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Climate change has been called the biggest threat that humanity has ever faced yet is being propelled by the very system meant to enhance people s quality of life.
While healthcare institutions continue to contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, some are turning to telemedicine to curb the issue. The potential [of telemedicine] is very significant, and it allows us to increasingly treat people in their homes without patients needing to travel, Dr. Peter Yellowlees, the former president of the American Telemedicine Association and the current chief wellness officer at UC Davis Health, told
MobiHealthNews. It also allows, potentially, physicians and nurses to work from home, which again is a further savings.
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RIC School of Nursing Accepts the Nurses Climate Challenge
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The Rhode Island College School of Nursing recently adopted the Nurses Climate Challenge, a national campaign and collaboration between Health Care Without Harm, an international nonprofit that promotes environmental health and justice, and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. The purpose of this challenge is to mobilize nurses to educate 50,000 health professionals on the impacts of climate change on human health by 2022. Nurses need to have a voice. They can see the impact in the human body of the decisions that are being made at the policy level about the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we consume, the impact of weather crises and the impact we make on the climate, explains Lynn Blanchette 82, associate dean and associate professor in the School of Nursing.
U.S. and Canadian Groups Call for Ban on Face Masks Containing Toxic Nanomaterials April 21, 2021 1
U.S. and Canadian Groups Call for Ban on Face Masks Containing Toxic Nanomaterials
Face masks designed to protect against COVID-19 should use properly registered ingredients and not expose users to nanomaterials at occupational exposure levels
MINNEAPOLIS Today, leading environmental and human health advocacy groups from the United States and Canada provided detailed evidence about face masks containing potentially toxic nanoscale materials in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC). The groups demand a ban on the import and sale, as well as recall, of masks that contain nanographene, nanosilver and nanocopper, which could result in harms to human health from hours-long and daily inhalation of those nanomaterials by medical and civilian mask-wearers.
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