Reserve your free tickets to see Countdown to Zero, the new film about modern nuclear threats from the makers of An Inconvenient Truth. Read more
Please join us on Friday, August 6th, 2010 for "Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Create a Nuclear-Free Future". Read more
Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. PSR is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment. PSR is the U.S. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize.
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 four 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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Global Warming
Oregon PSR supports the goal of 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emission by the year 2050, a level called for by atmospheric scientists who are the most involved in studying the problem.
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Campaign for Safe Food
The Oregon chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility initiated the Campaign for Safe Food October 1, 2003.
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Health Care Without Harm 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.
More on Health Care Without Harm Program »Full article of Minimizing Waste, Opposing Incineration, Promoting Sustainability by Joseph Miller, PhD from Spring 2010 Folded Crane
Oregon PSR Board Member Joseph Miller's No Plasma Gasification op-ed, April 15th issue
Source: The Oregonian
Remember Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Create a Nuclear-Free Future
Join us in commemorating the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Join us in building a healthy environment and promoting sensible security policies. Make a donation to PSR Oregon today
Make your voice heard on Hanford
Contact Breyers and Dreyer’s ice cream asking them to go rBGH-free
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 »
Minimize Waste, Oppose Incineration
Joseph Miller, PhD Read more »