Tell President Obama to cancel the Vogtle Loan Guarantee! We don’t want or need new nuclear reactors and we don’t think that taxpayers should be on the hook to support a mature industry.
PSR/Kansas City is leading a coalition aimed at stopping the construction of a nuclear weapons parts plant in their community. The innovative organizing by PSR staff Ann Suellentrop, MSRN and Alicia Dressman is inspiring activists all over the nation and the world. As part of their campaign, they have collected thousands of signatures - enough to put this issue before the voters of Kansas City. Read more on this ballot initiative.
Also, don't miss this short video of PSR Board member Ira Helfand, MD speaking during a recent 1 More 4 Zero tour in KC to a crowd of 400 at the local Occupy protest.
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International Atomic Energy Association has released a report that details Iran’s ongoing pursuit of a dual-use nuclear program.
As some in the U.S. react with aggressive posturing, PSR
recognizes that threatening Iran with a military attack only further
empowers Iranian hard-liners. An air strike on Iran would have enormous
human costs and would likely plunge the
entire Middle East into further chaos and violence, disrupting public
health services and putting the well-being of thousands more civilians
at risk. An attack on Iran would validate the arguments of those in Iran
that support nuclear weapons acquisition for security reasons. The
U.S. must continue to engage Iran diplomatically and help create a more
stable and peaceful Middle East region. Read more »
Also see our in-depth study on the health impacts of an attack on Iran.
PSR is a featured partner in a brand new video called "The Story of Broke." Created by the same team that brought you "The Story of Stuff"—a viral success with 15 million views—this new video explains how skewed priorities are driving the U.S. deficit crisis. We spend trillions of dollars on a bloated defense budget and subsidies for dirty energy instead of promoting a clean, green economic future.
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Support PSR in asserting a strong medical and public health voice for the prevention of nuclear war and proliferation and to slow, stop and reverse toxic degradation of the environment and global warming. Your tax-deductable contribution will help ensure that we have the resources necessary to work towards a healthy, just and peaceful world for present and future generations. Thank you!
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PSR was part of the human chain that encircled the White House on Sunday urging President Obama to reject the proposed Keystone pipeline that would carry tar sands oil across 1,700 miles of American heartland, extending the threat of oil spills and increasing world reliance on fossil fuels, thus greatly increasing the threat of irreversible climate change.
PSR board member Alan Lockwood, MD FAAN, will be speaking across Michigan on the dangers to health posed by coal-fired power plants. His tour will include a Grand Rounds presentation at a hospital in Lansing; a meeting with student anti-coal activists at Michigan State University; a reception with PSR members in Ann Arbor, and face-to-face meetings with three newspaper editorial boards. Dr. Lockwood is the lead author of PSR's report, Coal’s Assault on Human Health.
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PSR's executive director, Peter Wilk, MD, will address an estimated 10,000 people outside the White House on Sunday as we urge President Obama: Don't build the Keystone XL Pipeline. The proposed pipeline would carry tar sands oil across 1,500 miles of American heartland, extending the threat of oil spills and increasing world reliance on fossil fuels, thus greatly increasing the threat of irreversible climate change.
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PSR Board leaders, members, and professional staff had a wonderful time at this year’s American Public Health Association (APHA) conference in DC. We collected over 400 names of potential new members at our booth in the exhibit hall. We participated in a wide variety of sessions on our key public policy issues. And, we were thrilled to have two of our own recognized for their exceptional work. Dr. Jack Geiger was awarded for his ground breaking work, his vision, and his life-long commitment to physician activism. Dr. Howard Hu received the prestigious APHA Award for Excellence.
Walk down the aisle of your local drug store, and you’ll find dozens of fragranced products – soaps, shampoos, perfumes, lipsticks, cleaning products, air fresheners, candles, even toys – all designed to make you like them. The complex, proprietary mix of chemicals that make up those fragrances can do more than just appeal to your senses, however. They can also affect your health, like other synthetic, industrial chemicals. Learn more about fragrances and your health in the latest Environmental Health Policy Institute.
