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Hiroshima, the INF treaty and the decline of U.S. arms control leadership

August 6, 2019 Comments Off on Hiroshima, the INF treaty and the decline of U.S. arms control leadership

Op-ed in The Hill by PSR board member Dr. Robert Dodge on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings.

Hiroshima and the New Arms Race—No Winners

August 6, 2019 Comments Off on Hiroshima and the New Arms Race—No Winners

Op-ed in Common Dreams by Dr. Robert Dodge, PSR-Los Angeles and National PSR board member.

On nuclear anniversaries, support no-first-use policy

August 5, 2019 Comments Off on On nuclear anniversaries, support no-first-use policy

Letter to the editor in the Seattle Times by PSR member and family doctor Chris Covert-Bowlds, MD.

The U.S. Should Never Start A Nuclear War

August 2, 2019 Comments Off on The U.S. Should Never Start A Nuclear War

Op-ed in OtherWords by PSR Media Relations Manager Olivia Alperstein on the 74th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes U.S. Withdrawal from the INF Treaty

August 2, 2019 Comments Off on Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes U.S. Withdrawal from the INF Treaty

PSR firmly opposes President Donald Trump’s dangerous decision to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Read our statement.

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Sound the Alarm

August 1, 2019 Comments Off on Sound the Alarm

Mark Vossler, MD, Washington PSR, writes in Washington State Medical Association Reports on climate change and heart health.

Health at Risk

August 1, 2019 Comments Off on Health at Risk

This article in Washington State Medical Association Reports on the public health impacts of climate change features quotes by Dr. Annemarie Dooley, Dr. Chris Covert-Bowlds, and Dr. Russell Maier, Washington PSR.

Let’s Move “Back from the Brink” of Nuclear Apocalypse

August 1, 2019 Comments Off on Let’s Move “Back from the Brink” of Nuclear Apocalypse

Commentary in the Journal of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society by Robert Gould, MD, San Francisco Bay Area PSR.

AMA Adopts Sweeping Climate Change Education Policy

July 31, 2019 Comments Off on AMA Adopts Sweeping Climate Change Education Policy

The American Medical Association (AMA) adopted at its June 2019 meeting a sweeping new policy that pledges the organization to promote education for medical students and physicians on the topic of the health threats from climate change.

The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

July 31, 2019 Comments Off on The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

Op-ed in OtherWords from PSR Environment & Health Director Barbara Gottlieb on how fracking harms health.