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ANHE

The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments is a national organization that convenes individual nurses and nursing organizations to promote healthy people and healthy environments. All nurses are encouraged to join ANHE (more…)

Essentials

Are you new to environmental health or looking to expand your knowledge? Are you a nursing educator? The Essentials is a virtual textbook on environmental health and nursing. (more…)

Life Cycles

Environmental exposures can have different health impacts across the lifecycle. Here you will find how environmental exposures can impact human health—from prenatal through old age. (more…)

Hazards

This A-Z resource describes environmental hazards, their impact on human health, and tools (more…)

Resources

This is your one stop shop for environmental health assessment tools, handouts, presentations, videos and other resources. (more…)

Research

Here's where nursing researchers can connect with each other, discover current focus areas in environmental health nursing research, stay abreast of funding opportunities, and participate in the research workgroup of ANHE. (more…)

Taking Action

ANY nurse can make a difference. Find out about critical policy initiatives and how you can be an advocate for positive changes. (more…)

GreenRN - e-tools "to go"

Coming soon. Environmental health information at your fingertips. iPhone apps and other hand-held tools for nurses (more…)

Latest blog posts

Toxic Flame Retardants Found In 85% of Baby Products Tested, Including Nursing Pillows and Car Seats

Robyn Gilden

January 11, 2012 by Robyn Gilden Comments (0)

flame retardants, baby products, car seats, nursing pillows, advocacy

research, hazards, resources

Health Advocates Urge State Ban On Toxic Tris Flame Retardants

Popular baby product

Hidden Hazards In the Nursery

Katie Huffling

January 11, 2012 by Katie Huffling Comments (0)

report, flame retardants, tris, baby, infant, child, advocacy

Toxic Flame Retardants Found In 85% of Baby Products Tested, Includi

Try to Look Pretty Without Poisoning Yourself

Robyn Gilden

January 10, 2012 by Robyn Gilden Comments (0)

capaign for safe cosmetics, tv ad, canada environmental defence, personal care products

taking action, anhe

From the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics - Funny, frustrating, and true!

The Canadian organization

What's a nurse to do: School lunches

Robyn Gilden

January 9, 2012 by Robyn Gilden Comments (0)

school lunch, pvc, farm-to-school, school gardens, school supplies

taking action, research, anhe, resources

If you are a parent of young children that require you to pack their lunches or of any student that buys lunch, you a

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EnviRN is not just a website - it is also an active learning environment. Here you can gather essential environmental health information from experts, connect with nursing researchers and educators, and create your own blog posts on an area of interest to you. Join now and start connecting with nurses around the country on environmental health.

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Why Should Nurses Care About Environmental Health?

This video is an introduction to the growing role of nurses in changing the face of food in healthcare. It includes examples of nurses bringing farmers' markets to hospitals, nurses bringing locally grown food into hospitals and nurses producing organically grown foods.

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Chemical Policy

Learn about chemical policy and how to take action around this issue

open community / 13 members

Climate Change and Health

Provides an overview of climate change, explores health implications and provides an opportunity for advocacy on cimate change issues.

open community / 11 members

Continuing Education

Continuing education for nurses in environmental health

open community / 24 members

Vulnerable Populations

Biological, social, and behavioral factors that make humans, across the life span, more vulnerable to poor health outcomes from environmental stressors.