by CNEHJ | May 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Grace Kistner RN, PDTNc, MMHA, BSBA, BSN, CCRN, CSSLHPM The California Climate Center Policy Summit 2026 highlighted how environmental priorities, workforce development, and carbon-free energy are increasingly interdependent – including through modern...
by Greg Zajac | Apr 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Anna Chico Cornel MBAHM, BSN, RN, PHN, HNB-BC, Carnitas Coach® It’s hard to believe that we need legislation to ban known toxic chemicals in our children’s food but that’s where we are in the US. Without a legislative mandate, food companies, particularly those...
by Greg Zajac | Sep 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Barbara Sattler We, nurses, and others arrived at the small-scale strawberry farm with others who were participating in a “Farmworker Tour” sponsored by the Center for Farmworker Families in Watsonville, CA. Ann Lopez, the Center’s Executive Director, welcomed us...
by CNEHJ | Feb 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
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...
by CNEHJ | Jun 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
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...
by 124treg | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
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...
