We Must Prevent

What We Cannot Cure

Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, we work to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival.

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nuclear weapons are on high alert

Nuclear Weapons Abolition

PSR's Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program amplifies the health professional voice to increase and broaden grassroots support for nuclear weapons abolition.

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years left to avert the worst effects of climate change, according to the IPCC

Environment & Health

PSR's Environment and Health Program amplifies the voices of health professionals to advocate for strong action to avert catastrophic climate change and promote clean, healthy, safe energy.

Recent News

Help PSR convince Congress to support radiation victims

A crucial vote will happen soon in the U.S. House of Representatives. Hanging in the balance: justice for communities impacted by the nuclear weapons enterprise.

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Next-Generation Climate and Health Ambassadors Prepare to Graduate

As the Spring 2024 cohort of our Next-Generation Climate and Health Ambassador program concludes, we would like to highlight some impactful projects our ambassadors have worked on this semester.

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RECA advocates converge on Capitol Hill

In the struggle to expand and extend the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act within this session of Congress, we have now reached the 11th hour. 

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#DemandAccess Activists Team up with Local Town Halls in Washington State to call for Healthcare, not Warfare! 

#DemandAcccess and PSR National have teamed up with Washington PSR and others to form the Healthcare Not Warfare Coalition, which is hosting a series of town halls in Washington state.

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We Need Your Help

PSR advocates on the issues you care about by addressing the dangers that threaten communities, using our medical and public health expertise to prevent nuclear war and proliferation, reverse our trajectory towards climate change, protect the public from the harms of fracking and expand clean, renewable energy.

Featured Report

Fracking with “Forever Chemicals” in West Virginia

Information unearthed and analyzed by PSR shows that since 2013, oil and gas companies have hydraulically fractured or "fracked" some West Virginia natural gas wells with a class of extremely toxic and persistent chemicals known as PFAS.

Events

Photo: Martha Brice

2024 Climate & Health Day

June 25
24 Beacon St
Boston, MA 02133 United States

During this advocacy day at the MA State House, health professionals and medical students will meet with policymakers to advocate for bills that aim to address environmental justice and improve public health.

GBPSR Summer Cookout & Fundraiser

July 21 @ 3:00 pm - 7:30 pm EDT
Goddard Ave & Newton St.
Brookline, MA 02445 United States

Join Greater Boston PSR for a summer cookout at Larz Anderson Park in Brookline.

Lanterns for Peace 2024

August 4
1414 E. Johnson St.
Madison, WI United States

Save the date for PSR Wisconsin’s annual event commemorating the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Get Involved

PSR has local chapters throughout the United States. Find your local chapter to see how you can help your community.