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Today, PSR is joining with dozens of organizations, representing millions of Americans, calling on the U.S. Senate to pass clean energy and climate legislation. Please tell your Senators that we can no longer delay action if we are to protect our health and the health of future generations from catastrophic climate change.
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.
More than a year after a Tennessee coal ash spill created one of the worst environmental disasters of its kind in U.S. history, the problem is seeping into several other states.
Source: Associated PressPSR Los Angeles Executive Director Martha Dina Arguello discusses the Toxies, an award ceremony for the most toxic chemicals to bring awareness to the public health dangers they pose.
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Draft of proposed op-ed article by Barbara Warren, MD, MPH and Eve Shapiro, MD Read more »
Bad Actor Chemicals: As Featured in the 2010 TOXIE Awards
Taking a page from the tobacco industry's playbook, the chemical industry attempts to cast doubt on the legitimate, peer-reviewed research that indicts toxic chemicals, and then pressures the government so that any action be taken with such deliberation that nothing ever happens. It is up to the public to fight back. The more people know about these "bad actors," the more they will insist that California’s Green Chemistry program be strong enough to phase out these chemicals quickly and replace them with safer products or processes. Read more »
Simply speaking about the hazards of coal or working as oppositionists is not enough. We must support the solutions. Read more »
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Questions? Feel free to ask: spsr.national@gmail.com
The Clean Air Act over the past 40 years has provided effective means of limiting dangerous air pollutants and has saved countless lives. Now, the Clean Air Act and with it the EPA Endangerment Finding are under attack. To protect our nation's health and the world we need your help!
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to use the Clean Air Act to require the heaviest polluters to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide. The polluters that would be affected are new (or modified) huge factories and coal-fired power plants. Requiring them to control their own pollution is fair and highly beneficial to health: It will help protect us from the worst consequences of global warming, while reducing the toxic pollutants from coal combustion that damage our hearts, lungs, and brains.
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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