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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility

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Maryland healthcare professionals and allies addressing the gravest threats to our health and survival #ClimateChaos #NuclearWeapons #Racism #Inequity

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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15h
Join Chesapeake PSR to learn more about how we can promote peace and end the threat nuclear weapons pose to all we hold dear. 📷: John Lennon Wall in Prague by Marko Kafe via Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...). 5/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15h
. . . -- to bring peace issues and concerns into the limelight, to fill the senses of an audience with the music and message of peace, and to encourage that audience to do what they can within their own lives to give peace a chance.” 4/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15h
. . . at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center’s Gallery 409 on Charles Street in Baltimore. The purpose of the exhibition was not simply to tell the history, but to achieve in some small way what John Lennon, Paul Robeson and all of the other musicians tried to accomplish with their campaigns . . . 3/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15h
. . . Max Obuszewski’s compilation of some of the peace with justice actions that people have engaged in in Baltimore: “The Baltimore Committee for Peace with Justice, Inc., in association with Nuclear Free America, held an exhibition Give Peace a Chance from May 5 through 28, 1985 . . . 2/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15h
We learn the history of what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 so we can help ensure it is never again repeated. And we learn the history of resistance to nuclear weapons so we can be inspired, informed, and guided. Check out this memory from . . . 1/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Learn more about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed changes from the Union of Concerned Scientists here: ucs.org/about/news/new-nrc-radiation-rules-put-workers-communities-risk 📷: A caregiver in a hospital. Photo by JustOneMoreBook via Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/justo...). 5/5
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NRC Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
As healthcare workers, we believe that everyone’s rights to life and safety should always be the highest priority, including the rights of caregivers. 4/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
-- rather, it appears to be incidental, and therefore, the caregiver can be exposed again at another time. These are serious exposures that can significantly increase in the risk of cancer.” 3/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
. . . to be exposed to up to 2 rems of radiation caring for an individual in the hospital. Many caregivers are women and therefore even more at risk from radiation exposure. There is no mention in the regulation that this 2 rem limit (which the licensee can request to increase) is annual . . . 2/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed weakening radiation protection regulations meant to protect nuclear workers and communities near nuclear facilities. Here’s more from our recent public comment against weakening the regulations: “CPSR objects to allowing caregivers . . . 1/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
📷: A sports field. Photo by Milkk7 via Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ki...). 4/4
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
. . . Learn more about your rights on the job in Maryland (bit.ly/mdheatstress), and then join us in raising our voices as loudly as we can for a world that’s not constantly getting hotter because of the climate crisis, which is caused in large part by fossil fuels: www.chesapeakepsr.org 3/4
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Heat Stress - Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH)
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
. . . medical emergencies, including those due to heat, cardiac events, traumatic head injuries, and complications of sickle cell disease: www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s... Chesapeake PSR has advocated for stronger heat protections for workers in Maryland. . . . 2/4
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My son’s death during a college football workout was preventable. Lessons must be learned
Arizona State hockey player Matthew Mayich is fighting for his life after collapsing during practice. Tragedies like this can be avoided
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The tragic death of Jordan McNair of Maryland and other young athletes due to exertional heatstroke was preventable. Check out this excellent article on the safety precautions that youth sports organizations at every level should be taking to make sure they're ready for life-threatening . . . 1/4
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
💵 Data Center Fast Tracking: Across the country, data centers are being rushed into communities with little government oversight due to tax breaks, a lack of permitting rules, and regulatory loopholes. 📷: A datacenter. Photo by Robert Scoble via Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/scobl...). 5/5
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Microsoft Bing Maps' datacenter
It's actually a shipping container packed with computers and about 5 petabytes of storage. The Bing Map team processes its maps and redestributes them to other datacenters using this datacenter.
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🏥 Community Impacts: Data centers contribute to noise pollution, drive the heat island effect, and increase rates for home electricity. 4/5
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Microsoft Bing Maps' datacenter
It's actually a shipping container packed with computers and about 5 petabytes of storage. The Bing Map team processes its maps and redestributes them to other datacenters using this datacenter.
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
. . . exacerbation, heart attacks, and premature death. 💧 Mass Water Usage: The massive amounts of water that data centers use for cooling can lead to shortages, particularly in drought conditions worsened by climate change. 3/5
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Microsoft Bing Maps' datacenter
It's actually a shipping container packed with computers and about 5 petabytes of storage. The Bing Map team processes its maps and redestributes them to other datacenters using this datacenter.
