Op-ed by PSR Board Member Robert Dodge, MD for The Capital Times.
Op-ed by Washington PSR’s Mark Vossler, MD for the Redmond Reporter.
Radio interview with PSR-Wisconsin’s Paula Rogge, MD and Vicki Elson on the UN Ban Treaty, financial divestiture in companies which support the nuclear weapon industry, and Senate Bill 2047, which aims to prohibit a first-strike nuclear attack of North Korea.
Op-ed by PSR’s Olivia Alperstein for In These Times.
Op-ed by PSR’s Olivia Alperstein for Foreign Policy in Focus.
Op-ed by Barbara Gottlieb in The Hill
Op-ed by PSR’s Olivia Alperstein for Buzzflash.
Letter to the Editor from PSR Philadelphia’s Edward C. Ketyer, MD, FAAP, in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
PSR’s Barbara Gottlieb writes for Daily Kos about the dangers to local communities posed by pipelines in a hurricane’s path.
Op-ed by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR Board Member, in The Hill.
Over the past six weeks, PSR’s staff, board, and members have been outraged by the dangerous actions of the Trump administration and the Congress. At this moment, we rise once again to sound the alarm at the many ways health is under attack.
Supreme Court Decision to Overturn ‘Chevron Deference’ Threatens to Disrupt Public Healthcare System
Today’s ruling will cause significant disruption to publicly funded health insurance programs, to the stability of this country’s healthcare and food and drug review systems, and to the health and well-being of patients.
Today in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court put a hold on EPA’s impactful and health-protective Good Neighbor Plan, a significant setback for clean air nationwide.
PSR applauds the Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Agriculture for their recently finalized rules that will help to improve the health of communities nationwide. PSR and our members submitted comments on four of these rules to ensure that they strongly protected public health.
Press release from the American Lung Association on EPA’s new rule on tailpipe emissions from new cars, with quotes from PSR Executive Director Brian Campbell, PhD and Board Member Katie Huffling, DNP, RN, CNM, FAAN.
PSR National, PSR Colorado and other groups have filed suit against the U.S. DOT and USFS for approving a public trail to be built on land contaminated with plutonium.
PSR urgently calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We urge the international community to prioritize providing essential medical supplies, restoring healthcare facilities, and supporting water and sanitation infrastructure.
We are pleased to announce that Brian Campbell, PhD, has accepted the offer to serve as PSR’s next Executive Director, effective November 1, 2023.
As advocates for health and well-being, we call for immediate international attention and humanitarian intervention to ensure the swift delivery of essential supplies, including fuel and medicines, to Gaza.
The new report, by Physicians for Social Responsibility, details the risks from injecting PFAS into Pennsylvania’s oil and gas wells, as well as risks from the disposal of millions of tons of liquid and solid waste associated with the wells.