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Daily Archives: September 28, 2017

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New Report Arms Nurses with Tools to Advocate for Clean …

Published September 28, 2017

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Water and Health: Opportunities for Nursing Action

Published September 28, 2017

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Nurses see the health impacts of environmental har

Nurses see the health impacts of environmental harm every day, in our clinics, hospitals, and communities. From worsening air quality to toxic chemical exposure, these threats are not abstract. They are showing up in our patients.

That’s why we’re coming together for ANHE Virtual Hill Days on May 13–14. Join us to meet with legislators and advocate for clean air, safe water, climate action, and protections that put health first.

This is a critical moment to speak out against rollbacks that put communities at risk and to push for policies that protect both people and the planet.

Register and join us. Your voice matters. https://zurl.co/AzjAD

Scientists are urging the Environmental Protection

Scientists are urging the Environmental Protection Agency not to weaken limits on ethylene oxide—a cancer-linked gas used to sterilize medical devices—as the agency considers rolling back Biden-era rules.

Read more: https://zurl.co/g66Kb

In 2021, New Yorkers voted to add an amendment det

In 2021, New Yorkers voted to add an amendment detailing the right to a clean and healthy environment in the state’s Bill of Rights. Since its passage, key government leaders have been trying to undermine and rollback the Green Amendment, including New York Attorney General Letitia James. Attorney General James has gone to court with legal arguments that seek to undermine and narrow it leading to very troubling court outcomes.

While this is happening in New York, it could very easily happen in other states that pass Green Amendments. Politicians, who are in the pockets of oil and gas or just don’t have their constituents best interest at heart, will do anything to undermine the safety and autonomy of communities. Don’t get it twisted, though: Everyone deserves a clean and healthy environment.

Stand in solidarity with New York and sign on to the letter directed to Attorney General James at https://zurl.co/8gHQo

Link in bio to stand in solidarity with New York and sign on to the letter directed to Attorney General James.

Pennsylvania's DEHP ban has passed the Senate and

Pennsylvania's DEHP ban has passed the Senate and is moving to the Pennsylvania House. Two other states, California and North Carolina, have already successfully passed legislation transitioning away from the use of DEHP in IV bags and tubing. https://zurl.co/Pli7e

$4/gallon. $20 more per fill-up. Hundreds more per

$4/gallon. $20 more per fill-up. Hundreds more per month. Trump promised to cut energy costs in HALF. Instead, he started a war with Iran that choked off 20% of the world's oil supply, and gas prices shot up nearly $1/ gallon in just 4 weeks. The highest gas prices in four years. And his response? "If they rise, they rise."
#CleanerCars #EnergyAffordability #Trump #CostOfLiving #ActNow

The math is simple: #CleanerCars + #CleanerTrucks

The math is simple: #CleanerCars + #CleanerTrucks = lower costs. This budget from @POTUS ignores skyrocketing gas prices and Americans’ economic struggles, doubling down on oil dependence and higher prices. Congress must expand, not cut clean transportation

ANHE Research Forum on Thursday, April 23 at 3 PM

ANHE Research Forum on Thursday, April 23 at 3 PM ET!

Reimagining Research for Planetary Health: Indigenous Feminism, Two-Eyed Seeing, and Relational Approaches to Environmental Justice

Featuring Dr. Jeneile Ogimaakwe Luebke, PhD, CNS, RN.

Register today (link in bio): https://zurl.co/wk9E2

Please join our partners at Castner Incorporated o

Please join our partners at Castner Incorporated on Friday, April 17th at 12-1:30 ET for Reviving Rural America: A Cross-Disciplinary Panel

The event will feature legal and rural policy scholar Ann M. Eisenberg, who will discuss her book Reviving Rural America: Toward Policies for Resilience. She will then be joined by an incredible panel of environmental health nurse scientists, including Dr. Sarah Oerther, Dr. Shawna Beese, Amberlee Miller, and Dr. Jed Hansen, Together they'll discuss difficult questions: How do contaminated wells, crumbling infrastructure, and economic abandonment show up in nursing practice? What does "holistic stewardship" of rural communities look like for nursing researchers? And what will it take for nurses, researchers, and policy makers to truly serve the people who keep the country fed?

Sign up here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/h4Cru

NEXT WEEK: A powerful new resource at the intersec

NEXT WEEK: A powerful new resource at the intersection of climate and health is here.

Join us on April 22 at 2 PM ET for a virtual book launch with Katie Huffling and Susan B. Hassmiller, editors of "Taking Action: Top 10 Priorities for Nurses to Protect Health in a Changing Climate."

Register today here or use the link in our bio: https://zurl.co/VWiEG

Co-hosted by ANHE and Sigma, this conversation will explore how nurses can lead in addressing one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time and what it takes to translate urgency into action across care settings and communities.

Attendees will also receive a discount code for up to 20% off the book.

