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Coal Ash: The Toxic Threat to Our Health and Environment
Coal ash, one of the dirtiest secrets in American energy production, burst into the U.S. consciousness three days before Christmas, 2008 when an earthen wall holding back a huge coal ash disposal pond failed at the coal-fired power plant in Kingston, Tennessee. Read more »
Sustancias quimicas peligrosas en el sector de la salud
The Spanish-language version of the PSR report, "Hazardous Chemicals In Health Care," written with the American Nurses Association and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), details the first investigation of environmental chemicals found in the bodies of health care professionals. Read more »
Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care
Read PSR’s October, 2009, report: "Hazardous Chemicals In Health Care." Of 20 health care professionals tested for the presence of industrial chemicals in their bodies, all 20 had at least 24 individual chemicals present, many of which are associated with chronic illness and physical disorders. Read more »
The Clean Air Act: A Proven Tool for Healthy Air
This new report highlights the serious, sometimes fatal damage that air pollution inflicts on human health, and explains the dramatic success of the Clean Air Act over the last 40 years. Read more »
Coal's Assault on Human Health
Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. The report also considers coal's contribution to global warming, and the health implications of global warming. Read more »
PSR Reports Spring 2011
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 »
Children at Risk: How Air Pollution from Power Plants Threatens the Health of America's Children
Millions of children in America today are exposed to unhealthy air at home, at school, or at their playground. Scores of new studies each year demonstrate that children are more susceptible to air pollution than adults. April 2002. Read more »
EPA's Blind Spot: Hexavalent Chromium in Coal Ash
Newly released report on a new carcinogen identified in coal ash: hexavalent chromium. By PSR with Earthjustice and Environmental Integrity Project. 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 »
Healthy Aging is really about healthy living. This new report offers the most comprehensive review of the currently available research on the lifetime influences of environmental factors on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, and their relation to a range of other chronic diseases. Read more »
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