Santa Cruz County should not be using a pesticide banned in 34 countries — that is environmental racism.
By Erika Alfaro Erika Alfaro, a Santa Cruz resident and pediatric nurse case manager, was one of dozens from across California who implored regulators to limit the use of 1,3-dichloropropene on crops during a recent hearing in Sacramento. The regulatory board has...
The Ugly Side of Pesticides
Even before birth, parents do everything they can to keep their children safe. Expecting mothers avoid alcohol and refrain from eating specific types of seafood to avoid high levels of mercury, a known neurotoxicant. Unfortunately, there are things in the...
The Heat’s On
As nurses, we know that the repercussions of heat can go way beyond the acute impacts of a week of extreme heat. Record heat year after year has created the conditions for chronic dehydration among outdoor workers. This, in turn, is being associated with a significant...
Nurses and Fish are Exposed to the Same Medications
Nurses handle medications on a regular basis but we don’t usually think about the occupational and environmental exposures that we are creating for ourselves and others. During CA ANHE’s recent workshop on Chemicals in our Everyday Lives, Azita Amiri, RN, PhD,...
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