The healthcare industry is a source of both healing and harm. Hospitals are home to a number of toxic chemicals that have adverse effects on patient and staff health and safety.

Center for Environmental Health works to support and strengthen hospitals in their efforts to be protectors of public health. As a leading member of Health Care Without Harm, a broad-based international campaign to address the environmental impacts of health care without compromising worker safety or patient care, we support the following goals:

• Promoting comprehensive pollution prevention practices.
• Supporting the development and use of environmentally safe materials, technology and products.
• Educating and informing health care institutions, providers, workers, consumers, and all affected constituencies about the environmental and public health impacts of the health care industry and solutions to its problems.

Contact Sue Chiang, Pollution Prevention Program Director, 510.594.9864 x311, schiang[at]cehca.org or Judy Levin, Pollution Prevention Program Coordinator, 510.594.9864 x316, judy[at]cehca.org with any questions.

Upcoming CleanMed Conference

CleanMed, the global conference on environmentally sustainable health care, attracts key decision makers and industry leaders from across the health care supply chain. This year, the conference will be held in Pittsburgh, PA from May 20-22, 2008. For more information, please go to: http://www.cleanmed.org

Upcoming San Francisco Bay Area Hospital Roundtable

HOW TO START OR ENHANCE YOUR HOSPITAL "GREEN TEAM":  MOVING FROM TALK TO ACTION

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
University of California at San Francisco (Exact location to be announced)

Please click here for additional information.

Please RSVP your interest in the roundtable by January 25, 2008 or to learn more about the Northern California chapter of H2E email laura[at]cehca.org or call (510) 594-9864 x312.