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  • Slow Food for Bhopal

    Join the students from the UW School of Medicine & Public Health at Slow Food for Bhopal on Monday, November 28, 6:30 – 8:00 PM at The Crossing, (1127 University Ave., Madison). The event will feature locally-sourced Indian cuisine and a performance by UW School of Bhangra.  $5.00 per person at the door and donations for the Chingari Trust Rehab Center in Bhopal will be accepted all evening.

    Click here for a map to The Crossing   See you there!

     

     

  • Code Black

    Dr. Bruce Barrett explains the health impacts of pollutants from coal-fired generation at the Madison 350.org event at Brittingham Park. These pollutants were in the news again as toxic coal ash from the Oak Creek Power Plant ended up in Lake Michigan when a bluff collapsed on Nov. 2. The toxic ash, dating back to the 1950's and 60's had been used as land fill. For more information about the health impacts of coal ash toxins the water supply,

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  • Wisconsin Medical Students Screen Tar Sands Documentary

    University of Wisconsin Student PSR hosted a screening of Downstream, a compelling account of physician Dr. John O'Connor's efforts to sound the alarm about the health and environmental damage suffered by a small community near the Canadian tar sands. The short film illustrates the risks and benefits of patient advocacy as a health provider. Wisconsin medical students Joel Charles and Jasmine Wiley organized the event.
    Watch the 33-minute video here »

  • Collaborating for a Stronger PSR

    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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Focus Areas

  • 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.

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  • Environment & 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.

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  • Carbon-Free, Nuclear Free Wisconsin

    Wisconsin can build an energy future that gives us affordable power, creates jobs and improves our environment. So why gamble on costly nuclear reactors that generate radioactive waste? Wisconsin can be carbon free and nuclear free -- if we demand it!

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  • Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit 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 »

Contact

Pam Kleiss - Executive Director
2712 Marshall Court, Suite 2
Madison, Wisconsin 53705
608-232-9945 (o)