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L.A. smog: Public health groups file suit against EPA
July 18, 2011
The plaintiffs in the suit include Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, Desert Citizens Against Pollution, Communities for a Better Environment and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Toxic Contamination in Offices: New Study Reveals Hidden Chemicals in Dust
July 6, 2011
"An outdated California regulation virtually forces manufacturers to put these flame retardant chemicals into foam for products meant for sale in California and elsewhere, even though doing so doesn't prevent fires," explains Ana Mascarenas of PSR-LA.
Source: The Sacramento Bee
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PennEnvironment calls for 62 mpg by 2025
July 6, 2011
Dr. Jim Jones, member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, said reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential to the health of America's next generation.
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Letter to Austin Mayor and City Council Members
July 5, 2011
APSR joined voices with other Austin based environmental groups in expressing concern about increased air pollution and development of a Formula One racetrack. Although city council did endorse a Formula One race schedule to begin in 2012, promoters agreed to environmental concessions such as hiring low-emission shuttles to transport spectators to and from Austin.
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An Ambassador for Peace and Security
June 30, 2011
Dr. Robert Dodge, PSR-LA Board Member, talks with Ventura County Reporter about his recent speaker tour in New Hampshire ...
Source: Ventura County Reporter
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Phase Out Dirty Coal and Use Clean Technology
June 22, 2011
Dr. James Jones, co-chairman of Harrisburg PSR, wrote a letter to the editor at Patriot News, on the hazards of the coal.
Source: Patriot News
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Fighting City Hall's Nuclear Weapons
June 15, 2011
Joe Cirincione, President of Ploughshares Fund, writes on the effort to rally Kansas City residents to stop the construction of a new nuclear weapons facility.
Source: Huffington Post
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Doctors Prepare Their Professions to Explain and Treat Climate-Related Symptoms
June 15, 2011
"What we have found with our trainings is if clinicians are given more information about these topics....."
Source: New York Times
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The Toxies: Award Show With Nominees That Will Kill You
June 10, 2011
The Toxies is designed to bring attention to the hazards of chemicals that are harmful to our health. This satirical awards show is in its second year and was created by the Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE) and led by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.
Source: Ecorazzi
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Nuclear power is still too costly and too risky
June 10, 2011
An op-ed by Iowa PSR's Dr. Maureen McCue.
Source: Des Moines Register
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Time to get our climate-change priorities straight and go solar
June 9, 2011
Arizona PSR President Dr. Barbara Warren urges the adoption of solar power.
Source: Tucson Citizen
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US anti-nuclear campaign buoyed by German opt-out
June 2, 2011
"We're hoping that Merkel will talk to Obama about why Germany has decided to close down reactors earlier than proposed," said Michele Boyd of Physicians for Social Responsibility. "It is very important to show that you can have an industrial country that does not use nuclear energy."
Source: Agence France-Presse
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Kids shouldn't need inhalers to enjoy summer
June 2, 2011
An op-ed co-authored by PSR Environment & Health Director Barb Gottlieb.
Source: CNN Opinion
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Parent anger plays role in Japan's reversal of raised radiation limits at schools
May 29, 2011
PSR was among groups criticizing Japans' radiation standards at schools in Fukushima prefecture.
Source: Los Angeles Times
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Clergy, doctors, industry debate new mercury rules at EPA hearing
May 24, 2011
Philadelphia PSR's Dr. Walter Tsou discuses a proposed EPA mercury rule.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
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Demanding cleaner air will reduce health care costs
May 22, 2011
Under the Clean Air Act, for each dollar spent to clean our air there has been a health care cost savings of about $44 – and there are still dollars to be saved. PSR board member Dr. Alan Lockwood does the math in an op-ed.
Source: Buffalo News
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Time for U.S. to end nuclear test explosions worldwide
May 20, 2011
Dr. Ira Helfand and Col. Richard Klass write in an op-ed in The Times Record, "Maine’s Sens. Collins and Snowe have the singular opportunity to lead a bipartisan majority to stop the worldwide testing of nuclear weapons."
Source: Times Record
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Suspected Toxins Found in Baby Products
May 18, 2011
Ana Mascarenas of PSR-Los Angeles discusses the ubiquity of toxic flame retardants in household products.
Source: NBC Los Angeles
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Reproductive health and the industrialized food system
May 12, 2011
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.
Source: Health Affairs
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Environmental Toxins: What You're Not Being Told
May 7, 2011
Chicago PSR executive director Dr. Sarah Lovinger writes about the risks of environmental toxins and the impacts of nuclear disasters like the one in Japan.
Source: Huffington Post