Nurses see the health impacts of environmental har

Nurses see the health impacts of environmental harm every day, in our clinics, hospitals, and communities. From worsening air quality to toxic chemical exposure, these threats are not abstract. They are showing up in our patients.

That’s why we’re coming together for ANHE Virtual Hill Days on May 13–14. Join us to meet with legislators and advocate for clean air, safe water, climate action, and protections that put health first.

This is a critical moment to speak out against rollbacks that put communities at risk and to push for policies that protect both people and the planet.

Register and join us. Your voice matters. https://zurl.co/y3fRa

NEW DATE! Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy

NEW DATE! Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments and Freedom Trainers on Thursday, April 29 , 3–5 PM ET for a virtual training workshop: The Role of Nursing in Collective and Mass Noncooperation.

Learn about the role nurses can play in collective action and strategies for mass noncooperation.

Register: https://zurl.co/huIDB

TOMORROW! A core value of ANHE is community and su

TOMORROW! A core value of ANHE is community and support of one another. In 2026, we are working on ways for ANHE nurses to come together in support of each other. That's why we've decided to host Nurse Led Healing Circles every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Join us!

Register today by using the link in our bio or heading to (link in bio):

https://zurl.co/GeTYc

Two chemicals used to make plastic more flexible a

Two chemicals used to make plastic more flexible are linked to nearly 2 million premature births and the deaths of 74,000 newborns worldwide in 2018, according to a new study. The two chemicals in the study — Di-2-ethylhexylphthalate, or DEHP, and its cousin diisononyl phthalate, or DiNP — are part of a family of synthetic chemicals called phthalates. “This is a dangerous class of chemicals,” said Dr. Leonardo Trasande, senior author of the new study and the Jim G. Hendrick, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics at NYU Langone’s Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. Read more about it here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/Jh0Rp

New episode 🎧 “Connecting the Dots: Nursing, Clima

New episode 🎧
“Connecting the Dots: Nursing, Climate, and Health”

Featuring Grace Kistner with Lucas Gardim and Ongelique Conflenti.

Together, they explore how nurses are linking patient care to climate and systemic change.

Listen now: https://zurl.co/83LNf

An estimated 177 million Americans – over half the

An estimated 177 million Americans – over half the US population – live in the “vulnerability zones” of high-risk industrial facilities, putting them at risk in the event of a chemical accident. EPA has extended their comment period on proposed rollbacks to their Risk Management Program (RMP) to May 11.

Read more about it here: https://zurl.co/ksNZt

$4/gallon. $20 more per fill-up. Hundreds more per

$4/gallon. $20 more per fill-up. Hundreds more per month. Trump promised to cut energy costs in HALF. Instead, he started a war with Iran that choked off 20% of the world's oil supply, and gas prices shot up nearly $1/ gallon in just 4 weeks. The highest gas prices in four years. And his response? "If they rise, they rise."
#CleanerCars #EnergyAffordability #Trump #CostOfLiving #ActNow

Read more here link in bio: https://zurl.co/KpIhJ

STARTS TOMORROW! We’re excited to share that ANHE’

STARTS TOMORROW! We’re excited to share that ANHE’s very own Milagros R. Elia, M.A., APRN, ANP-BC, Program Manager, is speaking at this year’s Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium in Scottsdale, AZ, April 11–13. Her session is titled “Polluted Hearts: Environmental Health in Cardiovascular Care.” CVN26 is your place to connect with and learn from the voices and practitioners moving cardiovascular care forward.

Register (link in bio): https://zurl.co/K22NQ

A powerful new resource at the intersection of cli

A powerful new resource at the intersection of climate and health is here.

Join us on April 22 at 2 PM ET for a virtual book launch with Katie Huffling and Susan B. Hassmiller, editors of "Taking Action: Top 10 Priorities for Nurses to Protect Health in a Changing Climate."

Register today here or use the link in our bio: https://zurl.co/yhio0

Co-hosted by ANHE and Sigma, this conversation will explore how nurses can lead in addressing one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time and what it takes to translate urgency into action across care settings and communities.

Attendees will also receive a discount code for up to 20% off the book.

TOMORROW! 🚨 Maryland: Make Polluters Pay. Join

TOMORROW!

🚨 Maryland: Make Polluters Pay.

Join a statewide activist training to support Maryland’s push for a Climate Superfund—holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage.

📅 April 11, 2026
⏰ 10 AM – 1:30 PM
📍 University of Maryland, College Park

Hosted by Mothers Out Front + CCAN.
All are welcome—no experience needed.

👉 RSVP link in bio: https://zurl.co/VTXJp

NEXT TUESDAY! A core value of ANHE is community an

NEXT TUESDAY! A core value of ANHE is community and support of one another. In 2026, we are working on ways for ANHE nurses to come together in support of each other. That's why we've decided to host Nurse Led Healing Circles every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Join us!

Register today by using the link in our bio or heading to (link in bio):

https://zurl.co/9MyAw

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