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Welcome to Greater Boston PSR

GBPSR has over 1000 members in Eastern Massachusetts who individually and collectively work on a variety of issues relating to health, including quality and access to health care, environmental pollution, militarism and war, community and personal violence, and social justice and human rights.

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GBPSR / IPPNW Event

Longwood Symphony Orchestra’s 2019 Healing Art of Music Concert

October 5, 2019
5:30 pm Reception | 8:00 pm Concert
New England Conservatory, Boston

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Campaign Updates

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GBPSR issues report in response to January 2019 health impact assessment (HIA) for proposed compressor station in Weymouth, MA
In this report, Greater Boston PSR details our concerns regarding the emergency response hazards and potential health impacts of a proposed compressor station in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and we call on...
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Climate Change Is A Public Health Emergency, Doctor Says. Here’s How To Respond.
NPR On Point interview with Dr. Regina LaRocque of Greater Boston PSR on the New England Journal of Medicine article authored by Dr. LaRocque and Dr. Caren Solomon.
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Climate Change — A Health Emergency
In this New England Journal of Medicine article, Drs. Caren G. Solomon and Regina C. LaRoque, Greater Boston PSR members, write about the challenge the world faces from climate change...
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Press Release: Greater Boston PSR Challenges State’s Health Impact Assessment
In response to the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) released in early January 2019 by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health of the proposed...
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Greater Boston PSR Letter to Mass DEP on Air-Quality Monitoring in the Fore River Basin
Greater Boston PSR Board Chair Dr. Matthew Bivens sent this letter to the Massachusetts Department of Health Air Assessment Branch asking for additional air-quality monitoring in the Fore River Basin....
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Back from the Brink: A Call to Prevent Nuclear War
PSR and a coalition of national and local organizations, faith-based groups, and local municipalities have all signed on to the “Back from the Brink” resolution, calling on the U.S. to...
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Greater Boston PSR Speakers’ Bureau
GBPSR has established a “Speakers’ Bureau” of members willing and able to go address community groups, schools, and others about these crucially important issues. See the list of available speakers...
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Public Health Experts Urge Ninth Circuit to Allow Juliana v. United States to Go to Trial
Juliana v. United States, a lawsuit filed on behalf of 21 children that alleges the U.S. government knowingly failed to protect them from climate change, is now before the Ninth...
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