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PSR condemns strikes against Iran, calls for a return to negotiations

February 28, 2026

Florida’s ‘medical freedom’ bill takes another step forward in Senate

Repeal of EPA ‘endangerment finding’ endangers human health

PSR Concludes First Nuclear Weapons and Radiation: Health Risks and Advocacy Course! 

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COVID-19 and climate change

November 6, 2020 Comments Off on COVID-19 and climate change

Letter to the editor in LNP by Alan Peterson, MD, PSR member.

Urgency needed to address climate change in Maine

November 5, 2020 Comments Off on Urgency needed to address climate change in Maine

Op-ed in the Bangor Daily News by Daniel Oppenheim, MD, PSR Maine member.

Des Moines residents had input on United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

November 3, 2020 Comments Off on Des Moines residents had input on United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Op-ed in the Des Moines Register by Dr. David Drake, PSR Board Member.

Nuclear weapons banned — illegal at last

October 31, 2020 Comments Off on Nuclear weapons banned — illegal at last

Op-ed in The Hill by Robert Dodge, MD and Ira Helfand, MD, PSR Board Members.

Doctors Demand Lawmakers Take Action to Address Climate Change

October 30, 2020 Comments Off on Doctors Demand Lawmakers Take Action to Address Climate Change

Public News Service article quoting PSR Arizona’s Dr. Eve Shapiro.

Power & Health

October 30, 2020 Comments Off on Power & Health

TV documentary from KCET on how inequality impacts health, featuring Martha Dina Arguello of PSR-Los Angeles.

It’s time to set the record straight: Canada should join UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

October 29, 2020 Comments Off on It’s time to set the record straight: Canada should join UN Nuclear Ban Treaty

Op-ed in The Hill Times by Jérémy Cotton, PSR Nuclear Weapons Intern.

California Agencies Begin to Grapple With Racial Equity and Environmental Justice

October 29, 2020 Comments Off on California Agencies Begin to Grapple With Racial Equity and Environmental Justice

Streetsblog California article quoting Martha Dina Arguello, PSR Los-Angeles.

Another Legal Victory: BLM will Have to Consider Climate Impacts of Fracking on Federal Lands

October 28, 2020 Comments Off on Another Legal Victory: BLM will Have to Consider Climate Impacts of Fracking on Federal Lands

In another legal victory, PSR and two fellow plaintiffs forced the Bureau of Land Management to consider the climate consequences of fracking on public land in the American West.

The world is facing an insane danger that’s greater than Covid-19

October 27, 2020 Comments Off on The world is facing an insane danger that’s greater than Covid-19

CNN Op-ed by Ira Helfand, MD, PSR Board Member.

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