Make a difference in the challenge to confront global warming and prevent nuclear war and the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Tell President Obama to abolish the Nuclear Loan Guarantee Program.
The commercial use of potentially hazardous biological and chemical materials makes them widely accessible and more difficult to curb through normal mechanisms. As a consequence, the risk posed by weapons using these materials are significant and require constant vigilance by our government and the public health community. This section will explore Physicians for Social Responsibility's research, policy perscriptions, and methods that activists can engage their local representatives to do more on this important issue. It is our responsibilty, as a medical voice, to make clear the risk associated with insufficient mitigation and adaptation to the risk posed by these terrible weapons in our country.
We need you to write to President Obama now and ask him to bring us back from the brink of a conflict that neither country can afford. We ask President Obama to establish direct diplomatic engagement with Iran.
Please take a moment to contact your Representative now, asking them to sign on to Rep. Markey's letter.
This report on nuclear terrorism in the US provides detailed analysis of the medical and public health consequences of nuclear terrorism or accidents. Read more »
Inside this issue: 50 years of physician anti-nuclear advocacy; pressing for better toxics policy; next steps for the Clean Air Act; and more. Read more »
Dr. Helfand spoke in September, 2010 to an audience of University students and professors on the medical consequences of nuclear weapons and the urgent need for the United States of America to reduce the risk posed by these weapons of mass destruction. Read more »