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The voices of

health & Science

PSR Maine brings the unique ethical and scientific integrity of our diverse

community of professionals to advocate for policies and practices that eliminate

pervasive threats to the safety, security, health and well-being of the people

of Maine and the world.

Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know

Join PSR Maine and Maine AAP in welcoming

Dr Philip Landrigan for a special event about pesticides and his new book – 

Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know

Friday, October 19, 2018

5:30PM reception, 6:30PM talk (followed by Q&A)

Innovation Hall, UNE Portland campus

Pre-registration and details HERE

Updates & News

Campaign Update
Back from the Brink
Not since 1953 have we been so close to the brink of a global catastrophe, according the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock. Now once again, it is with extreme...
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Campaign Update
Death by Degrees: The Health Crisis of Climate Change in Maine
PSR Maine released their updated report Death by Degrees: The Health Crisis of Climate Change in Maine in 2015. PSR Maine’s new report, is an update to their original report...
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News
As disease-bearing ticks head north, weak government response threatens public health
The CDC says rising temperatures are partly to blame for the tripling of mosquito-, tick- and flea-borne illnesses from 2004 to 2016, but Maine’s governor, a climate skeptic, is tying...
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Maine Compass: Step back from brink of nuclear annihilation
World leaders should focus on how to use diplomacy, not threats of nuclear annihilation, in addressing the dark path begun 73 years ago. Recent events have brought into focus the...
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Be wary of fighting ticks with pesticides, consider alternatives
Chemicals can be as troubling as the threatening insects because both are linked to disease and illness. The recently released results of a Critical Insights poll show that over 80 percent of...
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