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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Campaign Update

PSR Webinar: What can the Nuclear Weapons Abolition movement learn from other Social Justice Movements?

Exploring the intersection of social justice and nuclear weapons abolition in order to build a more powerful movement for equity, peace, and justice. Wed. Nov. 3rd at 1:00 PM ET....

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Campaign Update

Join Us on Nov. 18th For PSR’s Virtual Gala

On November 18, join us for PSR's Virtual Gala! Our program will begin at 6pm ET and will feature a keynote address from the new Co-Director of Greenpeace, Ebony Twilley-Martin.

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Campaign Update

Advocacy training on Climate Change!

With climate legislation hanging in the balance, sharpen your advocacy skills now. Sign up for this interactive online skills training on how to advocate to your members of Congress virtually.

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Press Release

Physicians for Social Responsibility calls on Congress to vote “Yes” on fighting climate change

While there are many facets to the reconciliation bill, the most critical is that it is one of our best chances to address climate change in a significant way.

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Campaign Update

IPPNW affiliates raise adverse health and political consequences of AUKUS nuclear submarine deal

On September 21, PSR and its affiliates in the UK and Australia issued a joint statement expressing strong opposition to the "AUKUS" plan to supply nuclear-powered attack submarines to Australia.

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Campaign Update

Over 300 local elected officials urge Biden & Congress to reduce nuclear threats

After months of grassroots organizing, the Back From the Brink campaign delivered—on September 23—a letter signed by over 300 local, county and state officials representing 41 states, to President Biden...

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Campaign Update

Congress has made it clear that it prioritizes weapons over the American people

On July 22, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to add $25 billion to the already monstrous $743 billion military budget proposed by President Biden.

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MSNBC to air “In the Dark of the Valley” featuring PSR-LA

PSR-Los Angeles' Denise Duffield and Dr. Bob Dodge are featured in an award-winning documentary about the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) near Los Angeles, airing on MSNBC Nov. 14.

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Campaign Update

PSR is among 140+ groups who signed on a COP26 call to action for governments to cut military emissions

Ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), PSR joins 140+ organizations in calling for military greenhouse gas emissions to be an agenda item at COP26.

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Campaign Update

New Report takes a deep dive into the companies responsible for prolonging the nuclear weapons threat

The Center for International Policy released a report this month written by William Hartung, the Director of the Arms and Security Program at the center. This report looks at the...

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Campaign Update

Nuclear activists and physicians from the US and Russia pass the torch to a new generation of physicians looking to end the nuclear weapons threat

On October 13, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) and its Russian affiliate Russian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (RPPNW) held an event where old...

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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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