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Physicians for Social Responsibility

Physicians for Social Responsibility - Click to view image in its original context
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Type: Organization
Name: Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Medical report showing the devastating impacts of coal on human body released
Physicians for Social Responsibility today released a groundbreaking medical report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health," which takes a new look at the devastating impacts of coal on the human body. By examining the impact of coal pollution on the major ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
A Coal-Free Washington?
SEATTLE - A Sierra Club spokesman says his organization will use new study results from Physicians for Social Responsibility to push for a coal-free state of Washington. On Wednesday, the physicians' group released a report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health." ... [Public News Service - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
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Natural Resources Defense Council
BREAKING NEWS: RFK, Jr. and Don Blankenship to Debate Energy
This just in: Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, has accepted the challenge to debate environmental champion Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., senior counsel for NRDC, on energy issues. I was with Bobby last weekend in Nashville at NRDC's Music Saves ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Energy)
American Nurses Association Backs New Report Describing Effects Of Coal Pollution On Health
The American Nurses Association (ANA) joined other health care groups to support the Physicians for Social Responsibility's (PSR) newly-released report, "Coal's Assault on Human Health." Registered nurses see the effects of coal-generated pollution on ... [Medical News Today - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
What's unfair to residents of coal-dependent states?
Politicians in both parties have complained that proposed federal climate change bills are "unfair" to Midwestern states, which rely largely on coal to generate electricity. Utility companies and corporate groups have tried to reinvent themselves as defenders ... [MyDD - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Environment)
USA: Medically defensible energy policy on climate: phase out Coal
A new report released November 2009 by Physicians for Social Responsibility (USA) - 'Coal's Assault on Human Health' - details the devastating impacts of coal on the human body, including respiratory, cardiovascular and neurological effects. A chapter ... [Climate IMC International - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
Physicians for Social Responsibility to Release Major Report on Coal and Human Health
American Lung Association, American Nurses Association to Join PSR at November 18 Press ConferenceWASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) is preparing to release a groundbreaking medical report, 'Coal's ... [PR Newswire - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 10/23/2009 - Updated 10/23/2009 - 1 Documents
KC Nuke Plant: Lawsuit Dismissed, Opposition Continues
The Kansas City Star reported Tuesday that a key effort by local community members to stop the construction of the new Kansas City Plant has been stalled.On Monday a lawsuit filed by the National Resources Defense Council, Physicians for Social Responsibility, ... [National Catholic Reporter - 10/23/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)
If You Love This Planet: A Plan To Save The Earth
2nd NovemberHelen Caldicott outlines the most pressing issues in the world today and provides a basic framework for solutionsFrom the founding president of Physicians for Social Responsibility and founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament comes ... [The Ecologist - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Historic Chemical Security Compromise Approved by House
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Eight years after the September 11th attacks, the House of Representatives today approved the "Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009" (H.R. 2868). This is the first time either house of Congress has ... [Street Insider - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
House Approves Historic Chemical Security Bill
Eight years after the September 11th attacks, the House of Representatives approved the "Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009," (H.R. 2868) by a vote of 230 to 193. This is the first time either house of Congress has approved permanent and comprehensive ... [Greenpeace International - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents
Docs that rock
On a recent Monday night at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia, four bands took to the stage to determine who ruled rock. But manning the mics, guitars, and drums weren't your typical hipsters -- the members of these bands were students and administrators ... [The Scientist - 11/13/2009]

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"Given the costs and difficulty of implementing CCS on a timeline and a scale that would effectively mitigate the health effects of global warming, the unreliability of permanent storage for geological periods of time, and the costs to health from coal's traditional pollutants, PSR has concluded that CCS is not a preferred option for developing the nation's energy future." concludes the report
USA: Medically defensible energy policy on climate: phase out Coal [Climate IMC International - 15 hours ago]
...DR. ALAN H LOCKWOOD, M D FAAN, PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, and author of a new report about coal's impact on health and the environment: "While the U S relies heavily on coal for its energy needs, the consequences of that reliance for our health are grave. These stark conclusions leave no room for doubt or delay. The time has come for our nation to establish a health-driven energy policy that replaces our dependence on coal with clean, safe alternatives. Business as usual is extracting a deadly price on our health. Coal is no longer an option." Lockwood is available to comment on how coal impacts human health at every stage of the coal life cycle, and the specific policy changes that can help...
PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: New Mammogram Guidelines [Forbes.com - 11/20/2009]
"These stark conclusions leave no room for doubt or delay" said Kristen Welker-Hood, SCD MSN RN, PSR's director of environment and health programs...
Medical report showing the devastating impacts of coal on human body released [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
...for Social Responsibility, Washington-based Sea Mar Community Health Center, Pesticide Action Network, and the million-plus member MomRising.org. "We're heartened by today's announcement, said Brimmer. 'Children who live, go to school, or play near farms and orchards deserve to be kept safe from poisonous pesticides.' 'Under the last administration, our petition for these protections might very easily have been consigned to a black hole,' said Brimmer. 'This new administration has instead committed itself to quickly bring this issue before the public - a welcome move in the right direction. We hope this momentum continues and that on-the-ground safety standards for children advance before another growing season begins.' In a background paper on exposure of children to pesticide spray, the petitioners point out that in 2007, air monitoring conducted near the Southwoods Elementary School in Hastings, Florida, detected at least one of four pesticides - endosulfan, diazinon, trifluralin, and chlorothalonil - in every sample, sometimes at levels that may pose serious health risks to young children."
EPA Proposes Labeling to Control Pesticide Drift, Evaluates Petition [Environment News Service - 11/05/2009]

