Oct 14, 2021 | Environmental Health, Nuclear Threats, Press Release, Toxics
A peer-reviewed study, just published by the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, found that radioactive contamination from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) migrated offsite during the 2018 Woolsey Fire, which began at SSFL. The study calls into question widely distrusted claims by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and its toxics department that no contamination was released.
Oct 7, 2021 | Environmental Health, Nuclear Threats
PSR-LA is excited to be featured in In the Dark of the Valley, a new documentary film that chronicles the lives of a group of mothers turned advocates who come face to face with corporate interests and governmental apathy in their fight to clean up the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL.)
Jul 8, 2021 | Nuclear Threats
In 2018, PSR-LA’s leadership in the Back from the Brink campaign helped the City of Los Angeles and the State of California adopt resolutions supporting nuclear weapons abolition and a fundamental change in U.S. nuclear weapons policy. To date, 50...
Apr 14, 2021 | Environmental Health, Featured, Nuclear Threats, Peace and Security
Are you curious about how much you and your community spent on nuclear weapons this year? Every April, Dr. Bob Dodge, President of PSR-LA’s Board, calculates the full cost of all nuclear weapons programs to our communities. For FY 2021, Los Angeles County...
Oct 30, 2020 | Featured, Latest News, Nuclear Threats
On October 24, the same day as the 50th Ratification of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as well as the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the U.N., the American Public Health Association included language supportive of the Back from the Brink...
Oct 24, 2020 | Environmental Health, Nuclear Threats
Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles celebrates the historic 50th ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, triggering Entry into Force in January 2020. Today, Honduras ratified the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition...
