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Home » Newsletter » ANHE Events and Opportunities Update – August 18, 2021

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ANHE Events and Opportunities Update – August 18, 2021

by ANHE|Published August 18, 2021

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Fewer safeguards from EPA can mean more toxic poll

Fewer safeguards from EPA can mean more toxic pollution, slower cleanup, less monitoring, and longer exposure risks. This report outlines four major sources of toxic pollution in North Carolina, including where exposure risks are highest, which populations are most impacted, and how EPA decisions to loosen, delay, and eliminate safeguards create greater health risks for North Carolinians while
putting a greater responsibility on the state to keep people safe."

Read more here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/ZnhpT

This summer, groups with the Campaign for Healthie

This summer, groups with the Campaign for Healthier Solutions screened personal care products at dollar stores using Clearya Survey. Six out of 78 products screened listed chemicals that are prohibited in cosmetics in at least one U.S. state, now or starting in 2027, including PFAS, formaldehyde releasers, toluene and lilial. Many more products openly listed ingredients linked to health harms, including endocrine disruption, reproductive harm, and cancer.

Read about it here: https://zurl.co/C6bOi

What role do environmental exposures play in Parki

What role do environmental exposures play in Parkinson’s disease and dementia, and how can we reduce our risk?

Join CSU East Bay on Tuesday, November 10 at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT for Parkinson’s Disease and Dementia Prevention in a Compromised Environment.

Featuring neurologist Dr. Ray Dorsey and Robin Shepherd of the Susan and Charles Berghoff Foundation, this discussion will explore the connections between environmental health, brain health, and disease prevention.

📚 15 attendees will receive copies of The Parkinson’s Plan!

🔗 Register here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/vPDyf

🎥 Watch the key findings from the 2026 Lancet Coun

🎥 Watch the key findings from the 2026 Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report.
Climate action is already delivering health benefits, but progress remains insufficient to address the scale of climate-related health harms already being felt.

Ahead of COP31, explore our recommendations for embedding health at the heart of climate action.
🔗(link in bio): https://zurl.co/T3uYC
#LancetClimate26

Health professionals see the climate crisis up clo

Health professionals see the climate crisis up close. So why are they so often missing
when the plans get made?

They treat people through extreme heat and manage disease outbreaks after floods.
When storms cut water and power, they keep clinics running. They know where health
systems break, and what it takes to keep care going.

And the pressure is growing. A Super El Niño is strengthening in the Pacific, and
forecasters say it could be the strongest on record. It will put even more strain on health
systems that are already stretched, so leaving health workers out of the planning is a risk
we can't afford.

That's why we've joined @healthcarewithoutharm and health professional networks
representing millions of health workers worldwide in a joint submission to the COP31
Presidency. Together, we're proposing a dedicated health workforce pillar in the Antalya
Initiative for Resilient Health Systems, so frontline experience shapes climate resilience
plans from the start.

We've offered to help build it, from practical tools to a real seat for health professionals
at COP31 Health Day.

Health professionals belong at the table, not just on the front line.
Ask your country's health ministry to support a health workforce pillar at COP31, and send
this to a nurse, doctor or health worker whose voice should be in the room.

Read the joint submission here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/0tT45
#COP31 #ClimateAndHealth

🚨 Nurses Condemn EPA Methane Rule Rollback The EP

🚨 Nurses Condemn EPA Methane Rule Rollback

The EPA has proposed rolling back the 2024 Methane Rule, weakening protections against harmful pollution from oil and gas operations linked to asthma, respiratory disease, and other serious health risks.

ANHE strongly opposes the proposal and calls for strong, enforceable methane standards to protect public health, particularly for communities living near oil and gas facilities.

🔗 Read the full statement here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/iIsNy

Election Day is almost here. Reach out to your vot

Election Day is almost here. Reach out to your voter circle, check their plans, offer support, and vote early together if you can. You’ve built your circle. Now let’s show up together.

→ https://zurl.co/CbpLe
Election Protection Hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE / 866-687-8683
#ElectionEarth2026

Join the ANHE Practice Forum on November 17th at 3

Join the ANHE Practice Forum on November 17th at 3 pm ET for a webinar Hospital Supply Recovery: Turning Unused Supplies into Savings and Supply Chain Resilience.

Every day, hospitals discard unopened, unused medical supplies that could otherwise support patient care. Featuring speaker Leo Williams, President and CEO of Clean Sweep Group Inc., this presentation will explore how a structured Hospital Supply Recovery Program identifies, evaluates, disinfects, and returns eligible supplies to hospital inventory. Drawing on implementation experience at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Leo will discuss operational requirements, infection prevention considerations, and methods for measuring recovered value, waste reduction, and financial benefits.

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

NEXT WEEK: Join us for ANHE’s New England Road Sho

NEXT WEEK: Join us for ANHE’s New England Road Show! 🌎🩺

Hear from nursing and policy leaders as they discuss climate and environmental health advocacy and how nurses can drive change in their communities.

