JUNE 1, 2023 Physicians for Social Responsibility has for decades been centrally focused on moving our world away from our gravest threats exemplified by nuclear weapons and our climate emergency. Against the backdrop of Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine and rising tensions between the United States and China, we (SF Bay ...
April 2023 Below please find updates on Emerging Health Professional Activist Projects that SF Bay PSR has supported recently through the Dr. Tom Hall Student and Young Professionals Fund. Please consider a donation to support our future leaders. Donate here. The fund was started with a generous bequest by Dr. Tom Hall, professor of epidemiology ...
March 15, 2023 SF Bay PSR and other members of the Bay Area Clean Air coalition sponsored this important resolution! BIG NEWS! On March 15, after six hours of public comments and nail biting....the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) passed the nation's first zero-emissions appliance standard to gradually transition Bay Area homes to ...
March 2023 We are thrilled to welcome our 2023 intern Sienna Marley! And we say thank you, farewell, and best wishes to our 2022 intern Allie Smith. Please take a moment to read about these two inspiring emerging health activist voices! Farewell to our 2022 Intern Allie Smith! 1. I am so grateful that this ...
March 2023 SF Bay PSR provides community-led projects with financial, administrative, and scientific support to honor our commitment to environmental justice organizations throughout the Bay Area. Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice (MCCRHJ) is an African-American led environmental justice organization comprised of community members and allies advocating for climate resilience and health justice. Their ...
March 2023 We invite you to help with these efforts and much more. Protect Communities from Oil Wells: Fight the ballot measure to reverse SB 1137 Environmental justice communities have fought for over a decade to protect themselves and their families from oil and gas pollution and to mandate a health protective zone around their ...
MARCH 14, 2023 Advocating for health-based solutions to our world's crises for more than 40 years! I am pleased to reach out to you with SF Bay PSR’s 2023 Map, now that the CA legislative session is under way, and we've set our 2023 goals. We invite you to join us! Never before have we ...
SF Chronicle Op-Ed: Misinformation on gas stoves is swirling around the internet. Here’s what you need to know Dr. Robert M. Gould, president SF Bay PSR Jan. 13, 2023Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 10:18 p.m. text for space Overnight, gas stoves have become the latest flashpoint in America’s culture war — and once again, the scientists and ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2022 MEDIA CONTACT: Chloe Zilliac chloe@sunstonestrategies.org 650.644.8259 STUDY: Removing gas stoves from homes could prevent 20% of childhood asthma in California Health advocates call to accelerate efforts to remove from homes toxic gas appliances that contribute to asthma and leak cancer-causing benzene LOS ANGELES — More than 20% of childhood ...
DECEMBER 20, 2022 Dear Friends: As the new year approaches, we want to share with you some of our exciting 2023 projects, and some news from young health-professional activists who are poised to become our future leaders. Please invest in our future today. GIVE HERE. We need to raise more funds to move these projects ...
