Events
Sept 21
2024
Honoring Richard Clapp, D.Sc. and Elaine Scarry, Ph.D., with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Robert Jay Lifton, MD. There will be a performance by the Longwood Symphony Quartet.
GBPSR’s October Monthly Meeting
Greater Boston PSR’s October Monthly Meeting Monday, October 7, 2024 7:00pm, via Zoom Open to All Contact Executive Director Anna Linakis for questions or to request the Zoom link. info@gbpsr.org
Recent News
Mombasa Appeal for peace and prevention of nuclear war
This statement was issued by IPPNW’s International Council and Board of Directors at the conclusion of the 23rd IPPNW World Congress in Mombasa, Kenya. Greater Boston PSR endorses the Mombasa…
Sign Our Open Letter to AstraZeneca
We, as health and sustainability professionals and organizations concerned about the impact of the accelerating climate crisis on public health, are writing to AstraZeneca with a plea to make their Symbicort Turbuhaler dry powder inhaler (DPI) available in the United States as soon as possible.
GBPSR’s statement on the war in the Middle East
At Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, we are appalled and saddened by the events of the past seven months in the Middle East, from the horrific attacks on October…
How do trees and green spaces enhance our health?
Op-ed by Dr. Wynne Armand, GBPSR Board Member, in Harvard Health Publishing.
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Welcome to Greater Boston PSR
We are a group of over 1,800 health professionals and community members in Massachusetts whose mission is to raise public awareness about the two existential threats to human health: nuclear war and climate change.
OUR GOALS:
- To inform the public and policy makers of the human health impacts of climate change and nuclear weapons
- To promote local, state and federal action on these issues
- To build coalitions with like minded groups to amplify this message
Issues
1,800
nuclear weapons are on high alert
Nuclear Weapons
As a physician-led advocacy group, we consider it our professional responsibility to inform the public and policy makers of the catastrophic human health impacts of nuclear weapons.
350k
deaths from air pollution in the U.S. each year
Climate Change
As a physician-led advocacy group, we consider it our professional responsibility to inform the public and our policy makers of the devastating human health impacts of the climate crisis.
On-Demand Webinars
CME Credits Available
Climate & Nuclear Webinar Series
On-demand CME webinar series focusing on the connections between climate change, nuclear weapons, and nuclear power.
