Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. PSR is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and toxic degradation of the environment.
THE OREGONIAN /2008 by Catherine Thomasson, guest opinion Wednesday June 17, 2009, 7:30 AM
Willamette Week, 5/6/09--
In the early morning hours of May 3, Dr. Charles Grossman boarded a plane that took him about 2,900 miles away from his Portland home for a week.
The 94-year-old doctor’s goal was not a vacation, but to challenge President Obama by flying to Havana.
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Charles Grossman, MD, a retired Portland physician, held a press conference Friday, May 1, at the law offices of Kafoury & McDougal, 320 SW Stark, Ste 202 to formally announce his intention to challenge the federal ban on tourist visits to Cuba, and to encourage President Obama to lift the ban now. Dr. Grossman released the following statement:
JournalStar.com, April 25, 2009 -
Over the last six years, those words calling attention to use of a genetically engineered milk hormone have become the rallying point for Rick North of the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility and their organizational allies.
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Dairlyline.com Blog, April 24, 2009 -
Meanwhile, the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, which opposes use of recombinant bovine somatotropin, said more than half of the nation’s 100 largest dairy processors have completely or partially discontinued accepting milk from cows supplemented with rbST.
To read the full article: http://dairyline.com/wpbackend/?p=776
ConsumersUnion.org- April 23, 2008
A recent report compiled by the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility found that more than half of the 100 largest dairy processors in the country have gone completely or partially rBGH-free due to consumer demand.
To read the full article: http://www.consumersunion.org/pub/core_food_safety...
OregonLive.com - April 10, 2009
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility applauds Obama's frankness about the dangers of nuclear weapons and the need to take immediate action to avoid a nuclear holocaust. These have been the most significant remarks on nuclear disarmament within the last half-century. We are hopeful that Obama follows through, with the support of Congress, to reverse the Bush administration policy that made nuclear weapons a central tenet of American national security.
Announcement of Greenfield Peace Essay Winners
April 10, 2009 -More than half of the nation’s 100 largest dairies have completely or partially discontinued the use of recombinant bovine growth hormone, known as rBGH or rBST. The genetically engineered drug is injected into cows to induce them to produce more milk.
This past Sunday, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev met for the first time and made important commitments to work together on nuclear weapons issues. Significantly, they pledged their countries to “achieving a nuclear free world,” committing to negotiating a replacement agreement for the Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START). Doing so ensures verifiable reductions to both countries' nuclear stockpiles.
Peace Essay Award Dinner
Oregon PSR has worked for twenty-nine years to stop nuclear weapons, clean up our WWII Hanford legacy, and end wars. We recognize the direct link of diverting national resources to destructive military efforts and strive to promote everyday discussion on these matters.
DoubleTree Hotel
Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah, Portland, OR 97232
6:00-9:00 pm
Tickets are $50 by check or through our website at www.oregonpsr.org. Tickets for seeing the Keynote speaker without the dinner are available too for $10. To find out more, call (503) 274-2720.
Statesman Journal - March 26, 2009
Children are particularly vulnerable to all chemicals, especially those that impact development, said Susan Katz, an Oregon pediatrician and member of Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Their bodies can't process toxins as effectively as adults so they accumulate more, she said, their lungs take in more toxins per unit of body weight and their brains are more sensitive to toxins during periods of development.
Eastern Oregonian - March 4, 2009
The cafeteria switched to hormone-free dairy about three years ago, despite the challenge of finding a cooperative food distributor.
"It was very difficult finding hormone-free dairy at first," Ken Gummer said. "We teamed up with the group Physicians for Social Responsibility, and a person there actually found a supplier for us."
The Oregonian - February 26, 2009
"This is an excellent example of the power hospitals have to move the market in a more sustainable direction," said Emma Sirois of the Oregon Center for Environmental Health, which leads the Health Care Without Harm "Health Food in Health Care" initiative in Oregon.
The Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility also supported the initiative.
For Immediate Release:
As Governor Kulongoski seeks to pass numerous climate change bills and promote Oregon as a model green economy, isn’t it ironic that officials in the same county (Marion) may soon issue decisions that prolong and perhaps expand a municipal and medical waste incinerator that will cost Willamette Valley residents and others dearly -- unless citizens speak out.
Captial Press - February 12, 2009
However, these decisions are entirely based on studies provided by the very companies that want to develop and sell the genetically engineered seeds, said Rick North, a biotech critic with the activist group Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Organic Consumers Association - February 11, 2009
Yoplait's rejection of rBGH-tainted milk comes in the wake of a consumer campaign organized by the Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, the OCA, and dozens of allied public interest organizations.
To view the entire article: http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob161.htm#LE...
WillametteLive.com - February 12, 2009
"(Both the government and business) seem to lay the responsiblity at the feet of the other," said Rick North, a project director for Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, who was speaking on behalf of consumers on the panel.
To view the entire article: http://willamettelive.com/story/GMO_panelists_to_a...
The Oregon Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility is pleased to co-sponsor and announce the second of three forums in the series "Dealing with Waste in a Sustainable Community... waste reduction, waste management, growth and sustainable solutions" being held at Willamette University in Salem.