A packed room at the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association listened to dozens of tributes, words of gratitude and heartfelt admiration for Dr. Jack Geiger, a founding member of PSR who has dedicated his life to combating poverty and racism, protecting human rights, and preventing war. Beloved as a teacher and mentor, Dr. Geiger has inspired generations of physicians to have the courage to right the world’s wrongs. PSR thanks Dr. Geiger for his vision in helping found our organization and for his belief that we can all work for a safer, more peaceful and just world.
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 »
A new resolution passed by the California Medical Association calls on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to implement the safety recommendations of the Fukushima Task Force, and also calls for an assessment of seismic risk for new nuclear reactors before licensing. PSR Board member Dr. Robert Gould co-authored the resolution. With PSR support, the CMA also passed several resolutions calling for health protective regulation of food marketing to children, agricultural practices, nanoparticles and for the banning of triclosan from consumer and health care products.
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The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is an essential treaty on our path to nuclear abolition. An international consensus against nuclear weapons testing will aid global disarmament efforts by restricting one of the most dangerous practices used for modernizing or developing a nuclear program. Our hope is that the CTBT will help build on the recent surge of international attention given to the continued risk posed by these weapons. President Obama has expressed his support for the CTBT, however, we must push him and Congress to ensure that this treaty is successfully ratified. Sign our CTBT petition today!
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Dr. Ira Helfand and Dr. Jeff Patterson, past PSR Presidents, travelled to Kansas City and Los Angeles respectively to build support for nuclear weapons abolition in the face of the upcoming budget debate in Congress. Both speakers addressed activists, concerned citizens, and students as part of speaker tours that are occurring across the country this Fall. PSR's medical voice on the case for nuclear disarmament is essential as we press for implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
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PSR’s Dr. William Perkins was among the experts testifying before the San Clemente City Council earlier this month raising concerns about the public health risks associated with the San Onofre nuclear reactor. Dr. Perkins' presentation focused on the health effects of radiation exposure in the event of a nuclear accident. The City Council later voted 5-0 to call on the federal government to develop a plan for dealing with spent fuel, improved evacuation plans, and other measures to protect the public.
Join PSR as we attend a special session celebrating Jack Geiger’s lifelong work as a physician–activist combating poverty and racism, protecting human rights, and preventing war. A founding member of PSR, Dr. Geiger co-authored in 1961 the series of articles on “The Medical Consequences of Thermonuclear War” in the New England Journal of Medicine. Sun., Oct. 30, 2:30 to 4:30 PM at the Washington Convention Center, Room 101, Washington, D.C.
Read Dr. Geiger’s comments on the occasion of PSR’s 50th Anniversary.
As part of his Northern California speaking tour, Dr. Vic Sidel, Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, spoke to medical students and faculty at the University of California-Davis and University of California-San Francisco about the health effects of war, his work for nuclear disarmament, and the 50-year history of PSR. At the UC-Davis event, Dr. Claire Pomeroy, dean of the medical school, introduced Dr. Sidel and lauded him for inspiring generations of students to work for peace and justice.
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Dr. Ira Helfand, past PSR President, was in Kansas City to address the upcoming nuclear weapons budget debate and the opposition to the Kansas City Nuclear Weapons Plant. Dr. Helfand debated a proponent of the Kansas City Plant on Sunday, October 9th. He also addressed students and a religious congregation as part of the Nuclear Disarmament speaking tour.
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"Imagine living surrounded by chrome plating facilities, lead smelters, and plastics- and pesticide-manufacturing facilities," writes Martha Dina Arguello, Executive Director of LA-PSR. "On some days the fetid stench from the local rendering plant is so pervasive that long-term residents no longer notice it. That is the area where my family lives." Read how she and other environmental justice leaders address socioeconomic disparities in toxic chemical exposures in the latest Environmental Health Policy Institute.
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Representative Ed Markey (D-MA) is circulating a “Dear Colleague Letter” to other Representatives asking Congress to make $200 billion in cuts to the nuclear weapons budget over 10 years. These cuts would achieve much-needed reductions in our current bloated nuclear arsenal. By taking this action, our nation would also send a positive message to the international community and thus advance future disarmament agreements. Please take a moment to contact your Representative now, asking them to sign on to Rep. Markey's letter.
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