Physicians for Social Responsibility

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What We Cannot Cure

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

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Honoring Legacies, Demanding a Better Future: PSR 2019 Visionary Leaders Awards Ceremony and Symposium Celebrate Bold Changemakers

PSR’s Visionary Leaders Awards ceremony and reception, now in its fourth year, recognizes individuals and organizations for their exemplary efforts in advancing nuclear weapons abolition and/or addressing environmental risks to...

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Action Alert

Tell Congress: Protect Workers from Deadly Heat!

Heat is the leading weather-related killer in the U.S., and the the climate crisis is making the problem worse. U.S. workers currently have no basic protections against deadly heat, and...

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Interview with Dyanna Jaye, Sunrise Movement, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient

PSR is delighted to honor Sunrise Movement, a youth-led nonprofit organization that advocates political action on climate change, at the PSR Visionary Leaders Awards.

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Greater Boston PSR and Washington PSR Host Events to Highlight Nuclear Weapons Issues and Hold Elected Officials Accountable

On September 29, Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition convened a People’s Town Hall on Nuclear Weapons, which brought together anti-war, environmental and Indigenous...

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Setsuko Thurlow Reminds Harvard Audience Why Nuclear Weapons Must Be Banned

For many PSR members who advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons, there’s a compelling reason to work to prevent a nuclear attack: our nation, the United States, has already...

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“Electrify Everything”: PSR Engages Its Health Voices in New Approach to Fighting Climate Change

PSR’s national office and four chapters are gearing up to inject the health voice into a new approach to slashing greenhouse gas emissions. It’s called “energy optimization,” and it combines...

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Follow The Golden Rule: Historic Boat Returns to Sea to Draw Attention Once Again to Nuclear Weapons Threat

61 years ago, in 1958, the crew of the small sailboat, Golden Rule, sailed from California to Hawai’i on their way to the Marshall Islands in an attempt to stop...

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Action Alert

Tell Congress: Pass Clean Energy Tax Incentives Now!

Ask your U.S. senators and representative to update and extend critical clean energy tax credits that will reduce carbon emissions and promote a clean energy economy.

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Interview with Regna Merritt, Oregon PSR, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient

Regna Merritt is an Oregon PSR advisory board member and former Healthy Climate Program Director. We asked her how she came to do this work, what inspires her, and her...

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Interview with Kelly Campbell, Oregon PSR, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient

Kelly Campbell, Executive Director of Oregon PSR, is recognized for her outstanding coalition work, community engagement, and grassroots organizing at Oregon PSR to advance nuclear weapons abolition and address environmental...

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In the News

Colorado Fracking Study Shows Toxic Chemicals Up to 2,000 Feet Away From Drilling Sites

This article from Newsweek quotes PSR's Dr. Alan Lockwood on the danger of hidden chemicals.

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Interview with Marylia Kelley, 2019 Visionary Leaders Award Recipient

This year at the 2019 PSR Visionary Leaders Awards, we are delighted to honor several outstanding advocates who are working to abolish nuclear weapons and to address environmental hazards to...

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Action Alert

Remove regulation of methane (“natural” or fracked gas)? Unconscionable!

The EPA wants to remove regulation of the super-greenhouse gas methane (fracked or "natural" gas) from oil and gas operations—and possibly beyond! Help us stop this unconscionable rollback.

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Press Release

Health Professionals Respond to New Groundbreaking Study by Leading Researchers: “Emphasizes the Urgent Need to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Before They Eliminate Us”

The study examines the possible repercussions of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan circa 2025. Read PSR's statement.

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Action Alert

Tell your Representative: Support 100% Clean Energy!

Scientists around the world are ringing alarm bells: Time is running out on addressing climate change. We must act on solutions immediately to protect our health and survival.

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Campaign Update

Students Lead the Climate Strike, and the World Follows

The excitement was palpable. I, alongside fellow University of Michigan students, high schoolers, and community members, took part in the global climate strike movement on September 20, holding our own...

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A First-Hand Perspective on the United Nations Climate Action Summit

PSR Florida's Dr. Ankush Bansal reports on the important health topics covered at the United Nations Climate Action Summit held in New York this September.

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Calling All Student and Campus Peace Activists: ICAN Publishes “Schools of Mass Destruction” Report

On November 13, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) launched a new report, “Schools of Mass Destruction: American Universities in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex.” This report documents...

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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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