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  • Food Matters: Becoming an Effective Advocate for Healthy Food Policy

    Registration is now open for Food Matters, a training designed to assist clinical audiences in advocating for healthier and more sustainable food systems.

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  • Oregon PSR's Latest News and Events: The Folded Crane Summer 2013 Edition

    In this issue are articles on Senator Wyden’s flawed nuclear waste bill, public health threats posed by coal exports through our region, our efforts to improve agricultural production practices and to promote healthier air, and an invitation to join us for Hiroshima, Nagasaki, & Hanford: A Tragic Connection on August 6th.

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  • Robert McCullough Studies the Economics of Retiring the Columbia Generating Station Nuclear Plant at Hanford

    Oregon and Washington PSR have commissioned the noted economist to study the true costs of the Columbia Generating Station nuclear power plant at Hanford.

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  • Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

    Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (Oregon PSR) works to eliminate the gravest threats to human health and survival and to create a healthy, just and peaceful world for all. We work at the local, state, national and international levels to abolish nuclear weapons, stop the toxic degredation of our environment, guarantee safe and sustainable foods, and slow, stop and reverse the effects of global warming by bringing a unique medical, public health and scientific perspective to these threats. We welcome concerned members of the community who share our mission and goals to join us.

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Focus Areas

  • Peace

    Oregon PSR works to end the threat of nuclear weapons, educate about the health effects of war and encourage young people to consider their role in creating a peaceful future through our peace writing contest.

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  • Environmental Health

    We are exposed to toxicants in the environment every day, through eating, drinking, inhaling, or absorbing them. More than 4 billion pounds of Toxic Release Inventory chemicals were emitted in 2006 in the United States, with nearly 10 million pounds emitted in Oregon.

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  • HCWH Logo Healthy Food Program

    The Oregon Health Care Without Harm Program works with Oregon healthcare facilities on sustainability and greening of buildings and operations. Program areas include sustainable food systems, clinical advocacy and sustainable hospitals.

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  • Nuclear Power

    Current goals for the Washington and Oregon PSR Joint Nuclear Power Task Force include closing the Columbia Generating Station, the Northwest's only remaining nuclear power plant, and blocking construction of new nuclear power plants in our region.

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  • Coal's Assault on Human Health

    Oregon PSR is working to prevent the state of Oregon from promoting or facilitating any coal export infrastructure or related transportation in our state. We understand the significant risks to human health posed by these massive proposed coal shipments across our state and through our communities.

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Resources

  • Don't Bank on the Bomb Report

    Don’t Bank on the Bomb is the first major global report on the financing of companies that manufacture, modernize and maintain nuclear weapons and their delivery vehicles. It identifies more than 300 banks, insurance companies, pension funds and asset managers from 30 countries that invest significantly in 20 major nuclear weapons producers. Read more »

  • Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit 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 »

Contact

Kelly Campbell, Executive Director
812 SW Washington Street, Suite 1050
Portland, Oregon 97205
503-274-2720