air pollution

Pollution inequality must stop; enforce roadmap law

January 23, 2023

Op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine by Brita Lundberg, MD, Chair of Greater Boston PSR, and Adrienne Allen, MD.

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Gas stoves are contributing to childhood asthma in Massachusetts, study finds

January 5, 2023

Boston Globe Brita Lundberg, chair of the board at Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility who co-authored a December 2019 resolution on the connection between gas stoves and childhood asthma approved by…

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Criticism grows on new Peabody peaker plant

December 8, 2022

Salem News article quoting GBPSR’s Dr. Brita Lundberg.

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A replicable strategy for mapping air pollution’s community-level health impacts and catalyzing prevention

October 20, 2022

Co-authored by GBPSR member Dr. Phillip J. Landrigan in the Environmental Health Journal

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Why do we accept asthma with our ‘natural’ gas?

June 13, 2022

Co-authored by GBPSR Board Chair, Dr. Brita Lundberg in Commonwealth Magazine

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GBPSR Helps Pass Emissions Legislation

June 1, 2022
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GBPSR Addresses the Climate and Health Threats of Piped Hydrogen

June 1, 2022

Gas companies are talking about replacing some of the fossil gas delivered to our homes with hydrogen. When hydrogen burns, it makes water, which sounds good for the climate, but…

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2021-2022 Accomplishments

June 1, 2022

Our membership made strides over the past year! We were one of six chapters of Physicians for Social Responsibility that received Energy Foundation funding to advance the understanding of the…

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The Future of Gas

June 1, 2022
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Webinar – Connecting the Dots: Air Pollution, Climate and Health

June 1, 2022

GBPSR co-sponsored webinar with Massachusetts Medical Society. In case you missed it, you can view the recording here.

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