u.s. nuclear policy
Democracy Now! interview with PSR Past President Ira Helfand, MD.
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.
Your voice matters. Urge your Representative and Senators to co-sponsor these resolutions and publicly support a follow-on agreement before New START expires.
Letter to the editor by Peter Wilk, MD, Past PSR President, in The Washington Post.
Op-ed by Robert Dodge, MD, PSR-Los Angeles Board Member, in Common Dreams.
PeaceworksKC’s recap of event co-sponsored by PSR Kansas City and featuring PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN.
Letter to the editor by Dot Sulock of Western North Carolina PSR in the Mountain Xpress.
Associate Press news clip covering a “die-in” protest at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory co-sponsored by San Francisco Bay PSR.
On July 16, 1945, in the New Mexico desert, the United States detonated the world’s first nuclear weapon. The Trinity nuclear test marked the beginning of the atomic age and a legacy of radiation exposure that continues to harm human lives and the environment nearly a century later.
Op-ed by PSR Board Member Ann Suellentrop, MSRN, in the The Kansas City Star [subscription required].