In the FDA’s response to the petition, to which Oregon PSR was signed on, the agency acknowledged that recent scientific reports on arsenic compounds in animal feed challenged previous assumptions of safety.

Florida PSR and the Florida League of Conservation Voters, in honor of Earth Day and respect for our Mother, are bringing attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.

The mining bill coming up for a vote in our Legislature would jeopardize the water of the Bad River watershed, the largest area of undeveloped wetlands in the upper Great Lakes, and risk the health of mine workers and people in communities dependent on the watershed and downwind of the mine.

PSR sponsored conference in Maryland noted for focusing on the dangers of the natural gas extraction process.

A coalition of consumer groups including PSR is recommending the U.S. Department of Agriculture get tuna out of school lunchrooms after tests of canned tuna sold to schools found highly variable levels of mercury, in some cases higher than federal guidelines.

Wisconsin Environmental Health Network's (WEHN) Dr. Elizabeth Neary, a pediatrician, says arsenic can harm babies who are still growing.

Some children may be at greater risk from mercury in tuna than previously thought, finds a new study by the Mercury Policy Project.

Catherine Thomasson, MD, PSR’s executive director, addressed thousands of people rallying at the U.S. Capitol on July 28 to protest pollution and climate change caused by “fracking.”

PSR’s executive director will be a featured speaker at the first nationwide demonstration to protest the use of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in natural gas and oil extraction.

A brief in support of the newspapers was filed on behalf of Philadelphia Physicians for Social Responsibility, and other groups.

On March 14th, the OHA released its Final Order granting a variance from the federal and state requirement that the Portland Water Bureau treat Bull Run source water for Cryptosporidium. Oregon PSR and our dedicated volunteers were instrumental in securing this variance.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) joined environmental groups in announcing their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in federal court to force the release of long-awaited federal safeguards for toxic coal ash.

"I think this is the most energized and inspiring group of people I have been around," said Lucia Sayre, co-chair of the HFHC program and Co-Director, Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Executive Director of PSR-LA, Martha Dina Arguello, described the vote as "part of reasserting California's leadership on environmental health protections."

Lucia Sayre, co-executive director at the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of PSR, says tapping the power and respect of the medical community can provide the necessary boost to change the food industry.

SF PSR co-executive director Lucia Sayre has co-authored an article in Health Affairs, the leading journal of health policy, on chemicals in the food system. In it she provides an overview of how our industrialized food system contributes to adverse reproductive and developmental health impacts.

An op-ed coauthored by Oregon PSR executive director Kelly Campbell on a proposed water treatment plant in Portland.

PSR's Dr. Alan Lockwood explains the risk of cancer from nuclear accidents.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) expressed concern over recent reports that radioactivity from the ongoing Fukushima accident is present in the Japanese food supply.

PSR's Dr. Alan Lockwood explains the connection between thyroid cancer and iodine-131, which has been found in Tokyo's water supply.