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Nuclear Weapons Abolition
PSR's Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program amplifies the health professional voice to increase and broaden grassroots support for nuclear weapons abolition.
350K
premature deaths per year in the U.S. from fossil fuel pollution
Environment & Health
PSR's Environment and Health Program amplifies the voices of health professionals to advocate for strong action to avert catastrophic climate change and promote clean, healthy, safe energy.
Recent News
Don’t let EPA weaken coal ash safeguards
EPA is attempting to repeal health-protective coal ash standards. Our most vulnerable communities depend on maintaining strong coal ash protections and we need a strong community of health professionals to push back now. Submit your comment!
IPPNW Statement to the 11th Review Conference to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
PSR’s Magritte Gordaneer delivered this statement at the United Nations on behalf of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
For Public Health and to Save Money, New York Needs Renewable Energy
We need clean, renewable energy to protect our health and to drive down energy costs. As organizations representing public and environmental health as well as frontline healthcare professionals, including the…
PSR at the United Nations
This week in New York, PSR is at the United Nations for the 11th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
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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 from the harms of fracking and expand clean, renewable energy.
Upcoming Events
June 1
2026
Virtual · 7:00 - 8:00 pm EDT
Nuclear power has significant economic, health, and environmental costs and poses safety hazards that far exceed those of any other type of energy. We’ll discuss why “new nuclear” is a poor investment for Massachusetts and for our country.
Join PSR National and our chapters for a one-hour event featuring speakers Dr. Philip Landrigan, Dr. Benjamin Sovacool and Dr. M.V. Ramana. Dr. Caren Solomon will be moderating.
Featured Resources
IPPNW Statement to the 11th Review Conference to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
PSR’s Magritte Gordaneer delivered this statement at the United Nations on behalf of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Video: Fueling Sickness: The Hidden Health Costs of Fossil Fuel Pollution
PSR and Sierra Club hosted a livestream discussion of “Fueling Sickness,” a collaborative report led by 12 national health organizations on the direct health impacts of fossil fuel pollution across every system of the body and every stage of fossil fuel use.
