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The Alliance conference: Our Environment, Our Health ~ Conference registration now open

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Join us at the first national conference for nurses addressing the relationship between human health and the environment. Learn about the growing movement that is being created by nurses as they “green” their health care institutions, engage in scientific inquiry, integrate environmental health practices into nursing assessments and interventions, and create and support policies that protect human health and the environment.  Come hear about and share in the expanding roles that nurses are taking in the exciting and critical field of environmental health.   Read more…

Environmental Working Group (EWG) asks for support of Kid-Safe Chemical Act

Babies are coming into this world pre-polluted with toxic chemicals.

When EWG tested the umbilical cord blood of 10 Americans, we found nearly 300 chemicals, including BPA, perchlorate, fire retardants, lead, mercury, and PCBs.

The best way to stop this pre-pollution is to enact the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act, which would require that chemicals be proven safe for children before they can be sold.

Click here to sign our petition. Now is the time for Congress to introduce the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act.

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Study: Quakes linked to post-gas drilling process.

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Alberta Chamber of Resources says Alberta to change wetlands plan.

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Southern villages emptying as drought bites.

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CJ launches world's first antibiotic replacement.

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Cheiljedang Corporation said yesterday it has developed a new kind of antibiotic-replacement for use in poultry feed, allowing it to get a grip on the...

Alliance first national conference: June 7-8, 2010

  • Join us at the first national conference for nurses addressing the relationship between human health and the environment. Learn about the growing movement that is being created by nurses as they "green" their health care institutions, engage in scientific inquiry, integrate environmental health practices into nursing assessments and interventions, and create and support policies that protect human health and the environment. Come hear about and share in the expanding roles that nurses are taking in the exciting and critical field of environmental health. To read more, go to Alliance first national conference