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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Hiroshima Nagasaki – Never Again! Attend a commemoration event near you.

Seventy-four years ago, the United States dropped nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two of the most horrific acts of warfare in history. This August, we remember the estimated two hundred...

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Working in Diverse Communities

Climate change does not strike everyone equally. Poor people, black and brown people, and people living on the frontlines suffer “first and worst.” How does PSR partner with these communities...

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AMA Calls for Climate Change Health Education in Medical Schools

The American Medical Association (AMA) has adopted as official policy a call for teaching about climate change in medical schools and “across the medical education continuum.” This welcome development was...

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House of Representatives Rebuffs Trump Administration in Key Defense Spending Votes

On July 12, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, to the tune of $733 billion. During NDAA deliberations, the House voted on a plethora of foreign...

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Procedural Win Will Allow Time to Protect Communities from LNG

PSR’s recent letter helped win an extension of the comment period for the proposal to allow transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail. The extension will give us time...

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Press Release

“A High Potential for Catastrophe”: PSR Calls for Better Government Assessment of Public Health and Safety Risks Associated with Transporting LNG by Rail

As an organization that mobilizes medical and health professionals on environmental hazards to health, PSR is gravely concerned about the severe potential fire, health and safety risks to communities with...

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Oregon PSR disarmament resolution wins in the state legislature

On June 24, Oregon’s House of Representatives voted to approve Senate Joint Memorial 5 (SJM 5), which urges congress to lead a global effort to reduce the threat of nuclear...

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Meet PSR’s Summer 2019 Interns!

PSR is delighted to welcome four new interns for summer 2019, all of whom bring a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and skills to advance the critical missions of our...

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PSR, 73 Other Health and Medical Organizations Release Call to Action on Climate Health Emergency

PSR was proud to help draft “The Call to Action on Climate, Health, and Equity: A Policy Action Agenda.” It’s time for government, business and civil sector leaders to recognize...

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Iran: Can we find an offramp?

When it was originally debated in Congress, PSR advocated for the Iran nuclear agreement (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action). President Trump made a wrong turn when he unilaterally withdrew the...

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New Fracking “Compendium” Now Available

The sixth edition of the fracking “Compendium” has just been released. PSR is proud to partner with Concerned Health Professionals of New York in preparing and rolling out this volume,...

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In the News

EPA standards rollback harmful to all, including Lansing residents

Op-ed in the Lansing State Journal by PSR environment & health intern Samuel Maves on the “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) rule, which rolls back critical health and safety regulations on...

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Areas of Focus

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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