Envirn Archive

• August 7, 2008
  -Upcoming event: Nanotech and food products conference: September 8; Rockville, MD
  -Upcoming event: Practice Greenhealth workshops in Louisiana; September 17 - 19
  -Upcoming event: Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools National Symposium; December 4 - 6; Washington, D.C.
  -Continuing education partnership opportunity: Reducing workplace exposure to synthetic fragrance webcast
  -Toxic toy ban is in the president's hands
  -Find safer school supplies for your kids
  -Case studies in environmental medicine available from ATSDR
  -Application deadline for Epidemic Intelligence Service is September 15
  -Position announcement: California Climate Campaign Director, Union of Concerned Scientists; Berkeley, CA
  -Position announcement: Policy Associate, Save The Bay; San Francisco, CA
  -Overseas work opportunity for a PhD Nursing Faculty
  
  
• July 22, 2008
  -Upcoming event: Webcast: Environmental Health Issues and Advocacy for Nurses; July 23
  -Upcoming event correction: 2008 Women's Health & the Environment Conference:  New Science, New Solutions; September 25
  -Position announcement: Green for All; Oakland, CA
  -The New York Times "Tribute to Nurses"
  -Vote for the winner of the Rachel Carson Sense of Wonder Contest
  -Join the EPA's Children's Environmental Health Listserve
  -Nominate a nurse to serve on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
  -Update to Nurses rBGH-Free Dairy Toolkit:  Send postcards to yogurt companies requesting rBGH-free yogurt
  -Sustainable summer cooking -- recipe ideas!
  
  
• July 8, 2008
  - Upcoming event: Breast Cancer Fund Congressional Briefing: July 11; Washington, D.C.
  - Upcoming event: Environmental Health Issues and Advocacy for Nurses Webcast, July 23
  - Upcoming event: Omega Annual Autism Conference: August 15 - 17; Rhinebeck, NY
  - Save the date: 2008 Women's Health & the Environment:  New Science, New Solutions (conference): September 23; Pittsburgh, PA
  - Green reading list for summer
  - Find a local farmers' market, co-op, or CSA near you
  - Resources for globally responsible, sustainable travel
  - Four out of five sunscreens don't work.  Does yours?
  - Keep your lawn and home pest-free this summer without using toxic pesticides
  - New blog: Reproductive Health Reality Check
  - Special Research Initiatives Grant Opportunities, California Breast Cancer Research Program
  
  
• June 20, 2008
  - Upcoming event: "The male predicament" Lecture/webcast on endocrine disruptors: June 23; Baltimore, MD
  - Save the date: 2008 National Healthy Homes Conference: Baltimore; MD, September 15 - 17
  - Position announcement: Executive Director, Women's Voices for the Earth, Montana
  - Deadline extended for minority faculty scholarship
  - Poisoned for Pennies - new book by Frank Ackerman
  - Prenatal exposure to wood fuel smoke and low birth weight: Article in Environmental Health Perspectives
  - Article by Dr. Barbara Sattler on Komen MD website: "Our Bodies and the Legacy of 'Better Living Through Chemistry'"
  - Free booklet: "Understanding and responding to climate change"
  - Environmental history forms available in pediatric primary care textbook
  
  
• June 2, 2008
  - Save the date: MACCHE 2008 Annual Conference: September 18 & 19; Philadelphia, PA
  - Childhood cancer rates highest in Northeast, study suggests
  - Report outlines nationwide trend in healthcare sector: hospitals purchasing local, sustainable food
  - Fetal exposure to PCBs impacts reproductive markers of children and grandchildren of exposed animals
  - Association of prenatal and childhood blood lead concentrations with criminal arrests in early adulthood
  - Special journal issue on human health and mercury
  - Environmental Health Nursing Education Collaborative website now available to help faculty integrate environmental health into nursing curricula
  - EPA Launches New Multilingual Web Sites in Korean and Vietnamese
  - New Resource Available from Health Care Without Harm on Selecting Safer Products!
  - Dollars and Sense: Teaching Sun Safety to Children Saves Lives and Money
  - Pediatric Environmental History Forms available for pediatric health care providers
  - Noise Pollution - The Other Environmental Health Issue
  - Registration open for “Leadership In Green Health Care” Online Course
  

• May 21, 2008
  - The best gas-saving tip ever
  - Upcoming event: "Toxins in our Midst: Breast Cancer and the Environment" June 7, Philadelphia, PA
  - Upcoming eventL "Changing Climate, Changing Health Patterns: What Will it Take to Predict and Protect?" June 18; Washington, D.C.
  - Sustainable foods article in Komen Maryland Newsletter
  - The Estrogen Connection: video clips on breast cancer
  - Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit Now Available
  - New resources from EPA: Older Adults and Environmental Health
  - Transition to ozone-friendly inhalers mandatory by next year
  - Women's Policy Institute now accepting fellowship applications
  - "Reconnecting kids with nature for health benefits" webinar now available online
  
  
• May 12, 2008
  - Nurses take action on rBGH in dairy products
  - Nurse receives $14 million as part of the National Children's Study to evaluate environmental health risks to children
  - Big news about Bisphenol A
  - Position announcement: Pediatric Environmental Health Nurse; Alberta, Canada
  - Position announcement: Communications Director; California League of Conservation Voters, CA
  - Position announcement: Climate Action Coordinator; Ecology Center, Berkeley, CA
  - Position announcement: Program Services Specialist, Stopwaste.org, Alameda County, CA
  - Position announcement: Florida Children's Health Community Organizer; Center for Health, Environment and Justice, FL
  - Position announcement: Environment Program Officer; Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh, PA
  - YouTube video by Greenpeace targets Unilever's destruction of rainforests
  - Funding for Healthy Homes activities is available
  
  
• May 1, 2008
  - Health Care Without Harm Mini Grant RFP Round 8
  - Upcoming event: CleanMed 2008 Nurses Pre-Conference, May 20
  - Upcoming event: Center for American Nurses' LEAD Summit 2008: June 23 - 24; Washington, D.C.
  - Free webinar: Using the EPA's Healthy Schools Environment Assessment Tool, May 21
  - Position announcement: CleanMed Coordinator; Helath Care Without Harm; Arlington, VA
  - Position announcement: Medical Waste Work Group Leader; Health Care Without Harm; Arlington, VA
  - Position announcement: Executive Director, Health In Harmony
  - Green hospitals expand mission to "do no harm"
  - Poison Ice: Toxic chemicals seeping into the Arctic food web
  - What's really organic about cosmetics?
  - Ontario to ban pesticides on lawns, spurred by health professionals
  - Potentially toxic bug repellent DEET turns up in tests of Chicago's drinking water
  
  

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