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Commingling the Environment & Health Care

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By Linda Lindquist
RN, BSN

Healthcare workers are a hidden, next generation treasure of environmentalists. This group includes, but is not limited to, doctors, such as those specializing in infectious disease, nurses of all disciplines in heath care, respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, dietitians, pharmacists, and emergency rescue response workers.

 

Resources

Environmental Health News
environmentalhealthnews.org

Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
h2E.org

Health Care without Harm
hcwh.org

Environmental Health and Nursing Practice, Barbara Sattler & Jane Lipscomb, Springer Publishing, 2003.

Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, Sandra Steingraber, Perseus Publishing, 2001.

Minnesota Department of Health
St. Paul, MN, 651-201-5000 or 888-345-0823 o health.state.mn.us

Minnesota Technical Assistance Program's Healthcare Environmental Awareness and Resource Reduction Team (HEARRT)
University of Minnesota
612-624-1300
mntap.umn.edu/health/hearrt.htm

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