Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania is celebrating that Philadelphia’s HOME Initiative is moving forward with legislation ensuring that families with the greatest need will receive the greatest assistance! Alongside many other organizations, we pushed for the first installation of Philadelphia mayor’s $800 million injection into housing preservation and new building to maximize funding for the Basic Systems Repair Program and the Built To Last program, and ensur

Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Not a surface was untouched by PFAS, not even the couch Stockings were hung by the fireplace with care But microplastics shed so easily from there The gifts stacked high were tenderly wrapped Though compounds that made them shimmer can never be put back And while the merriment made a heartwarming sight These disposable traditions create the planet’s next blight While we may love a scene that sparkles and shines A great

On a recent fall morning I stepped out on my porch, coffee in hand, expecting the smell of fall leaves and spruce that usually imbues my rural community only to be met with something entirely different - the overwhelming smell of chlorine .  Running through the possibilities of what this could be, my eyes drifted up to the fracking pad above my home.   It can be hard to trust our nose. Afterall, we decided long ago  that our olfactory senses are inferior to those of our house

Physicians, environmental health experts, and community residents filled Chester City Hall today, voicing deep concern about Pennsylvania’s proposed investment in oil and natural gas and its implications for community well-being. Penn America has proposed a $6.7 billion Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Export Terminal in Chester  or adjacent locations on the Delaware river. The company, led by CEO and public figure Franc James, who has no discernible experience in energy or constr

The Cove Point LNG (liquified natural gas) facility in Lusby, Maryland is the first LNG export facility on the US East Coast. It is located in a beautiful coastal area near the Cove Point Lighthouse. The plant has been touted as a “model facility” by those hoping to install a similar, yet larger, operation on the Delaware River in PA. Two PSR PA staff members visited the area recently. What they discovered was a huge, yet hidden industrial campus with gigantic LNG holding tan

More than 2 years after they were released, Gov. Shapiro still has not acknowledged the alarming results of the 3 health studies from the University of Pittsburgh and his Department of Health. Those studies showed that young Pennsylvanians had 5-7 times increased risk of developing lymphoma if they lived up to one mile from a fracked gas well, and dangerous birth outcomes and severe asthma attacks up to 10 miles away. Other public health studies done by other researchers in P

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