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    PSR Leaders Testify at EPA Hearings on Health Impacts of Global Warming

    The Environmental Protection Agency has made an endangerment finding making it clear that greenhouse gas emissions must be regulated in order to control global warming and protect human health. Last week, PSR leaders applauded the finding and encouraged the EPA to act.

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  • PSR Honors Queen Noor of Jordan

    Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordon, receiving the PSR-LA 2009 Healing the Planet award from PSR National Field Director Ira Shorr. Queen Noor received the award for her myriad efforts to safeguard the environment and eliminate nuclear weapons. 

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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.

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  • Social Justice

    Social Justice

    Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, PSR seeks to protect human life worldwide from the impact of social injustice and structural violence.  The root causes of social injustice are many and include the widening gaps between rich and poor, the unequal distribution of resources, discrimination, and the disenfranchisement of individuals and groups from the political process. PSR’s current core areas of Environment and Health and Global Security have direct connections to social justice issues.

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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 and Health

PSR’s Environment and Health Program addresses an array of environmental health issues relevant to health professionals and concerned citizens in the United States and around the globe.

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Safe Energy

The Safe Energy program focuses on protecting public health, taxpayer dollars, and national security by preventing the construction of expensive, dirty, and dangerous new nuclear reactors.

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Latest News & Events

  • Energy & Weapons in 2009: Assuring a Sustainable, Nuclear-Free Future
    June 10, 2009

    The environmental and human cost of the nuclear arms race has been staggering, with large areas of this country uninhabitable due to radiation leaks and contamination. To achieve the peace and climate stability required to reverse global warming the U.S. government must abandon its fascination with nuclear chain reactions. But does President Obama understand that nuclear energy thwarts our chances to heal the planet?

Latest Resources

  • Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging Report Download

    Healthy Aging is really about healthy living. This new report offers the most comprehensive review of the currently available research on the lifetime influences of environmental factors on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and their relation to a range of other chronic diseases. Read more »

  • Shock and Awe Hits Home

    The military operational costs of the war in Iraq, now greater than $500 billion, have surpassed those for the entire Vietnam conflict. These escalating operational costs are alarming, yet the long-term public health costs will be much greater. Read more »

  • Generations at RiskGenerations at Risk Generations at Risk

    Of the more than 80,000 synthetic chemicals in commercial use today, only a small fraction have been adequately examined for toxic effects in humans and other life forms. Read more »

Preventing What We Cannot Cure

Physicians for Social Responsibility is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and the toxic degradation of the environment.

Latest Action

Please contact your Congressional Representatives and ask them to voice their support for President Obama's vision of a nuclear weapons free world and the steps we need to take to get there.

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In the Spotlight

PSR-LA is proud to honor Dr. Jose Quiroga with our 2009 Socially Responsible Medicine Award. He will be honored at Heroes for Health - PSR-LA's 2009 Annual Gala Dinner on Sunday, June 7 in Los Angeles.