Eighteen chapter leaders gathered recently for a dynamic two days of networking, strategizing and learning. Joined by national staff and meeting under the banner “Collaborating for a Stronger PSR,” the leaders focused on improving their recruitment of health professionals, building membership and tapping the talents of others in the network. The group welcomed several new faces, including two executive directors. The meeting took place in downtown Chicago.
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Join PSR New York City, former PSR leader Dr. Helen Caldicott, and others speaking out for a safer future; transparency about radiation danger in Japan; proliferation danger; and the Indian Point nuclear reactors near New York City.
At a news conference today, three leading U.S. experts voiced concerns regarding the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. PSR’s President-Elect Dr. Andrew Kanter warned that the dangers associated with radiation exposure to the people in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture are being minimized and that “exposing non-consenting people, especially children, to these increased health risks is medically unacceptable.” These experts also cautioned that the U.S. response, thus far, has been inadequate to prevent a similar nuclear catastrophe from happening in the U.S. and urged faster action to address the danger.
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Coal's Assault on America's Health - Coal-fired power plants are the leading global warming culprit in the U.S., accounting for more than 30 percent of our nation's carbon dioxide emissions. They also are one of the nation's largest sources of air pollutants that damage cardiovascular and respiratory health.
Read Entire Article »PSR New York City has endorsed a proposed bill in New York State that would prohibit health professionals from participating in torture of prisoners.
PSR board member Dr. Andy Kanter will speak on the dangers of nuclear power during this telephone press briefing.
Source: Digital Journal"The actual faults underlying the Indian Point plant are more likely to produce a [magnitude 6] earthquake according to L-D Earth Observatory," said Dr. Andrew Kanter, president-elect of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which has campaigned to close Indian Point.
Source: NYU Washington Square NewsMake a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Tell President Obama to abolish the Nuclear Loan Guarantee Program.
Thank President Obama for his courageous and health-protecting decision not to permit construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »
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