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Data Centers and Health: Understanding the Impacts and Taking Action: psr.org/resources/da... Key Takeaways: 🔥 Fossil Fuel Pollution: A majority of data centers rely on gas, nuclear power, or coal. Pollution from these energy sources contributes to health outcomes such as asthma . . . 2/5
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Data Centers and Health: Understanding the Impacts and Taking Action | Physicians for Social Responsibility
4-part webinar series on the health and community impacts of the rapid buildout of data centers.
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Check out these two outstanding resources about the threat that hyperscale data centers pose to our health and our environment from our national umbrella organization, Physicians for Social Responsibility. Hyperscale Data Centers: Pollution, Power, and Health: psr.org/issues/envir... 1/5
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Read the study on proximity to nuclear power plants and cancer mortality here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📷: A nuclear reactor core submerged in water for cooling. Photo by Argonne National Laboratory via Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ad...). 6/6
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National analysis of cancer mortality and proximity to nuclear power plants in the United States - Nature Communications
‘Populations residing near nuclear power plants may experience low-level chronic exposure to ionizing radiation through environmental release pathways. In here the authors find higher cancer mortality...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Learn more about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed changes from the Union of Concerned Scientists here: ucs.org/about/news/new-nrc-radiation-rules-put-workers-communities-risk 5/6
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NRC Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . to pass through their bodies. As healthcare workers, we believe that our rights to life, bodily autonomy, and safety should always be the highest priority. 4/6
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NRC Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . can still add up over time. A recent study led by researchers from Harvard’s School of Public Health showed that proximity to nuclear power plants is correlated with cancer mortality. People have the right to know how much radiation nuclear power plant operators are allowing . . . 3/6
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NRC Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . regulations don't require nuclear power plant licensees to analyze exposures to the public that are below 25% of the limit for annual exposure. Radiation exposure is cumulative, so smaller exposures like the ones the federal government wants to loosen regulations on . . . 2/6
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NRC Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed weakening radiation protection regulations meant to protect nuclear workers and communities near nuclear facilities. In our recent public comment against weakening the regulations, we pointed out that the proposed new . . . 1/6
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Join Chesapeake PSR to learn more about how we can encourage our institutions to challenge our disastrous nuclear weapons policies that threaten humanity. 📷: Baltimore in 2009. Photo by Kathleen Tyler Conklin via Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/79865...). 7/7
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Baltimore Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
I lived in this neighborhood (Federal Hill) for 17 years. I worked on the 25th floor of the tallest building on the left for 5 years. It was then the USF&G Insurance Company. I could see the Chesape...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . achieve verifiable abolition. Contact Lou Curran at bmoreloulou@icloud.com to join the team to expand Mayors for Peace in Maryland.” 6/7
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Baltimore Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
I lived in this neighborhood (Federal Hill) for 17 years. I worked on the 25th floor of the tallest building on the left for 5 years. It was then the USF&G Insurance Company. I could see the Chesape...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . Rockville, Somerset and several other incorporated towns. Mayors for Peace endorsements add political pressure to Maryland state and federal politicians to get serious about getting nukes under better control and stronger treaties while we figure out how to . . . 5/7
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Baltimore Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
I lived in this neighborhood (Federal Hill) for 17 years. I worked on the 25th floor of the tallest building on the left for 5 years. It was then the USF&G Insurance Company. I could see the Chesape...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . Salisbury, and Takoma Park. In 2026, 102 Annapolis residents signed a petition to get Mayor Littman to join the chorus; results pending. A similar effort is underway in Bowie while direct appeals have been made to the mayors of Frederick, Gaithersburg, Hagerstown, Laurel . . . 4/7
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Baltimore Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
I lived in this neighborhood (Federal Hill) for 17 years. I worked on the 25th floor of the tallest building on the left for 5 years. It was then the USF&G Insurance Company. I could see the Chesape...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
. . . in North America (out of 360) to join Mayors for Peace. As of July 1, 2026, 8,585 mayors in 166 countries have called for the abolition of nuclear weapons. 1,017 are in Iran! Six other Maryland towns have joined the Mayors for Peace call: Cambridge, College Park, Easton, Greenbelt . . . 3/7
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Baltimore Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
I lived in this neighborhood (Federal Hill) for 17 years. I worked on the 25th floor of the tallest building on the left for 5 years. It was then the USF&G Insurance Company. I could see the Chesape...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Check out this memory from Max Obuszewski’s compilation of some of the peace with justice actions that people have engaged in in Baltimore: “In February 2008, Baltimore’s Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake signed on [to Mayors for Peace], making Baltimore the 191st city . . . 2/7
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Baltimore Inner Harbor from Federal Hill
