PSR ASSERTS A STRONG MEDICAL VOICE...

PSR Board Member to Speak at American College of Preventive Medicine Event
Kent Bransford, MD will speak at: Addressing Public Health Impacts of Global Climate Change Through Prevention Practice and Policy Solutions, hosted by ACPM, on September 24, 2008. For details about the event and to register, click here.

PSR is pleased to welcome four new staff members to our Washington, DC office. Barbara Gottlieb, Mary Dillon Kerwin, Michele Boyd, and Peter Wilk.

EPA: Global Warming Poses “Substantial” Health Threat
The United States Environmental Protection Agency published a new report July 17, 2008, claiming climate change will pose a “substantial” threat to human health. The report was published just days after the agency postponed regulation of the pollutants blamed for global warming until the next administration. View the report here.

Engage Iran and Avoid War

Help avoid another war in the Middle East. Contact your elected Congressional Representatives. Tell them to support direct unconditional dialogue between the United States and Iran. To speak with your Member of Congress, call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senators' and/or Representative's office. Check out current news and analysis on Iran on PSR’s Security Program website.

This ad was created by PSR with the artistic assistance of The Action Mill. The ad ran in Politico, a thrice weekly publication that is delivered to Congressional offices and to hundreds of policy makers in Washington, DC.

Long Term Costs of Iraq War Overwhelming

A report to be released by PSR with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) shows that the mental and social trauma from the Iraq war will be with the U.S. for decades and that actual fiscal cost may exceed those for combat activities. Dr. Evan Kanter, a member of the Board of Directors for PSR, compiled the report that details more than $650 billion in long term costs as well as mental disabilities and disruptions to families of returning veterans. Read more...

PSR Physician Finds Regional Nuclear War Could Kill One Billion People
Physician and PSR Board member Dr. Ira Helfand has presented a paper arguing that even a limited use of nuclear weapons could cost more than a billion lives globally. Read the paper here.

Medical Alliance to Stop Global Warming
Student leaders are bringing the critical issue of global warming to medical schools around the country. Learn more…

Dirty, Dangerous and Expensive: The Truth About Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is not the solution to global warming. A new fact sheet from PSR dispels the myths of nuclear power as a clean, safe, and affordable energy source. (Web Version, PDF)

Stop the Bombplex!
PSR speaks out against the Bush administration's Complex 2030 plan that would produce new nuclear warheads. Learn more...