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After cutting 700,000 people off food stamps, the U.S. provides excessive funding to programs that enable human destruction

December 12, 2019 Comments Off on After cutting 700,000 people off food stamps, the U.S. provides excessive funding to programs that enable human destruction

On December 4, the Trump administration approved a rules change around Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits—commonly referred to as food stamps—which will remove up to 688,000 adults from…

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

December 12, 2019 Comments Off on 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…

Kim and Kourtney Kardashian team up with PSR-LA to sound the alarm about Santa Susana Lab’s Toxic Legacy

December 12, 2019 Comments Off on Kim and Kourtney Kardashian team up with PSR-LA to sound the alarm about Santa Susana Lab’s Toxic Legacy

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.

U.S. should build trust, join Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons

December 10, 2019 Comments Off on U.S. should build trust, join Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons

Letter to the editor in the Hickory Daily Record by PSR member Bert Crain, MD.

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.

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