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What's New
The Nurses Work Group of Health Care Without Harm announced the release of an rBGH-free Dairy Toolkit in conjunction with National Nurses Week, May 6 – 12. View the complete Press Release and Nurses rBGH-free Dairy Toolkit.
Health Care Without Harm Co-Executive Director, Gary Cohen, interviewed for NBC Nightly News web exclusive! Green hospitals expand mission to 'do no harm'
Green Guide Releases Revised Operations Section for Public Comment until May 16, 2008. Visit www.gghc.org to download the document and submit a public comment. View press release.
Registration now open for CleanMed, the largest health care conference on environmentally preferable products and green building. May 20-22, 2008 in Pittsburgh, PA. Read press release.
The Luminary Project announces winners of the 2007 Nursing Student Essay Contest and the 2008 Charlotte Brody Award! The winners will be honored at the CleanMed conference in May.
Nurses' chemical exposures on job may contribute to health problems, new survey shows.
A first ever national survey of nurses’ exposures to chemicals, pharmaceuticals and radiation on the job suggests there are links between serious health problems such as cancer, asthma, miscarriages and children's birth defects and the duration and intensity of these exposures. The results were released online by the Environmental Working Group, the American Nurses Association, HCWH, the Environmental Health Education Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. View press release, The Examiner, San Francisco Chronicle, and video coverage of the UMD School of Nursing press conference.
Kaiser Permanente, Top Health Care Institutions Join Forces to Create Healthier Hospital Environments Read more about the new Global Health and Safety Initiative and how to get involved. Also see press release.
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