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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Physicians for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit educational organization, combines the power of concerned and active citizens with the knowledge and credibility of physicians and other health professionals to promote public policies that protect human health from the threats of nuclear war and other weapons of mass destruction, global environmental degradation, the epidemic of gun violence, and other social injustices in our society today.
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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 »SF Bay Area PSR has joined environmental and social justice organizations in California and across the country to call attention to the threat to public health from global warming to the proliferation of pollutants in our air, land, and water.
More on Environmental Work »Since we cannot cure the effects of nuclear war, we must act now to prevent it.
More on National & Global Security »PSR believes that there is a national epidemic of gun violence that demands our attention. We must act now to arrest easy access to firearms and reduce the tragedy of domestic violence.
More on Social Justice & Violence Prevention »"I think this is the most energized and inspiring group of people I have been around," said Lucia Sayre, co-chair of the HFHC program and Co-Director, Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Source: The Sacramento Bee"What we have found with our trainings is if clinicians are given more information about these topics....."
Source: New York TimesSF PSR co-executive director Lucia Sayre has co-authored an article in Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy, on chemicals in the food system. In it she provides an overview of how our industrialized food system contributes to adverse reproductive and developmental health impacts.
Source: Health AffairsAs events in Japan continue to unfold, PSR is deeply concerned about the public health threat posed by the damaged nuclear reactors.
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