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What's New
Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth are hiring!
 CleanMed Co-Coordinator
Energy Associate, HCEE
Senior Director, Green Building
The health care industry has a critical role to play in climate change mitigation. Read more about climate change and the health care setting in HCWH's new report Addressing Climate Change in the Health Care Setting: Opportunities for Action.
A new report published by Health Care Without Harm outlines a leading trend in the health care sector - hospitals nationwide are purchasing local, sustainable food. View press release and full report.
CleanMed 2008 was another big success! If you missed out on the conference, visit www.CleanMed.org to view presentations, attendee lists, and other conference follow-up.
HCWH Executive Directors Gary Cohen and Anna Gilmore Hall were recently interviewed for an NBC Nightly News web exclusive and the Nightly Business Report.
NBC Nightly News: Green hospitals expand mission to 'do no harm' 4/23/08
Nightly Business Report: "Bill of Health" Hospitals Go Green 5/8/08
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.
Green Guide Releases Revised Operations Section for Public Comment until June 20, 2008. Visit www.gghc.org to download the document and submit a public comment. View press release.
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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