It's hard to document that hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas ("fracking") harms health. That's partly because industry uses non-disclosure agreements, providing cash payments to victims harmed by fracking in exchange for a promise to remain silent. PSR-Chesapeake is petitioning industry to disclose important information about non-disclosure agreements -- and to allow those who have been silenced to speak publicly.
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PSR Student Organizer Michelle Gin reports back from the amazing bike tour in Kazakhstan, supported by PSR members. The shocking story of radiation exposure and information cover-up was countered by the warm, welcoming embrace of Kazakhstanis and their desire to tell their stories.
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Long-time PSR members Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, and Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH, recently published a review in the Journal of the American Medical Association of scientific data on climate change and health. They neatly summarize critical topics including specific health impacts, climate change communication, and the health cobenefits that result from mitigating climate change. Read an abstract of their article here.
This month, the World Medical Association considered a statement introduced by PSR and IPPNW to pressure nuclear weapons states to eliminate their weapons and urge national medical societies to take action. In a unanimous vote, the statement was directed to the International Council for a final vote next year. This could be an important step towards a Nuclear Ban Treaty, making ALL weapons of mass destruction illegal!
Read more »Join our campaign! 124 nations favor banning nuclear weapons based on their humanitarian impact. If you agree, click here.
This summer, PSR is building support for the EPA’s proposed rule to reduce carbon pollution from power plants by 30 percent. For further information on this exciting opportunity, and to draft your comment to the EPA, read more.
The Safe Energy program focuses on protecting public health, taxpayer dollars, and national security by preventing the construction of expensive, dirty, and dangerous new nuclear reactors.
Read More »A new report, Prescription For Change, calls on supermarket chains to stop selling meat raised on antibiotics. PSR-SF joined forces with several other public health groups to voice their concerns about this growing health issue. Ninety-three percent of doctors are concerned about the meat industry practice of using antibiotics on healthy animals for growth promotion and disease prevention, according to a new poll released by Consumer Reports.
Source: Kansas City InfoZineAn op-ed co-authored by Chesapeake PSR's Tim Whitehouse.
Source: Montgomery GazetteThe complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, is on behalf of several groups, including the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity and Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Source: KPCC
Updated Special Alert: IPCC Synthesis ReportThe science is clear, the solutions are outlined. IPCC’s authoritative report says humanity’s healthy existence is on the line. Our fossil fueled system is causing climate chaos and damaging our ability to feed and house ourselves. Read more »
Healthy Fish, Healthy Families
How you can enjoy the benefits of seafood, while making smart choices to lower the risks of pollution. Read more »
Ash in Lungs
PSR and Earthjustice's new report explores the health impacts of breathing coal ash dust. Read more »
Childhood Cancer and the Environment
Learn the ways children are exposed to harmful environmental chemicals which may cause cancer -- and the need to focus our policies, healthcare and research on prevention -- in the latest Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »
Video: Health Impacts Reported by Families Residing near Hydro Fracking Operations
Third in PSR's series of Fracking webinars, featuring speaker Poune Saberi, MD, MPH. Read more »
Sign our petition today telling the oil and natural gas industries to come clean about their non-disclosure agreements that gag victims harmed by fracking.
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