Press Room Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) asserts a strong medical voice on the gravest threats to health. PSR mobilizes physicians and health professionals to advocate for climate solutions and a nuclear weapons-free world. For interviews with PSR’s experts, contact PSR at psrnatl@psr.org or (202) 667-4260.

Press Releases

PSR condemns strikes against Iran, calls for a return to negotiations

February 28, 2026 Comments Off on PSR condemns strikes against Iran, calls for a return to negotiations

Today, we awoke to news that the United States and Israel have launched military attacks on Iran. This is a frightening escalation to the conflict PSR has been monitoring for months, including the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities in June.

EPA Decision to Rollback MATS Puts Children’s Health in Jeopardy

February 20, 2026 Comments Off on EPA Decision to Rollback MATS Puts Children’s Health in Jeopardy

This repeal will harm the health of every American, but vulnerable populations, including babies and children are most at risk.

EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding contradicts their mission and threatens health

February 12, 2026 Comments Off on EPA’s repeal of the Endangerment Finding contradicts their mission and threatens health

Physicians for Social Responsibility will sue the Trump administration to protect health.

New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body

November 5, 2025 Comments Off on New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body

Authored by leading health experts, this new report from PSR shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, Condemn the Recent Suggestion of Nuclear Testing by the U.S.

October 30, 2025 Comments Off on Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) and the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), 1985 Nobel Peace Prize, Condemn the Recent Suggestion of Nuclear Testing by the U.S.

As physicians and health professionals, we condemn any and all nuclear weapons testing and de-stabilizing posturing. Regardless of intent, President Trump’s statement is a dangerous escalation that threatens global security and undermines decades of disarmament efforts, including the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

RFK Jr Must be Stopped

September 2, 2025 Comments Off on RFK Jr Must be Stopped

As an organization dedicated to protecting human life from the gravest threats to health and survival, PSR joins leading medical and health experts and public health organizations sounding the alarm about the reckless leadership of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and we call for him to resign or be removed from office immediately.

Trump’s EPA Put Our Health and Future on the Chopping Block: Repealing the Endangerment Finding

July 29, 2025 Comments Off on Trump’s EPA Put Our Health and Future on the Chopping Block: Repealing the Endangerment Finding

Today’s proposal to repeal the Endangerment Finding for greenhouse gases and rollback emissions standards for motor vehicles is antithetical to EPA’s mission and will seriously harm the health of Americans and people around the world if finalized.

The Deadly, Dangerous Bill: Physicians for Social Responsibility Responds to Budget Reconciliation Passage

July 3, 2025 Comments Off on The Deadly, Dangerous Bill: Physicians for Social Responsibility Responds to Budget Reconciliation Passage

The federal government is stealing healthcare and food assistance from tens of millions of people who need it the most, tearing apart families by targeting immigrants (regardless of status), raising energy bills in the midst of an affordability crisis, and ensuring people will die without access to lifesaving resources.

PSR Statement on Israel and Iran Conflict

June 16, 2025 Comments Off on PSR Statement on Israel and Iran Conflict

Physicians for Social Responsibility condemns the recent Israeli military attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities. These escalatory actions increase the risk of wider regional instability, endanger civilian lives, and undermine the…

Trump EPA proposes repeal of key clean air regulations, endangering health

June 11, 2025 Comments Off on Trump EPA proposes repeal of key clean air regulations, endangering health

With this action, the Trump administration is trading the lives of the most vulnerable Americans in order to line the pockets of fossil fuel corporations.

In the News

Health at Risk

August 1, 2019 Comments Off on Health at Risk

This article in Washington State Medical Association Reports on the public health impacts of climate change features quotes by Dr. Annemarie Dooley, Dr. Chris Covert-Bowlds, and Dr. Russell Maier, Washington PSR.

Let’s Move “Back from the Brink” of Nuclear Apocalypse

August 1, 2019 Comments Off on Let’s Move “Back from the Brink” of Nuclear Apocalypse

Commentary in the Journal of the San Francisco Marin Medical Society by Robert Gould, MD, San Francisco Bay Area PSR.

The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

July 31, 2019 Comments Off on The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

Op-ed in OtherWords from PSR Environment & Health Director Barbara Gottlieb on how fracking harms health.

Physicians and the Threat of Nuclear War

July 25, 2019 Comments Off on Physicians and the Threat of Nuclear War

Commentary from Drs. Robert Peter Gale and David G. Nathan in The ASCO Post on the public health threat of nuclear war and the history of PSR and IPPNW’s work.

Interview with Dr. Ira Helfand, IPPNW

July 22, 2019 Comments Off on Interview with Dr. Ira Helfand, IPPNW

Video interview with PSR board member Dr. Ira Helfand on nuclear weapons, from Pressenza.

Climate crisis harms our health, the environment—and must be primary focus of 2020 presidential race

July 18, 2019 Comments Off on Climate crisis harms our health, the environment—and must be primary focus of 2020 presidential race

Op-ed in the Sun Sentinel by Ankush K. Bansal, MD, PSR Florida, and Michelle Allen, Food and Water Action.

SSFL activists gather on 60th anniversary of partial meltdown

July 18, 2019 Comments Off on SSFL activists gather on 60th anniversary of partial meltdown

Coverage in the Thousand Oaks Acorn of a PSR-Los Angeles event calling attention to the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory site and demanding a full cleanup.

Doctor warns of harmful air pollution with Cracker Plant

July 18, 2019 Comments Off on Doctor warns of harmful air pollution with Cracker Plant

WTOV 9 interview with Ned Ketyer, MD of PSR Philadelphia.

How To Make Jacksonville More ‘Resilient’: 2 Committees’ Suggestions

July 17, 2019 Comments Off on How To Make Jacksonville More ‘Resilient’: 2 Committees’ Suggestions

In this WUFT article, PSR board member Todd Sack, MD urges action on climate change in response to the threat of sea level rise.

EPA standards rollback harmful to all, including Lansing residents

July 17, 2019 Comments Off on EPA standards rollback harmful to all, including Lansing residents

Op-ed in the Lansing State Journal by PSR environment & health intern Samuel Maves on the “Affordable Clean Energy” (ACE) rule, which rolls back critical health and safety regulations on dangerous emissions from power plants.