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The future of the disarmament agenda is on the line now as New START ratification moves forward in the US Senate.
Student PSR believes that individual and community health are intrinsically linked to the health of the environment; in order to improve our own health, we develop a more sustainable relationship with the environment. As health professionals in training, we are in a unique position to highlight the medical problems caused by environmental degradation. Through education and advocacy, SPSR addresses a wide range of environmental issues at the local, regional and national level.
The Medical Alliance has collected over 800 signatures on the Call to Action Petition. The petition calls on our Congress and Administration to take immediate action on climate change, given the medical and public health consequences. Click here to sign.
Focus the Nation:
Focus the Nation was an effort to have national symposia on global warming held all over the country - simultaneously - on January 31st, 2008. These symposia were held at university campuses in addition to other sites. On this day, local, state and federal politicians were invited to participate in symposia.
Power Shift:
This conference, which focused on global warming, took place Nov. 2nd - 5th at the University of Maryland, College Park. Amber Moore, an MD/MPH student at OHSU, served as a student PSR delegate.
An op-ed from PSR Board President Dr. Jeff Patterson on the need for regulation.
Source: Southtown Star (lllinois)Washington PSR President Steven Gilbert discusses a recent Washington state coal agreement in this op-ed.
Source: The News Tribune (Washington state)More Environment & Health News>>
(August 2010) A translation of the scathing report issued by former French government official, Francois Roussely, on EDF, the fissures in the French nuclear industry and the dismal prospects for the EPR reactor design. Read more »
Coal Ash Toxics: Damaging to Human Health
The toxic substances found in coal ash can inflict grave damage to the human body and the environment. These substances have been shown to escape from some coal ash disposal sites, contaminating the air, land, surface waters, and/or underground aquifers that feed drinking water wells. Read more »
Coal Ash: Hazardous to Human Health
Coal ash is the waste that is left after coal is combusted (burned). It includes fly ash (fine powdery particles that are carried up the smoke stack and captured by pollution control devices) as well as coarser materials that fall to the bottom of the furnace. Most coal ash comes from coal-fired electric power plants. Read more »
Regulating Coal Ash: Choosing a Policy that will Protect Human Health
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going to promulgate new rules for the disposal of coal combustion wastes, or coal ash. Currently the EPA is presenting two different options for how coal ash would be disposed, and is accepting citizen comments on them. PSR strongly urges its members to submit comments in support of “Subtitle C.” Read more »
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Questions? Feel free to ask: spsr.national@gmail.com
Coal ash is toxic, widespread, and leaking. Tell the EPA today that this problem requires effective, mandatory federal regulation.
We can lower carbon pollution by fully implementing the Clean Air Act. Don't let dirty fossil fuel industries pressure members of Congress to tie the EPA's hands and place profits before health.
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 »
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