I lived in this neighborhood (Federal Hill) for 17 years. I worked on the 25th floor of the tallest building on the left for 5 years. It was then the USF&G Insurance Company. I could see the Chesape...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We learn the history of what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 so we can help ensure it is never again repeated. And we learn the history of resistance to nuclear weapons so we can be inspired, informed, and urged, and guided. 1/7
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
📷: A submarine-launched ballastic missile. Photo by Tgs Technology, Inc. via the U.S. National Archives (nara.getarchive.net/media/a-ugm-...). 8/8
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A UGM-73 Poseidon C-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile is…
A UGM-73 Poseidon C-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile is launched from the nuclear-powered ballistic missile USS WILL ROGERS (SSBN 659). This is the 81st launch of a Poseidon missile and the 61st...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Join Chesapeake PSR to learn more about how we can encourage our universities to change their disastrous involvement in policies that threaten humanity: chesapeakepsr.org 7/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
. . . this world-threatening, city-destroying, unjustifiable nuclear weapons complex. Not everyone needs to engage in the same types of actions as those courageous people did in 1990, but each of us must find our own way of working to end this unspeakable injustice. 6/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
. . . doused it with blood and taped it to the director’s office door.” The Applied Physics Lab at our beloved Johns Hopkins @johnshopkinsu is still very involved in research for the missiles that carry nuclear weapons. Together, we can pressure them to end their complicity in . . . 5/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
. . . get inside an office building at the lab over years of protest there. It was made possible by Lin Romano, a Plowshares activist, who did a scouting expedition to find out where the director’s office was located. The three brought a copy of the Nuremberg Principles . . . 4/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
(May 26, 1930 – April 22, 2026), a Medical Missions sister from Philadelphia, and Max Obuszewski were arrested inside the director’s office at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. This was the only time protesters were able to . . . 3/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Check out this memory from Max Obuszewski’s compilation of some of the Peace with Justice actions in Baltimore: “On July 15, 1990, the legendary peace activist Philip Berrigan (Oct. 5, 1923 – Dec. 6, 2002), Margaret McKenna . . . 2/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We learn the history of what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945 so we can help ensure it is never again repeated. And we learn the history of resistance to nuclear weapons so we can be inspired, informed, and urged, and guided. 1/8
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Read the study on radiation and ischemic heart disease here: oem.bmj.com/content/80/12/706 📷: The circulatory system. Diagram by Edoarado via Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circulatory_System_es.svg). 6/6
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Exposure to low-dose radiation in occupational settings and ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ionising radiation is a human carcinogen, but the evidence is less clear that exposure to low-dose ionising radiation (LDIR) increases the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. We synthesised the l...
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Learn more about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s proposed changes from the Union of Concerned Scientists here: ucs.org/about/news/new-nrc-radiation-rules-put-workers-communities-risk 5/6
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NRC Proposes to Weaken Radiation Protections, Putting Workers and Communities at Risk
The NRC proposed a rule weakening radiation protection standards for workers, the public and the environment
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As healthcare workers, we believe that our rights to life, bodily autonomy, and safety should always be the highest priority. 4/6
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
. . . Another study found an increase in ischemic heart disease after a lag period with radiation-exposed workers but only when compared to a cohort of similar workers not exposed to radiation.” 3/6
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Evidence that worker exposure to radiation increases cardiovascular disease as well: The relationship between low dose cumulative radiation exposure in workers and an increasing risk of circulatory disease was reported in a meta-analysis regarding nuclear power plants. . . . 2/6
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed weakening radiation protection regulations meant to protect nuclear workers and communities near nuclear facilities. Here’s more from Chesapeake PSR’s public comment against weakening the regulations: 1/6
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
. . . Baltimore, MD 21201, Elm Rooms A and B) Sponsored by: The University of Maryland, Baltimore and The University of Maryland Register for the symposium today: bit.ly/climatehealthumd 4/4
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Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland 2026
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What: Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland: The Challenges and Opportunities of Data Centers When: Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. Registration: 8:30 a.m., Conference: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Where: Southern Management Companies Campus Center (621 W. Lombard St. . . . 3/4
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Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland 2026
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
. . . equity thought leaders; University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park faculty and students; and local climate nonprofit and community groups (including Chesapeake PSR). 2/4
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Climate, Health, and Policy in Maryland 2026
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Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility @chesapeakepsr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Data centers are an emerging threat to health and the environment in the age of climate change. Chesapeake PSR is glad to promote a symposium at the University of Maryland on how we can meet this challenge. Come spend a day of active learning with national climate change and health . . . 1/4
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