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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.

Urgent Vote Coming - Tell Congress to Defend the Clean Air Act

February 3, 2010

The Clean Air Act, our only regulatory tool to cut carbon emissions and prevent catastrophic climate change, is under attack.  Over the past 40 years the Clean Air Act has been critically important, limiting dangerous air pollutants and saving countless lives.  To protect our nation's health, we need your help!

Recently I contacted you about Senator Murkowski's plan to block the EPA from controlling global warming pollution.  Now the situation has worsened.  In a surprise move, Senator Murkowski introduced a "joint resolution of disapproval" rejecting the EPA's scientific finding that carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants threaten human health and the environment.  Her joint resolution enables Congress to veto federal agency rules using special, expedited procedures. If passed, it would derail current and future EPA actions to control carbon pollution from all sources, including motor vehicles and large emitters such as coal-fired power plants.

Meanwhile, members in the House are racing to introduce bills that would exclude greenhouse gases from regulation as pollutants under the Clean Air Act.

These combined efforts would remove the teeth from the one federal agency that is mandated to protect our health from air pollutants.

Your senators and representatives must hear from you. The oil and coal industries are lobbying heavily to maintain their ability to burn carbon-heavy fuels without regulation.  We have to stand up against their efforts and protect the EPA. Please email and call your senators and representatives today and urge them to defend the Clean Air Act.

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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.

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Resources

  • 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 »

  • Birth Defects & Other Reproductive Disorders

    Every day, pregnant women are exposed to toxic substances that can be harmful to their babies. Potential effects include physical defects, learning disabilities, and other disorders. This pamphlet suggests some easy things you can do to protect your baby’s health. Read more »

In the Spotlight

  • January 7, 2010
    Healthy People, Healthy Planet
    Greater Boston PSR's Dr. Dick Clapp (a professor at the BU SPH) and speaker Jill Stein MD at Boston University Medical School taping of Healthy People, Healthy Planet for University of Delaware Nursing School course.