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Today, PSR is joining with dozens of organizations, representing millions of Americans, calling on the U.S. Senate to pass clean energy and climate legislation. Please tell your Senators that we can no longer delay action if we are to protect our health and the health of future generations from catastrophic climate change.
The Clean Air Act over the past 40 years has provided effective means of limiting dangerous air pollutants and has saved countless lives. Now, the Clean Air Act and with it the EPA Endangerment Finding are under attack. To protect our nation's health and the world we need your help!
This past December, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere endanger both the public health and the environment for current and future generations. This action was a result of the Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA (2007) that greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. This landmark decision offered a critical tool for the EPA to begin to take action to limit greenhouse gas emission from motor vehicles as well large emitters like coal fired power plants.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is about to introduce an amendment to stop the EPA from taking science based protective action to limit these greenhouse gases. She is trying to have this amendment attached to a must-pass bill to lift the debt ceiling. If adopted, this amendment would remove the EPA's enforcement funding and power so that big polluters like the coal and oil industries can ignore the Clean Air Act.
Your senators must hear from you. The stakes are high and the pressure by these powerful lobbies to stop global warming action is intense. Every vote counts - please email and call your senators today and urge them to vote NO on this dangerous amendment.
Take Action »Today, PSR is joining with dozens of organizations, representing millions of Americans, calling on the U.S. Senate to pass clean energy and climate legislation. Please tell your Senators that we can no longer delay action if we are to protect our health and the health of future generations from catastrophic climate change.
The Clean Air Act, our only regulatory tool to cut carbon emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change, is under attack. To protect our nation's health, we need your help!
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Coal's Assault on Human Health
Physicians for Social Responsibility has released a groundbreaking medical report, “Coal’s Assault on Human Health,” which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. Coal combustion releases mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, and dozens of other substances known to be hazardous to human health. This report looks at the cumulative harm inflicted by those pollutants on three major body organ systems: the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, and the nervous system. The report also considers coal’s contribution to global warming, and the health implications of global warming. Read more »
Hazardous Chemicals In Health Care
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) in partnership with American Nurses Association (ANA) and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) have released the “Hazardous Chemicals In Health Care” report, detailing the first investigation ever of chemicals found in the bodies of health care professionals. The inquiry found that all of the 20 participants had toxic chemicals associated with health care in their bodies. Each participant had at least 24 individual chemicals present, four of which are on the recently released Environmental Protection Agency list of priority chemicals for regulation. These chemicals are all associated with chronic illness and physical disorders. Read more »
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