Hot, Tick Summer

Hot, Tick Summer

by Paige Knappenberger, Director, Environment & Health Program A tick fell on my husband’s face last weekend as we watched our sons play on our back patio in Northwest Washington, DC. I grew up in Arizona, so ticks were never something I worried about as a kid....
EPA Decision to Rollback MATS Puts Children’s Health in Jeopardy

EPA Decision to Rollback MATS Puts Children’s Health in Jeopardy

For Immediate Release Contact: Paige Knappenberger, pknappenberger@psr.org, 602-549-0344 Despite the backing of peer-reviewed science and public outcry including thousands of comments in opposition to a repeal, Lee Zeldin’s EPA has finalized a rule to significantly...
RFK Jr. must be impeached

RFK Jr. must be impeached

Enough is enough. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should have never become the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. His decisions in this position have been misinformed at best and outright deadly at worst. If he continues his tenure, it will come at the...

New Report Underscores How Fossil Fuels Impact Every System of the Body

Authored by leading health experts, new report shows widespread health impact of extracting, transporting and burning fossil fuels FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPaige Knappenberger Physicians for Social ResponsibilityP: 602-549-0344 E: pknappenberger@psr.org WASHINGTON, DC –...
Tell EPA: Protect health, regulate hazardous air pollution!

Tell EPA: Protect health, regulate hazardous air pollution!

EPA needs to hear from health professionals as they attempt to repeal consequential emissions standards for mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. In another dangerous move from this administration, EPA seeks to expose millions of Americans to mercury, arsenic,...