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, IPPNW, and PHR Call for an End to All Fighting in Iran

April 7, 2026 Comments Off on PSR, IPPNW, and PHR Call for an End to All Fighting in Iran

Physicians for Social Responsibility, Physicians for Human Rights, and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War renew our call for an immediate end to all fighting and a return to negotiations for the health and security of our planet. 

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…

In the News

The False Promise of Natural Gas

December 4, 2019 Comments Off on The False Promise of Natural Gas

Article in The New England Journal of Medicine by Greater Boston PSR’s Philip J. Landrigan, MD, Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, and Brita E. Lundberg, MD.

Kardashians’ TV show features families affected by the Santa Susana Field Lab – and residents feel ‘grateful’

December 2, 2019 Comments Off on Kardashians’ TV show features families affected by the Santa Susana Field Lab – and residents feel ‘grateful’

Article in the Los Angeles Daily News quoting Denise Duffield, associate director of PSR-Los Angeles.

Collapse of arms control

December 2, 2019 Comments Off on Collapse of arms control

Letter to the editor in the Spokesman-Review from Washington PSR’s Dr. Donald D. Storey.

The Environment Is Us

December 1, 2019 Comments Off on The Environment Is Us

Editorial in San Francisco Marin Medicine by Robert Gould, MD, PSR board member, and Steve Heilig, MPH.

Los Angeles: Hollywood, palm trees and urban oil fields

November 28, 2019 Comments Off on Los Angeles: Hollywood, palm trees and urban oil fields

Article from Agence France-Presse quoting PSR-Los Angeles Executive Director Martha Dina Arguello.

The ‘Climate Crisis Is a Health Emergency’: New Report Warns US Fracking Boom Making People and Planet Sick

November 27, 2019 Comments Off on The ‘Climate Crisis Is a Health Emergency’: New Report Warns US Fracking Boom Making People and Planet Sick

Feature in Common Dreams on PSR’s new report on the harms of Liquified Natural Gas to the climate and human health.

Activists Deliver Thousands of Petitions Calling for Stronger Safeguards for Los Angeles County Urban Oil Field

November 21, 2019 Comments Off on Activists Deliver Thousands of Petitions Calling for Stronger Safeguards for Los Angeles County Urban Oil Field

Press release from Sierra Club quoting PSR-Los Angeles Executive Director Martha Dina Arguello.

This Report Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Every Child. Its Authors Hope Congress Will Listen.

November 18, 2019 Comments Off on This Report Shows How Climate Change Will Affect Every Child. Its Authors Hope Congress Will Listen.

Article from Mother Jones quoting Barbara Gottlieb, PSR Environment and Health Program Director.

EPA’s use of science to come under committee’s microscope

November 13, 2019 Comments Off on EPA’s use of science to come under committee’s microscope

Article from Roll Call quoting Barbara Gottlieb, PSR’s Environment & Health Director.

Woolsey Fire Crippled Boeing Water Safety System at Toxics Site

November 11, 2019 Comments Off on Woolsey Fire Crippled Boeing Water Safety System at Toxics Site

NBC Los Angeles article quoting Denise Duffield, PSR Los Angeles.