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PSR Reports Fall 2010
Inside this issue: the Environmental Health Policy Institute; New START victory; coal ash health threats; and 2009 Financial Statement. Read more »
Student Medical Advocacy Toolkit
This is the SPSR advocacy toolkit, a training guide for future health professionals, built to help students grow into successful medical advocates. Read more »
In this November, 2010, letter to the editor in the American Journal of Nursing, Maye Thompson, PhD, RN, Environmental Health Program Director at Oregon PSR, discusses the limitations of toxicity information available through Material Safety Data Sheets, and why nurses should be involved in strengthening chemical policy on a federal level. Read more »
A short introductory guide to the medical consequences of radiation for clinicians. Read more »
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently receiving public comments on its proposed regulations for coal ash handling and disposal. PSR strongly supports the option called "Subtitle C," which would create uniform, federally enforcecable standards that would greatly strengthen protections for human health. Read more »
Annual Report
PSR is pleased to present its 2009 Annual Report to our members and other stakeholders. Read more »
Michele Boyd looks at public subsidies for nuclear power plants in the United States and examines whether this will lead to a revival in new constructions. Read more »
Coal Ash: Hazardous to Human Health
Coal ash is the waste that is left after coal is combusted (burned). It includes fly ash (fine powdery particles that are carried up the smoke stack and captured by pollution control devices) as well as coarser materials that fall to the bottom of the furnace. Most coal ash comes from coal-fired electric power plants. Read more »
Coal Ash Toxics: Damaging to Human Health
The toxic substances found in coal ash can inflict grave damage to the human body and the environment. These substances have been shown to escape from some coal ash disposal sites, contaminating the air, land, surface waters, and/or underground aquifers that feed drinking water wells. Read more »
Regulating Coal Ash: Choosing a Policy that will Protect Human Health
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is going to promulgate new rules for the disposal of coal combustion wastes, or coal ash. Currently the EPA is presenting two different options for how coal ash would be disposed, and is accepting citizen comments on them. PSR strongly urges its members to submit comments in support of “Subtitle C.” Read more »
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