Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Oregon PSR works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival.

We are an organization of health professionals and public health advocates working collaboratively with community partners to educate and advocate for societal and policy change that protects human health at the local, state, national, and international level. We seek a healthy, just, and peaceful world for present and future generations.

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Mar 13, 2024

Last month, our Program Assistant Samantha Paladini attended the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Conference, where members from all over North America met in Oakland, CA at the Sonesta Hotel to discuss climate justice issues around incineration, zero waste, plastic, and climate.

Mar 13, 2024

OPSR is excited to highlight our member Linda Richard’s newest book, Making the Unseen Visible, where she uncovers the stories of how people’s health and the environment has been affected by nuclear fallout and radiation. Learn about colonial nuclear testing in North Africa to uranium mining in the Navajo Nation...

Mar 13, 2024

Oregon has a fossil fuel problem that is close to home. In fact, it is in our homes. Thanks to a new report we know that burning fossil fuels for heating and water heating creates as much dangerous Nitrogen Oxide (NOx) as the states cement manufacturing and power generation combined....