environment & health

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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What the Gas Companies Propose

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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Mansfield BOH testimony Peabody Peaker NG plant and compressor

December 6, 2021

Testimony from Greater Boston PSR Chair of the Board Dr. Brita Lundberg to the Mansfield Board of Health.

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Every electron is not neutral

December 4, 2021

Op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine co-authored by Dr. Philip Landrigan.

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Podcast: Climate Change and our Health

October 25, 2021

Podcast interview with GBPSR’s Dr. Brita Lundberg on Healthy Living Healthy Planet Radio.

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Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk

October 8, 2021

MDLinx – Exposure to low concentrations of air pollution, even at levels permitted under federal regulations, may be causing tens of thousands of early deaths each year among elderly people and other vulnerable groups in the U.S., according to a large national study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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