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Must-read op-ed on fracking from PSR Environment and Health Program Director Barbara Gottlieb

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“Overall, how bad is fracking? The Compendium states that ‘public health risks from unconventional gas and oil extraction are real, the range of adverse environmental impacts wide, and the negative…

Medical schools must prepare students to work in a world altered by climate change

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Excellent article written by Stanford Medical School student Anna Goshua. She discusses ways that climate change will affect the practice of medicine, and the pressing need for medical education to…

Healthy Home-Healthy Child: How Texas PSR’s Toxic Free Child Program Works for Participants and Our Partner Organizations

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CBS News interview highlights the harmful effects of many common household toxic chemicals.

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Excellent interview on CBS News with Dr. Leonardo Trasande, who provides more evidence about the harmful effects of many common household toxic chemicals. Texas PSR operates programs educating young low…

Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes Nomination of Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator

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Austin, Texas. — In response to the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to serve as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility, an organization that mobilizes…

Standing up for Human Rights

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Children’s rights are human rights and human rights are children’s rights. We have an innate understanding of what is right and what is wrong. Regardless of politics or immigration policy,…

Steve McKee, MSSW hired as TX PSR Executive Director

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The Texas PSR Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Steve McKee, MSSW, an established leader in the Texas social services sector, has joined the organization as Executive Director.…

Texas PSR Highlighted in the Travis County Medical Society Journal

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The July-August issue of the Travis County Medical Society Journal features an article about Texas PSR’s Toxic-Free Child program: Is it OK to put plastic containers in the microwave? What are…

Dear Texas Lawmakers: For Our Health, Protect Our Trees!

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Governor Abbott has called the State Legislature back to the State Capitol for a Special Session beginning July 18, 2017. One of the issues on his slated agenda could have…

How Abbott Made the Outdoors Less Safe for Austin Families: A Texas PSR Op-Ed

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In response to Governor Abbott’s line-item veto of funding for ozone pollution monitors for Austin, San Antonio, and other pollution-threatened Texas cities, Texas PSR Board Treasurer, Dr. Elliot Trester, submitted…

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