On Tuesday, May 1, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) sponsored a Congressional briefing to present the findings of a new PSR/IPPNW report, Nuclear Famine: One Billion People at Risk, that demonstrates the devastating consequences of a limited nuclear exchange on climate and agriculture. The report's author, Dr. Ira Helfand, delivered the message that without decisive action towards nuclear abolition, more countries will develop nuclear weapons programs and the threat of a regional nuclear conflict will continue to increase.
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PSR doctors flew in to Washington from six states recently to present the Obama Administration with a petition signed by 850 health professionals voicing concern about the toxic dangers posed by unregulated coal ash disposal. The PSR doctors delivered the petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the President's Council on Environmental Quality and called for prompt release of a health-protective coal ash rule. The doctors also held a briefing for the Senate and met individually with key senators, urging them to defeat an amendment to the Transportation bill that would essentially ban the EPA from regulating toxic coal ash, now and in the future.
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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.
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.
More on Environment and Health »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.
More on Nuclear Weapons »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.
More on Safe Energy »An op-ed co-authored by PSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand on the danger of nuclear famine.
Source: CNNA brief in support of the newspapers was filed on behalf of Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility, and other groups.
Source: Business WeekEight PSR doctors, flying in to Washington from six states, will present the Obama Administration with a petition signed by 850 health professionals voicing their concern about the toxic dangers posed by unregulated coal ash disposal.
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