foreign policy

PSR Statement on the Escalating Nuclear Threat in Ukraine

October 19, 2022

It is critical that we all understand that any use of nuclear weapons – tactical, low-yield, or otherwise – would have catastrophic health impacts for the immediate victims and our collective future.

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Tell Biden: No More Playing Games With Our Lives

October 19, 2022
Nuclear weapons are never the answer

INACTIVE – We cannot support thriving communities when we are threatening their very existence with nuclear weapons.

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Now Is Not the Time to Playact Nuclear War

October 18, 2022

Op-ed in The Nation by Matt Bivens, MD, PSR Board Member.

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Rehearsal for “Armageddon” Underway as NATO and Russia Hold Nuclear Exercises

October 18, 2022
Military plane firing nuclear test missile

Alaska Native News article quoting PSR Board Member Dr. Robert Dodge.

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60 Years After the Cuban Missile Crisis—Nuclear War Risk Remains

October 17, 2022

Op-ed by PSR Board Member Robert Dodge, MD in Common Dreams.

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Global Health Organizations Call for Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

September 26, 2022

More than 1000 health professionals and 200 health organizations across the world are calling on governments to urgently develop and implement a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty to end global dependence on fossil fuels and protect global public health.

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Global health groups call for treaty to end fossil fuel use and production

September 18, 2022

Article in Nation (Kenya) quoting Laalitha Surapaneni, MD, MPH, PSR board member.

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Health groups call for global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty

September 14, 2022

Article quoting PSR Board Member Ira Helfand, MD in The Guardian on the proposed fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty backed by PSR.

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Nuclear Risks at the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

September 14, 2022

Since Russia took over the plant in March, there has been major concern over the safety of the plant and the risk of a potential nuclear incident. Read PSR’s new fact sheet on the dangers.

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Ongoing nuclear gamble in Ukraine

September 5, 2022

Op-ed in The Hill by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR Board Member.

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