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The future of the disarmament agenda is on the line now as New START ratification moves forward in the US Senate.

Protect Our Health from Toxic Chemicals

There are 82,000 chemicals available for use in the U.S., yet only about 200 have been assessed for safety, and only five have been removed from use based on health and safety concerns.  PSR’s first-of-a-kind study, “Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care: A Snapshot of Chemicals in Doctors and Nurses,” revealed toxic chemicals present in the bodies of twenty doctors and nurses from across America. Four of the chemicals found were top chemicals of concern identified by the EPA.

Evidence of widespread contamination of human beings makes it clear that the nation’s outdated and ineffective chemical management system must be reformed.

Tell your Representative and your Senators that we must protect our health from toxic chemicals.

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Resources

  • Hope for a Heated Planet

    Author Bob Musil, former PSR executive director and now scholar-in-residence at American University, has written an insightful and informative account about the climate change issue and how it has finally emerged in the public’s mind as a major public health concern. Read more »

  • Climate Chaos

    Written thoughtfully for a lay audience, this book by PSR Board member Cindy Parker and psychologist and former journalist Steve Shapiro describes in lay terms how climate change will affect our health if it continues unabated. Read more »

  • Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit

    The Toolkit is a combination of easy-to-use reference guides for health providers and user-friendly health education materials on preventing exposures to toxic chemicals and other substances that affect infant and child health. Read more »

In the Spotlight

  • August 16, 2010
    Countdown to Zero
    On the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, the Sacramento Annual August Peace Event and Physicians for Social Responsibility-Sacramento screened "Countdown To Zero," a film that traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs. Read more about this month’s chapter in the spotlight event on Hiroshima.