthy Planet 3-part lecture series taped for University of Delaware Nursing School Course
GBPSR's Jill Stein MD recently taped a 3-part, 1 1/2 hour lecture for a University of Delaware Nursing School course titled Healthy People, Healthy Planet, soon to be available on our web site.
Volunteers Needed! BU School of Public Health Flame Retardant Exposure Study (FlaRE)
Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health are studying exposure to chemicals such as PBDEs in the indoor environment. Learn more about volunteering for FlaRE, the Flame Retardant Exposure Study.
Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) was one of the first chapters of PSR, an organization known as "the active conscience of the medical community."
For nearly 50 years, GBPSR has been working to prevent the use and proliferation of nuclear weapons, and address the health effects of militarism. We have become a national leader on environmental health issues, producing seminal reports, continuing medical education courses, and clinical tools. About GBPSR »
Join us in building a healthy environment and promoting sensible security policies. Make a donation to Greater Boston PSR today.
Healthy Aging is really about healthy living. This new report offers the most comprehensive review of the currently available research on the lifetime influences of environmental factors on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and their relation to a range of other chronic diseases. Read more »
The list of organizations in the Healthy Living Resources guide is not exhaustive, but we hope it will provide some starting points for you. Read more »