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Press Releases

Physicians’ Prescription for Action on North Korea

June 8, 2018 Comments Off on Physicians’ Prescription for Action on North Korea

In the run-up to the June 12 summit with North Korea, a group of prominent physicians urged Congressional leaders to promote diplomacy and prevent a war that could result in massive casualties.

40 Civil Rights, Labor & Environmental Orgs to Trump: “It’s Time for Pruitt to Resign, or Be Removed”

April 18, 2018 Comments Off on 40 Civil Rights, Labor & Environmental Orgs to Trump: “It’s Time for Pruitt to Resign, or Be Removed”

PSR and forty other national civil rights, labor, conservation and environmental organizations have taken out a series of full page ads calling for the resignation or firing of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

A New Fracking Landscape: Report on Recent Science Shows Overwhelming Evidence of Harm

March 13, 2018 Comments Off on A New Fracking Landscape: Report on Recent Science Shows Overwhelming Evidence of Harm

Health professional groups raise alarm that build-out of drilling and fracking operations is creating a public health crisis. Experts available for interviews. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Elana Simon, Communications Manager,…

In Memoriam: Dr. Victor W. Sidel, PSR Founding Member

January 31, 2018 Comments Off on In Memoriam: Dr. Victor W. Sidel, PSR Founding Member

Dr. Sidel has inspired so many of us in our work for peace, social justice, and health equity. Click here to read PSR members’ tributes to Dr. Sidel. Victor W.…

American, British, and French Physicians Condemn Their Governments’ Protest of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

December 5, 2017 Comments Off on American, British, and French Physicians Condemn Their Governments’ Protest of the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony

The American, British, and French embassies in Norway announced they will refuse to send top-level diplomats to the Nobel peace prize ceremony in protest of the awardee, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). ICAN received the Nobel peace prize for raising awareness on the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and achieving the first-ever U.N. treaty that categorically bans such weapons.

Physicians Warn Scrapping the Clean Power Plan Could Result in 10,000s of Preventable Deaths and Illnesses

October 10, 2017 Comments Off on Physicians Warn Scrapping the Clean Power Plan Could Result in 10,000s of Preventable Deaths and Illnesses

Today, the EPA announced the termination of the Clean Power Plan, the most comprehensive piece of climate change policy on the federal level. The policy created viable pathways for states to slash carbon emissions by almost one-third from electricity sectors, greatly advancing the nation’s ability to slow climate change.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

October 6, 2017 Comments Off on International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Awarded Nobel Peace Prize

Today, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work bringing forward the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)’s international federation, the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), founded ICAN in 2007. ICAN mobilized more than 400 NGOs across 100 countries to advocate for an international ban against nuclear weapons. The United Nations adopted the landmark treaty on July 7, 2017.

EPA Drops Illegal Effort to Delay Ozone Protections

August 3, 2017 Comments Off on EPA Drops Illegal Effort to Delay Ozone Protections

In response to legal action by public health, environmental, and community organizations, including PSR, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dropped its proposed delay of the 2015 ozone standards.

Health and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Its Delay of Clean Air Protections for Millions

July 12, 2017 Comments Off on Health and Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Its Delay of Clean Air Protections for Millions

Today, health, environmental and community groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the agency’s delay in implementation of the 2015 smog standard.

UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Could Heal Broken U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Say U.S. Medical Professionals

July 7, 2017 Comments Off on UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Could Heal Broken U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Say U.S. Medical Professionals

Despite a misguided boycott by the U.S. and other nuclear-armed countries, today the UN adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons worldwide.

In the News

Tell Congress to Stop Spending Your Tax Dollars on Nuclear Weapons

April 16, 2025 Comments Off on Tell Congress to Stop Spending Your Tax Dollars on Nuclear Weapons

Op-ed by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR-Los Angeles Co-President in Common Dreams.

Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

April 10, 2025 Comments Off on Expanding a Washington tax credit could be a prescription to help lower-income patients

Op-ed in Washington State Standard by Esther K. Chung, MD, Washington PSR member.

Advocacy groups push back against EPA’s plan to reconsider environmental protections

March 24, 2025 Comments Off on Advocacy groups push back against EPA’s plan to reconsider environmental protections

Article in Healio quoting PSR President Mark Vossler, MD.

EPA Deregulation Would Be a ‘Tragedy’ for Health, Experts Say

March 19, 2025 Comments Off on EPA Deregulation Would Be a ‘Tragedy’ for Health, Experts Say

Inside Climate News article quoting PSR President Mark Vossler, MD.

Want better Cascades passenger train service?

March 18, 2025 Comments Off on Want better Cascades passenger train service?

Letter to the editor in The Suburban Times by Breck Lebegue MD MPH, Washington PSR.

Heat Illness and Extreme Weather Health Literacy: Communication Preferences and Effectiveness for Patients Living in Climate-Change-Vulnerable Communities

March 14, 2025 Comments Off on Heat Illness and Extreme Weather Health Literacy: Communication Preferences and Effectiveness for Patients Living in Climate-Change-Vulnerable Communities

Study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health co-authored by Todd L. Sack, PSR Board Member, on communicating climate change health impacts to patients.

Can We Go Back from the Nuclear Brink? Time Will Tell

March 10, 2025 Comments Off on Can We Go Back from the Nuclear Brink? Time Will Tell

Op-ed in Common Dreams by PSR Los Angeles Co-President Robert Dodge, MD.

Boulder commissioners discuss signage on potential controversial greenway project

March 6, 2025 Comments Off on Boulder commissioners discuss signage on potential controversial greenway project

KDVR article quoting PSR Colorado’s Dr. Deborah Segaloff.

Consider the community: Community and experts ask state committee to empower DEP

March 4, 2025 Comments Off on Consider the community: Community and experts ask state committee to empower DEP

Article in Delaware County Daily Times quoting PSR Pennsylvania’s Dr. Walter Tsou.

A renewable diesel plant may put the Columbia River at risk

March 1, 2025 Comments Off on A renewable diesel plant may put the Columbia River at risk

Article in High Country News quoting Theodora Tsongas, Oregon PSR volunteer.