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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…
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…
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
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…
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,…
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.…
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…
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…
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…