Student Physicians for Social Responsibility

SPSR Student Leaders Summit

Student physicians met in Washington, DC for trainings in medical advocacy.
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Student Physicians for Social Responsibility

Student PSR is an organization of physicians and medical students working to stop global warming and end the nuclear threat.

Student PSR membership is free for students, so join today. You will receive electronic "Action Alerts" that allow you to quickly take action on current legislation as well as Student PSR reports and emails that will keep you connected to student events across the nation.

Focus Areas

Nuclear Weapons
SPSR's Nuclear Weapons Program aims towards promoting peace and nuclear abolition. Click here to read on for updates and resources.
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Environment & Health
SPSR asserts a strong medical voice through education and advocacy to slow, stop, and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment. Read more.
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Social Justice
Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, SPSR seeks to protect human life wordwide from the impact of social injustice and structural violence.
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Day 2

Posted by Craig Levoy on August 26, 2010

The morning starts early with a Plenary entitled “Uranium and Environment.” The first presenter discusses nuclear medicine. Primarily, he focuses on the fact that traditionally nuclear medicine has used the same type of Uranium that is necessary for building a nuclear weapon (the so-called Highly Enriched Uranium, or HEU). However, he explains that recently, thanks to pressure from groups like PSR/IPPNW, most medical facilities around the world have switched to the non-weapons grade Uranium (LEU), without any deficit in patient care. Read more »

Students to UI: Stop burning coal
May 6, 2010

Student PSR and other groups at the University of Iowa are urging the school to stop burning coal at the campus power plant.
Source: Iowa City Press Citizen
PSR Board President Conveys Message to the White House: Protect the Clean Air Act
April 22, 2010

PSR Board President Jeff Patterson, DO, carried a strong health message to the White House today about the need for action on climate change to protect the health of all Americans. Attending the President’s Earth Day reception, Dr. Patterson stated that “The health of Americans requires that we reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the safest, most immediate way possible.”
PSR Supports Newly Introduced Safe Chemicals Act, Seeks Improvement before Enactment
April 21, 2010

Physicians for Social Responsibility supports the “Safe Chemicals Act of 2010,” introduced last week by Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush. The long-awaited, landmark legislation would overhaul the way the federal government protects the public from toxic chemicals.

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