📅 November 5
🕕 6:30 PM ET
💻 Virtual

Register today: https://zurl.co/keXBk

Although Pfas have existed for less than a century

Although Pfas have existed for less than a century, scientists have warned that their accumulation in the environment has already breached a planetary boundary. Despite alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production.

Read more about it here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/YofCR

A new report recently came out that finds that nea

A new report recently came out that finds that nearly 93% of known plastic chemicals used to wrap food and make clothes, toys, and other common household and personal care products pose a high risk to human health.

Read about it here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/N8IcL

Leaders in Washington are focused on keeping the c

Leaders in Washington are focused on keeping the cost of powering AI data centers off families’ electricity bills. But electricity isn’t the only cost families can face.

Pollution from the power plants and generators serving data centers can also mean medical bills, missed work and missed school. Those health costs need to be part of decisions about where data centers go and how they’re powered.

If families shouldn’t have to pay the electricity costs, they shouldn’t have to pay avoidable health costs either.

#AI #DataCenters #Pollution #EPA #PublicHealth
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You made your plan. Now give yourself more options

You made your plan. Now give yourself more options. Find out when and where you can vote early, add it to your calendar, then share the information with 5 people.

→ https://zurl.co/IXdbg
#ElectionEarth2026 #ClimateVoter #VoteEarlyDay

TOMORROW: Join the ANHE Research Forum on Thursday

TOMORROW: Join the ANHE Research Forum on Thursday, October 22 at 6 PM ET for Climate-Resilient Maternal and Child Health Research: Challenges and Rewards.

Dr. Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins of Monash University will share insights from her research across the Indo-Pacific, exploring how climate change affects maternal and child health, the challenges of building climate-resilient healthcare systems, and the importance of cross-cultural research partnerships.

1 CE credit available for eligible attendees.

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

TOMORROW: Join us for ANHE’s Southwest Regional Fo

TOMORROW: Join us for ANHE’s Southwest Regional Forum Road Show! 🌎🩺

Hear from nursing and policy leaders as they discuss climate and environmental health advocacy and how nurses can drive change in their communities.

📅 October 21
🕕 7:00 PM ET
💻 Virtual

Register today: https://zurl.co/keXBk

Join us for ANHE’s New England Road Show! 🌎🩺 Hear

Join us for ANHE’s New England Road Show! 🌎🩺

Hear from nursing and policy leaders as they discuss climate and environmental health advocacy and how nurses can drive change in their communities.

📅 November 5
🕕 6:30 PM ET
💻 Virtual

Register today: https://zurl.co/keXBk

TOMORROW: Join the ANHE Practice Forum on October

TOMORROW: Join the ANHE Practice Forum on October 20 at 3 PM ET for From Hospital Sustainability to National Nursing Action: Lessons, Barriers, and the Path Forward.

Michelle Bouchard of Advocate Christ Medical Center & Children’s Hospital and Joan Widmer of NH Healthy Climate will discuss the challenges and successes of nurse-led sustainability initiatives, recent progress at the American Nurses Association, and opportunities to strengthen collaboration and support for nurses advancing environmental sustainability in healthcare.

Register today (link in bio): https://zurl.co/dtd5U

ANHE joined more than 70 signatories urging EPA to

ANHE joined more than 70 signatories urging EPA to appoint and convene a scientifically credible, varied and balanced Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC). EPA has left the committee partially unseated, failing to meet its promise and depriving the agency of independent, science-based guidance on protecting children from pollution and toxic chemicals when families need it most.

Read about it here (link in bio): https://zurl.co/1WvY1

Pennsylvania could become the next U.S. state to b

Pennsylvania could become the next U.S. state to ban paraquat, one of the most toxic herbicides still legal in this country.

Two bipartisan bills could make that happen, but they still need a vote. Vermont banned paraquat in May 2026, and California announced a phase-out in August 2026.

Pennsylvania could be next, but lawmakers need to hear from you.

👉 If you live in PA: Contact your state legislators and tell them to bring HB 1135 and SB 1158 to a vote.

👉 Don’t live in PA? visit our friends @environmentalworkinggroup to tell your own state’s lawmakers to ban paraquat. And share this post so more people learn about the fight to ban paraquat nationwide.

Your vote is your voice, and you have the right to

Your vote is your voice, and you have the right to cast it freely, safely, and without intimidation. Knowing your rights is not just about protecting yourself. It is about showing up for your community, your neighbors, and every eligible voter who deserves to participate with confidence.

Read the Election Earth Voting Rights Guide, save the Election Protection Hotline in your phone, and share both with 5 people in your circle.

→ https://zurl.co/lXZca
(link in bio)

Election Protection Hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE / 866-687-8683
#ElectionEarth2026 #ClimateVoter #ProtectTheVote

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