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USA: Medically defensible energy policy on clim... [Climate IMC International - 15 hours ago]
PROFNET EXPERT ALERTS: New Mammogram Guidelines [Forbes.com - 11/20/2009]
American Nurses Association Backs New Report De... [Medical News Today - 11/20/2009]
A Coal-Free Washington? [Public News Service - 11/19/2009]
Medical report showing the devastating impacts ... [News-Medical.Net - 11/19/2009]
Coal Pollution Undermines America's Health, Phy... [Environment News Service - 11/18/2009]
Physicians for Social Responsibility to Release... [PR Newswire - 11/16/2009]
Limit antibiotic use and reduce health care costs [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 11/15/2009]
Docs that rock [The Scientist - 11/13/2009]
House Approves Historic Chemical Security Bill [Greenpeace International - 11/10/2009]
Vast majority of Gaza children suffer PTSD symp... [Electronic Intifada - 11/09/2009]
Health Care Leaders Ask Obama for Strong Climat... [Earthtimes.org - 11/09/2009]
Historic Chemical Security Compromise Approved ... [Street Insider - 11/06/2009]
EPA Takes First Step in Addressing Risk Posed b... [Earth Justice - 11/05/2009]
EPA Proposes Labeling to Control Pesticide Drif... [Environment News Service - 11/05/2009]
If You Love This Planet: A Plan To Save The Earth [The Ecologist - 11/03/2009]
EPA to issue power plant pollutant rule in 2011 [Electricity Forum - 10/28/2009]
EPA Must Limit Power Plant Air Toxics By Novemb... [Environment News Service - 10/27/2009]
Analyzed: The Thousands Of Man-Made Chemicals I... [Popular Science - 10/24/2009]
EPA to Issue Strict Rules for U.S. Power Plant ... [NRDC Worldview - 10/24/2009]
KC Nuke Plant: Lawsuit Dismissed, Opposition Co... [National Catholic Reporter - 10/23/2009]
ANA report states toxic chemicals found in nurses [Denver's Nursing Star - 10/21/2009]
Bike ride to raise awareness on climate change ... [Media Newswire - 10/21/2009]
Farm Workers and Allies Ask Gov’t to Protect Ki... [Earth Justice - 10/18/2009]
Toxic chemicals found in nurses [Denver's Nursing Star - 10/17/2009]
BRIEF: Health care forum is Sunday [Individual.com - 10/17/2009]
Lindsey Graham: Not a Nuclear Wussypants [Mother Jones - 10/16/2009]
Groups Ask EPA to Protect Kids from Pesticides [Public News Service - 10/15/2009]
No Comments $ [Docuticker - 10/13/2009]
Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care: A Snapshot ... [Docuticker - 10/12/2009]
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Coal-Fueled Chamber Of Commerce Demands Lawmake... [Think Progress - 7 hours ago]
Corporate front groups and large business trade associations are funneling their resources into defeating health reform. Even though health reform will lower costs ...
What's unfair to residents of coal-dependent st... [MyDD - 11/20/2009]
Politicians in both parties have complained that proposed federal climate change bills are "unfair" to Midwestern states, which rely largely on coal to generate ...
BREAKING NEWS: RFK, Jr. and Don Blankenship to ... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/19/2009]
This just in: Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, has accepted the challenge to debate environmental champion Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., senior counsel for ...
Negative health impacts of freeway expansion: A... [Switchboard, from NRDC - 11/07/2009]
The California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) wants to dramatically expand the 18 mile stretch of the I-710 freeway that runs from the Ports of ...
Sarah Lovinger: Iran's Nuclear Program Threaten... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 09/27/2009]
As news of Iran's nuclear program made headlines today and nuclear tensions increase, we must remind ourselves that nuclear war is not 'winnable,' and ...
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Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angele... [Mefeedia Video Tag : medicine - 06/16/2009]
Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angele... [Mefeedia Video Tag : medicine - 06/16/2009]
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