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The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP

July 31, 2019

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

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SSFL activists gather on 60th anniversary of partial meltdown

July 18, 2019

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.

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60 Years Since the Largest U.S. Nuclear Accident and Captured Federal Agencies

July 13, 2019

Op-ed in Common Dreams from PSR board member Dr. Robert Dodge on the legacy of the Santa Susan Field Laboratory and the need for a full cleanup.

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New Analysis of Fracking Science Finds Serious Harms to Public Health, Environment, and Climate

June 19, 2019
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A major new report by PSR and Concerned Health Professionals of NY compiles, tracks, and analyzes key trends about drilling, fracking, and its infrastructure, and demonstrates that there are pervasive, grave misunderstandings about the effects of natural gas and fracking.

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Greater Boston PSR Celebrates Closure of Nuclear Power Plant

June 6, 2019

The Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station closed permanently on May 31! Pilgrim, located in Plymouth on Cape Cod Bay, was the only nuclear power plant operating in Massachusetts.

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Trump Wants to End Regulation That Cut Mercury Pollution by 81 Percent

April 16, 2019

Op-ed in Truthout from PSR Philadelphia member Dr. David Wolk.

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Florida senator: Filter lead from water in older schools

April 2, 2019

In this AP article, PSR Florida’s Dr. Ron Saff discusses the findings of lead level testing in Florida and potential health impacts.

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Activists say power plant pollution laws in jeopardy

March 15, 2019

In this Herald-Tribune article, PSR Florida’s Dr. Lynn Ringenberg explains the dangers of mercury pollution from power plants.

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Pollution regulations protect us all

February 1, 2019

Op-ed by PSR Climate Ambassador Harv Teitelbaum in The Pueblo Chieftan on the EPA’s proposal to weaken the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, which reduces dangerous pollution from power plants.

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Rollback of standards threatens Lake Erie fish

January 19, 2019

Op-ed by Molly Hammersmith, PSR climate ambassador and Student PSR member, in The Toledo Blade.

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