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Lead by Example and Ratify Test Ban Treaty
PSR-LA Board Member Dr. Bob Dodge’s op-ed in Roll Call urges the US ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, citing the recent National Academy of Sciences report on the technical issues of compliance verification.
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PSR-LA Endorses Public Service Announcement to Keep San Onofre Shut Down
PSR-LA is pleased to endorse an ad created by Friends of the Earth to keep the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant shut down. The ad campaign follows a report that details Southern California Edison safety failures and regulators’ intervention at the troubled site.
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Lawsuit Seeks Justice for 1.2 million Residents Living Near SoCal Freeways
More than a million people in the Los Angeles region are exposed to undisclosed, unhealthy levels of air pollution every day, according to a lawsuit filed today by Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and Communities for a Better Environment.
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Jan. 12 — Environmental Influences on Neurodevelopment
Please join us on January 12, 2012 at UCLA for an important forum exploring the environmental influences on neurodevelopment. This event is co-sponsored by The Autism Society, the Collaborative on Health and the Environment’s (CHE’s) Learning and Developmental Disabilities Initiative and the UCLA School of Public Health, and PSR-LA.
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Dec. 16 — LA Toxics Community Forum
Please join us on Friday, Dec. 16th, 2011 at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in LA to find out how we can continue progress with rules being developed by the Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), and voice your concerns about toxics in your community! We’ll have a workshop from 1:00-2:30, and a Community Forum with DTSC from 3:00-4:30.
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Farmworker Community Health and Pesticides in the Golden State: Leadership or a Tarnished Record?
Half of US grown fruits, nuts, and vegetables come from California fields, which all depend on the hard work of approximately 700,000 farmworkers. The state’s approach to pesticide use has critical implications for workers and their families, as well as the rest of nation that often relies on the example of policies adopted in California.
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PSR-LA Stands Up to the EPA Over Smog in Los Angeles Basin
PSR-LA is leading the way with a challenge to hold the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accountable for meeting its own clean air standards according to the Clean Air Act. The EPA missed a May 2011 deadline to determine whether the ozone level in the region is hazardous to public health, which would help enact tougher limits on pollution from cars, trucks, ships and refineries.
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LA Health and Climate: Advancing Healthy and Resilient Communities Through Adaptation and Changes in Planning
Climate change has the potential to cause widespread injuries and death related to natural disasters, displacement, heat-related illnesses, malnutrition, and air and water pollution. If we do not act now, we may face a great social and ecological disaster with the impacts felt most acutely by society’s most vulnerable populations: women, children, the poor and [...]
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Cumulative Environmental Impacts in Los Angeles: Join Clean Up Green Up
Public health leaders gathered at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center on April 6, 2011, for an educational forum and dialogue session. The keynote speakers, discussed the problem of cumulative environmental impacts and the disproportionate impact these have on low-income communities of color. They placed a special emphasis on the latest research on toxic hot spots, underlying social determinants and emerging policy solutions.
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California’s Toxic Sofas – Give Us a Choice for Health
Right now members of the California legislature have the opportunity to take a step towards better health for Californians, and make a decision that values science-based prevention. Peer-reviewed animal and human studies find associations between flame retardants and decreased IQ in children, learning disabilities and more.
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