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.
Threats to public health created by such environmental disasters are all too common. And in most cases, we find public health and safety is compromised for the sake of corporate profit.
“Millions are breathing cleaner air because of these protections under the Clean Air Act,” said Jeff Carter, Executive Director of PSR.
Op-ed by Magritte Gordaneer, PSR Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program Manager, in the Nevada Current.
Article in The Acorn quoting Denise Duffield, Associate Director, PSR-Los Angeles.
Article in Fingerlakes1 quoting Quotes PSR New York President Dr. Kathleen Nolan.
Article in the Spokesman-Review quoting Sean Arent and Cheryl McDaniel, RN of Washington PSR.
Article in The Cool Down featuring Bret D. Andrews, DO, of San Francisco Bay PSR.
APHA Public Health Newswire Interview with PSR President Mark Vossler, MD, on PSR’s Fueling Sickness report.
Op-ed by Matt Shorraw, Policy and Program Coordinator, PSR Pennsylvania.
Inside Climate News article quoting PSR-Los Angeles’ Emma Silber.
Op-ed by Steve Overman, MD MPH and Sean Arent, Washington PSR, in the Seattle Times.
Op-ed by Bridget Lee, MD, Greater Boston PSR Board Member, in ACEP Now.