Letter from Pennsylvania health and environment groups to state officials urging a ban on the use of PFAS in fracking.
The violence in the region, coupled with Israel’s possession of a nuclear arsenal, presents a precarious situation with profound implications.
Physicians for Social Responsibility is deeply disappointed in the EPA’s decision to delay updating the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Ozone.
Over 100 medical journals issued a resounding call for immediate action — drafted by IPPNW — to mitigate the escalating threat of nuclear war and accelerate the elimination of nuclear weapons.
PSR firmly opposes this transfer and the use of indiscriminate weapons by any country, regardless of combat circumstances. These weapons are inconsistent with public health and international law.
PSR recently launched a search for our next Executive Director. This is a unique opportunity to assume a leadership role in an organization with a 62-year history of working to abolish nuclear weapons and a 26-year history of working to protect human health from the grave threats of climate change.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a set of proposed rules that would curb emissions of carbon pollution from new and existing coal and gas plants. Read our statement.
PSR’s latest report on toxic PFAS chemicals in fracking spotlights New Mexico. Eighty percent of state residents get their drinking water from groundwater, making these “forever” chemicals particularly risky.
PSR is a proud supporter of the People Over Pentagon bill, and firmly believes that a $100 billion reduction in military spending is the minimum we must cut if we are to transform our society from a war economy to a sustainable economy of community care.
We are pleased to announce that W. Taylor Carneiro-Johnson will become Interim Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2023.
Inside Climate News article quoting Chesapeake PSR President Dr. Gwen DuBois.
Article in WHYY quoting PSR Pennsylvania member Dr. Dan Wolk.
Op-ed by Gwen DuBois, MD MPH, Chesapeake PSR President, in Maryland Matters.
Op-ed in Common Dreams co-authored by Dr. Robert Dodge, PSR-Los Angeles co-president
Article in Philadelphia magazine on the work of Chris DiGiulio, PSR Pennsylvania Environmental Chemist.
Letter to the editor by Andy Harris, MD, Oregon PSR Board Member, in Willamette Week.
Rep. Jerry Nadler Press Release quoting PSR Executive Director Brian Campbell, PhD; Texas PSR President Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN; and PSR Maine President Syd Sewall, MD.
Food & Water Watch press release quoting Gwen DuBois, MD MPH, Chesapeake PSR.
Letter to the editor in The Seattle Times by Nicole Casanova, Washington PSR.
Op-ed by Sean Arent, Washington PSR, in The Suburban Times.