PSR board member and past president Dr. Ira Helfand discusses radiation exposure from nuclear accidents.

Dr. Ira Helfand, past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, with a look at the medical perspectives on the use of nuclear weapons.

On May 1st, 2011, the Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility hosted the 2011 Scholarship Essay Contest Finals at the Dante Club in Sacramento.

Physicians for Social Responsibility, a U.S. nonprofit organization of medical experts, has condemned as "unconscionable" the Japanese government's safety standards on radiation levels at elementary and junior high schools in nuclear disaster-stricken Fukushima Prefecture.

PSR Colorado President Dr. Roberta Richardson spoke on the health risks of radiation.

PSR board member Dr. Alan Lockwood explains the health hazards of radiation exposure.

Martha Dina Argüello, executive director of PSR-Los Angeles, explains the dangers of BPA.

A small anti-nuclear rally outside the Colorado state Capitol on Tuesday commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster. The Colorado Coalition to Prevent Nuclear War and Colorado PSR hosted the event on the west steps of the Capitol.

PSR board member and past president Dr. Jeff Patterson explains the health impacts of radiation and the danger of the Fukushima disaster.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) today cited gross inadequacies in evacuation zones around nuclear reactors and underscored the ongoing health risks of nuclear energy to the public.

PSR board member and past president Dr. Jeff Patterson discusses the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Click above to watch the video.

An op-ed co-authored by PSR Los Angeles board member Dr. Robert Dodge.

Pam Kleiss, executive director of Wisconsin PSR, says, “The radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors remains toxic for tens of thousands of years, much longer than any corporation, Exelon included, could possibly guarantee public and environmental safety.”

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

"The actual faults underlying the Indian Point plant are more likely to produce a [magnitude 6] earthquake according to L-D Earth Observatory," said Dr. Andrew Kanter, president-elect of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which has campaigned to close Indian Point.

An op-ed by Dr. Robert Dodge, board member of PSR-Los Angeles.

An interview with PSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand on the nuclear crisis in Japan and the health impacts of radiation.

Op-ed by Kate Etherington of PSR Philadelphia on the importance of preserving the Clean Air Act.

An op-ed by Kate Etherington, executive director of PSR Philadelphia.

Ira Helfand, an emergency physician from Northampton, Massachusetts, has been writing and speaking about the medical consequences of nuclear war on behalf of IPPNW and its US affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility, since the 1980s.