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On Human Rights Day, Let’s Abolish Nuclear Weapons

December 9, 2019 Comments Off on On Human Rights Day, Let’s Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Op-ed in the Progressive by Martin Fleck, Director of PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program.

As Petrochemical Industry Extends Along Ohio River, Pollution Follows Close Behind

December 6, 2019 Comments Off on As Petrochemical Industry Extends Along Ohio River, Pollution Follows Close Behind

Article in WOSU quoting Ned Ketyer, MD, Philadelphia PSR.

The False Promise of Natural Gas

December 4, 2019 Comments Off on 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.

Kardashians’ TV show features families affected by the Santa Susana Field Lab – and residents feel ‘grateful’

December 2, 2019 Comments Off on Kardashians’ TV show features families affected by the Santa Susana Field Lab – and residents feel ‘grateful’

Article in the Los Angeles Daily News quoting Denise Duffield, associate director of PSR-Los Angeles.

Collapse of arms control

December 2, 2019 Comments Off on Collapse of arms control

Letter to the editor in the Spokesman-Review from Washington PSR’s Dr. Donald D. Storey.

The Environment Is Us

December 1, 2019 Comments Off on The Environment Is Us

Editorial in San Francisco Marin Medicine by Robert Gould, MD, PSR board member, and Steve Heilig, MPH.

Los Angeles: Hollywood, palm trees and urban oil fields

November 28, 2019 Comments Off on Los Angeles: Hollywood, palm trees and urban oil fields

Article from Agence France-Presse quoting PSR-Los Angeles Executive Director Martha Dina Arguello.

The ‘Climate Crisis Is a Health Emergency’: New Report Warns US Fracking Boom Making People and Planet Sick

November 27, 2019 Comments Off on The ‘Climate Crisis Is a Health Emergency’: New Report Warns US Fracking Boom Making People and Planet Sick

Feature in Common Dreams on PSR’s new report on the harms of Liquified Natural Gas to the climate and human health.

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

November 26, 2019 Comments Off on 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 detailing the ways that gas processed for export endangers human health and lives.

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

November 25, 2019 Comments Off on 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 on leaks and emissions of methane from oil and gas wells.