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How does our food production system drive our exposure to toxic chemicals?
Our mechanized, pesticide-rich, fertilizer-driven food production system has a significant impact on our exposure to toxic chemicals. From PSR's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »
New PSR fact sheets on air pollutant effects
PSR presents three new fact sheets, detailing the health effects of air pollutants on the respiratory system, cardiovascular system, and the nervous system. Read more »
A brief overview of the dangers to health from hexavalent chromium in coal ash. Read more »
Confronting Toxics Webinar Series
January 26, 2011. Federal chemicals policy and the role of the healthcare professional in 2011, with Richard Denison PhD, Senior Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund: “The State of TSCA Reform.” Read more »
Iowa Coal & Health: A Preliminary Mapping Study
Ninety-two percent of Iowans live within 30 miles of a coal plant, and almost one out of three Iowa children attend school in close proximity to a coal plant. 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 »
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 »
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