Physicians for Social Responsibility

We Must Prevent
What We Cannot Cure

Mobilizing health professionals on issues that represent the gravest dangers to human health.

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PSR Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling on West Virginia v. EPA

Today the Supreme Court drastically weakened the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ability to regulate climate crisis-causing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Protester with "Abortion Is Healthcare" sign

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PSR Statement on the Dobbs Decision Overturning Roe v. Wade

PSR stands with the countless public health leaders and organizations who are warning of the serious and inequitable health harms to come as a result of this decision.

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TPNW First Meeting of States Parties, Vienna 21-23 June 2022

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Countries Unite for Powerful Anti-Nuclear Declaration at First TPNW Meeting

This week, over 80 delegations attended the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (1MSP).

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1982 marchers holding "USA & USSR Freeze Nuclear Weapons" signs

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Commemorating the Largest Disarmament Protest in History

PSR joined commemorations of the March for Peace and Justice on June 12th, 1982, in New York City, the largest mass protest for nuclear disarmament in history.

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Thousands Demand Justice and Equity at Poor People’s Campaign Moral March

On June 18, thousands of diverse people — including PSR members and staff — converged in DC to demand that the United States reorient its priorities to put the people...

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@GovInslee tweet: Thanks to @PSRenvironment for raising awareness of the health risks of gas heating and stoves. The transition to clean energy is as much a health issue as it is an environmental one.

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WA Gov Inslee Thanks PSR for Gas Stoves Health Advocacy

Gov. Inslee (D-WA), commenting on the American Medical Association’s passage of resolutions flagging the health threats associated with gas stoves and the dangers of blending hydrogen with methane, thanked PSR.

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Campaign Update

New Report Highlights Dangers of Hydrogen Blending in Homes

Blending hydrogen with methane (“natural”) gas in our gas stoves and furnaces is dangerous and would accelerate climate change. Read about six failings of hydrogen blending in our just-released report.

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Action Alert

It’s budget season. Tell Congress to divest from war.

Join us in demanding a $100 billion dollar cut to Biden's egregious topline request and a reinvestment in community needs.

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In the News

Why do we accept asthma with our ‘natural’ gas?

Op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine co-authored by Brita Lundberg, MD of Greater Boston PSR, focusing on the connection between asthma and indoor air pollution from gas stoves.

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Campaign Update

On-Demand Webinar Available: Air Pollution, Climate and Health

Greater Boston PSR and the Massachusetts Medical Society announce their new CME-accredited webinar, Connecting The Dots: Air Pollution, Climate and Health.

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It’s Final: Administration to Reconsider Oil, Gas Leases on 4 Million Acres of Public Lands

In response to lawsuits co-filed by PSR, the Biden administration will review and reconsider decisions to sell oil and gas leases on millions of acres of public lands.

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PSR advocates on the issues you care about by addressing the dangers that threaten communities, using our medical and public health expertise to prevent nuclear war and proliferation, reverse our trajectory towards climate change, protect the public and our environment from toxic chemicals and eliminate the use of nuclear power.

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