Sacramento

Collaborating for a Stronger PSR

Eighteen chapter leaders gathered in Chicago last September 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.
Click Here
Code Black

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 »

Focus Areas

Environment and Health
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 »
Nuclear Weapons
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 »
Safe Energy
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 »
Social Justice
Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, PSR seeks to protect human life worldwide from the impact of social injustice and structural violence.
More on Social Justice »

PSR chapters speak out at EPA hearings on particulate matter
July 23, 2012

PSR chapters on both coasts testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently, calling for stricter national air quality standards on toxic particulate matter air pollution.
Join fight for cleaner air in EPA proposal
July 18, 2012

An op-ed from PSR Sacramento President Dr. Harry Wang.
Source: Sacramento Bee
Physicians for Social Responsibility Honors Ten Students
May 3, 2011

On May 1st, 2011, the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility hosted the 2011 Scholarship Essay Contest Finals at the Dante Club in Sacramento.
Source: The Sacramento Press

Print This Page

Re: A willingness to lead
Tell Congress to approve a budget that pushes the Administration to make a bold reduction in our nuclear arsenal.
Time to face up to climate change
Write President Obama and your Members of Congress, telling them we need to invest in clean, safe, carbon-free fuels like solar, wind and geothermal.

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 »