by Alexis Duran | Jan 28, 2026 | Blog Post
By Alexis Duran RN, MPH, PHN, Leadership Council Member California Nurses for Environmental Health and Justice mourns the killing of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, who was killed by federal law enforcement on...
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...
