Read Amelia Hass' new "From Research to Real Life" series article and find out more!

GBPSR's Jill Stein MD recently taped a 3-part, 1 1/2 hour lecture for a University of Delaware Nursing School course titled Healthy People, Healthy Planet, soon to be available on our web site.

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.

Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health are studying exposure to chemicals such as PBDEs in the indoor environment. Learn more about volunteering for FlaRE, the Flame Retardant Exposure Study.

Has nuclear terrorism become a bigger threat to global security than conventional nuclear weapons? Colonel Richard Klass (USAF, ret.) of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Dr. Ira Helfand of Physicians for Social Responsibility will be in Maine April 5 & 6 to provide medical and military perspectives on this question and other nuclear security issues.

Lena Brook, Senior Program Associate at San Francisco Bay Area PSR, discusses the health and environmental benefits of providing plant-based foods in hospitals.

PSR Colorado president Dr. Roberta M. Richardson discusses the health hazards of coal and criticizes Senator Lisa Murkowski's proposal that would weaken greenhouse gas regulations.

PSR 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.

PSR has been awarded a one year grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to launch the Safe and Healthy Children Initiative; a pilot project which will address pediatric environmental health in migrant and seasonal farmworker children.

An op-ed by PSR Los Angeles Board member Dr. Robert Dodge on the Nuclear Posture Review.

Autism and other development disorders constitute a huge national health burden, and suspicions are growing that one culprit may be chemicals in the environment, writes Nicholas Kristof today in The New York Times.

CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why a 1976 toxic chemical law may be putting Americans at risk.

PSR Board member Dr. Ira Helfand speaks out on the potential health risks of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant.

PSR Board Member Dr. Ira Helfand spoke at a teach-in to over 300 people, including members of the Vermont legislature, in Brattleboro, VT on February 21, 2010 to discuss the public health impacts of the Vermont Yankee reactor. The Vermont Yankee reactor which was voted down overwhelmingly (26-4) on February 24, 2010 by the Vermont Senate.

Scientific advances that have made it possible to detect the tiniest traces of chemicals in the human body and the environment are shaping efforts to modernize U.S. chemical policies and regulations.

President Obama announced today that DOE will issue $8.3 billion in a 'conditional' loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle site in Burke County, Georgia.

PSR testified before the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently, urging the Agency to tighten the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, NAAQS, for ground-level ozone.

PSR member Dr. Stephen Jay criticizes Senator Lisa Murkowski's proposed resolution that would reverse the EPA's position on greenhouse gases.

Join a workshop to get ready for the Seattle Public Hearing on Hanford's Tank Closure and Waste Management (TC&WM) draft EIS. Join us, Hanford Challenge and Heart of America Northwest as we catch you up to speed on everything you need to know to participate in the hearing. The workshop will include live improv performances and breakout sessions. 10:30 AM -12:30 PM Hugo House 1634 11th Ave Seattle, WA

U.S. and Russian arms-control negotiators have reached an "agreement in principle" on the first nuclear-arms-reduction treaty in nearly two decades, administration and arms-control officials said Tuesday.