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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Montgomery County, MD becomes becomes first county to pass a Back from the Brink resolution

On Dec 10, 2019, Montgomery County Council in Maryland passed a Back from the Brink resolution, becoming the first county council in the United States to do so. The resolution...

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NDAA Cuts Funds for Programs That Address Human Needs, Provides Excessive Spending for Programs That Enable Human Destruction

On December 4, the Trump administration approved a rules change around SNAP benefits, commonly referred to as food stamps, which will remove up to 688,000 adults from participating in the...

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Denise Duffield of PSR-Los Angeles Appeared in a Recent Episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”

A popular reality TV show explored a harsh reality unknown to most of its viewers and fans: the toxic legacy of the notorious Santa Susana Field Lab.

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Press Release

Physicians for Social Responsibility Releases Report on “Climate and Health Risks of Liquified Natural Gas”

In the face of the Trump administration’s efforts to promote the use and export of fracked or so-called “natural” gas, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) has released a white paper...

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PSR and Other Health Groups Oppose EPA Proposal To Roll Back Limits on Methane Emissions

PSR, the American Lung Association, 10 PSR chapters and 15 other health organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing the agency’s proposal to roll back limits...

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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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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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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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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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Portland, OR City Council Passes Resolution in Support of Bringing US Back from the Brink of Nuclear War

Thanks to the hard work of Oregon PSR, on November 13, the Portland City Council in Oregon unanimously passed Resolution 1050 to declare Portland’s “opposition to nuclear weapons and urge...

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In the News

The False Promise of Natural Gas

Article in The New England Journal of Medicine by Greater Boston PSR's Philip J. Landrigan, MD, Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, and Brita E. Lundberg, MD.

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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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