A letter to the editor on Earth Day quotes PSR's recent "Coal's Assault on Human Health" report.

PSR and Sierra Club are urging the EPA to investigate pollution from a former nuclear weapon parts plant in Missouri.

Physicians for Social Responsibility supports the “Safe Chemicals Act of 2010,” introduced last week by Senator Lautenberg and Congressmen Waxman and Rush. The long-awaited, landmark legislation would overhaul the way the federal government protects the public from toxic chemicals.

Lena Brook of San Francisco Bay Area PSR discusses the health and environmental benefits of bringing healthier foods into hospitals.

PSR's Dr. James Plumb explains how air pollution and heat waves impact human health.

House and Senate Democrats yesterday unveiled landmark chemical policy reforms they are pushing to get passed this year, but that is no sure thing thanks to a dwindling legislative calendar and some key sticking points.

The fight to stop coal brings together the health impacts with the environmental damage to create a serious environmental justice issue. See a profile of that movement in this new article from The Nation.

U.S. EPA would be given broad new authorities to target chemicals of concern and to regulate new and existing chemicals under legislation introduced today by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.).

PSR Wisconsin's Dr. Bruce Barrett argues for a stronger Clean Energy Jobs Act in this letter to the editor.

A letter to the editor from Harrisburg PSR president James E. Jones, MD on the science behind climate change.

Chemicals in plastics and other products seem harmless, but mounting evidence links them to health problems -- and Washington lacks the power to protect us.

Join PSR for our Day of Action as we work to protect the environment, secure a nuclear weapons free world and prevent massive nuclear and coal subsidies. Get involved with other physicians, scientists and concerned citizens to ensure a safer, healthier future.

An op-ed coauthored by Colorado PSR director Roberta Richardson, MD on renewable energy.

Lena Brook of PSR San Francisco Bay discusses the health and environmental benefits of Health Care Without Harm's Balanced Meal Challenge.

It's deadly, it’s America's second-biggest river of industrial waste, and it’s barely regulated. Read Jeff Goodell, noted author of Big Coal, on coal ash.

Kristen Welker-Hood, Environment & Health Program Director for PSR, spoke out against a proposed coal plant in Virginia.

PSR met recently with the Office of Management and Budget to urge it to review and release a proposed EPA rule that would tighten up the handling of toxic coal ash.

Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune references PSR's recent report "Coal's Assault on Human Health" when describing his organization's goal of shutting down coal power.

An op-ed by Western North Carolina PSR member Richard Fireman, MD on the dangers of coal ash.

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.