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The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) is the only national nursing organization focused solely on the intersection of health and the environment. Promoting healthy people and healthy environments. Visit us at envrin.org
🎧 New episode of the Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast: “Envisioning Planetary Health with the Nightingale Initiative for Global Health.”
Tune in for a conversation on nursing leadership, global health, and the movement for planetary health.
Listen here (link in bio): zurl.co/9TsfS
64 health organizations, including the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, are urging Congress not to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—the nation’s primary chemical safety law that protects people from harmful chemical exposures.
Read the press release:
zurl.co/LDGo9
New survey from @The Pew Charitable Trusts shows more than 70% of U.S. adults are concerned about harmful chemicals in food and drinking water— a majority is also concerned about chemicals in food packaging, children’s and baby products, farmland, and other sources.
Read it here: zurl.co/9J1PH
Join Health Voices for Equitable Phaseout of Fossil Fuels
🗓 March 31, 2026
⏰ 3–4 PM ET
Hear leaders from the Americas, Africa, and Australia on countering misinformation, advancing clean energy, and protecting public health.
Register here (link in bio): zurl.co/g0fLY
TOMORROW! Join the ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call on Thursday, February 26th at 3pm ET for Simulating Healthier Climate Futures Workshop with Katherine Markova, Partnerships Lead at Climate Interactive.
Register here: zurl.co/N9iCR
Extreme Weather Survivors is hosting a National Virtual Advocacy Summit on Saturday, February 28. Join to explore how lived experience can drive solutions that better prepare and protect communities. Register: zurl.co/25ELx
NEXT WEEK! Join the ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call on Thursday, February 26th at 3pm ET for Simulating Healthier Climate Futures Workshop with Katherine Markova, Partnerships Lead at Climate Interactive.
Register here: zurl.co/N9iCR
🌱🏥✨ Nominations for the 2026 Charlotte Brody Award DUE TOMORROW
Nominate today here or at the link in our bio: zurl.co/MN6qS
✈️ Award includes travel support and registration to CleanMed in St. Louis, May 12–14, 2026
TOMORROW: Join the ANHE Food & Agriculture Committee on February 19 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time/4:00 PM Eastern Time, as we continued discussion on food guidelines, with a focus on next steps for deeper engagement and education.
Register here: zurl.co/ASc4F
TOMORROW: Attention Nursing Educators: Please join us for the Nurses Climate Challenge School of Nursing Commitment Spring 2026 Semester Call.
Date and Time: Thursday February 19, 2026 - 3:00pm - 4:30pm ET
Zoom Link (link in bio): zurl.co/UITWh
Next week! A core value of ANHE is community and support of one another. In 2026, we are working on ways for ANHE nurses to come together in support of each other.
Register today: zurl.co/5OzDA
TOMORROW: Nurses’ voices are needed now.
🗓️ Feb 18 | ⏰ 3–4 PM ET
🖥️ 30-minute training + Q&A
🔗 RSVP here or at the link in our bio: zurl.co/Zwp4K
Dr. Adrienne Wald, Northeast Regional Forum organizer for ANHE and NY resident, attended a press conference in Albany, NY upon release of a bill to ban paraquat in New York State. Read more about it today: zurl.co/B6N5I
TOMORROW!
Join the ANHE Practice Forum on Feb 17 at 3pm ET for a webinar with Dr. Veronica M. Zoghbi, who will share practical strategies for designing and sustaining recovery programs in perioperative settings.
Register here: zurl.co/5eBg7
Mary Ellen O’Connell, Pennsylvania resident and registered nurse with ANHE, joined a press event with Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. and State Rep. Robert Freeman warning of pollution and health impacts resulting from a federal rollback of greenhouse gas policy.
Read more: zurl.co/k81A2
Join the ANHE Research Forum Monthly Call on Thursday, February 26th at 3pm ET for Simulating Healthier Climate Futures Workshop with Katherine Markova, Partnerships Lead at Climate Interactive.
Register here: zurl.co/N9iCR
On January 28th, 137 House lawmakers sent a strong message to Congressional leaders urging the rejection of any legislation that would limit longstanding state and local pesticide safety rules. Congress is preparing to deliberate the next farm bill as early as February. zurl.co/1OInm
At least nine states are now considering partial or full paraquat bans, according to the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Many federal lawmakers have also been calling for a ban on paraquat. Read more here or at the link in bio zurl.co/3HU0y
Extreme Weather Survivors is hosting a National Virtual Advocacy Summit on Saturday, February 28. Join to explore how lived experience can drive solutions that better prepare and protect communities. Register: zurl.co/25ELx
The Trump administration is undercutting its own MAHA agenda, as EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin works to tear down lifesaving protections, exposing more than 2 million children to toxins linked to asthma, autism, ADHD, and cancer. 🚨 zurl.co/UzNOY
The EPA has finalized its repeal of the Endangerment Finding, a cornerstone science-based protection that recognizes greenhouse gases as a threat to health.
zurl.co/SmoM9
TOMORROW! ANHE's Policy & Advocacy Forum — This Thurs, Feb 5 | 3–4pm ET
🧪 Paraquat Bans 101: What Nurses Need to Know & Why We Must Advocate
🎤 Jason Kirchick, MPH, MSN, RN, CNL, MEDSURG-BC (ANHE Fellow Alumnus)
Register here: zurl.co/PJ1FH
🚨 65+ health and nursing groups, including ANHE, urge Congress to oppose reopening or weakening TSCA, the law that protects us from toxic chemicals. Public health must come first. Read the full letter here (link in bio): zurl.co/YsTdn
Frontline nurses are pushing back against rollbacks on toxic chemical safeguards — our communities deserve strong protections! Read our press release here (link in bio) 👉 zurl.co/ib2Ug
More than 250 groups are calling on Congress to protect — not weaken — chemical safety laws under TSCA. Public health comes first.
(link in bio)🔗 zurl.co/A5Iz7
In this video, ANHE Board Member Adelita Cantu (PhD, RN, FAAN ) reminds us that every community has the right to a healthy environment.
Tomorrow! Join the ANHE Practice Forum on January 15th 2PM ET for an engaging discussion on advancing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) within our work.
✨ Learn, share, and connect with peers committed to equity.
🔗 Link to register: zurl.co/3MDVk
🔗 Link also in bio
In this video, ANHE Board Member Adelita Cantu (PhD, RN, FAAN ) reminds us that every community has the right to a healthy environment.
NEXT WEEK! Join the ANHE Practice Forum on January 15th 2PM ET for an engaging discussion on advancing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) within our work.
✨ Learn, share, and connect with peers committed to equity.
🔗 Link to register: zurl.co/3MDVk
🔗 Link also in bio
In this video, Dr. Pressanna Parackal reminds us that every community has the right to a healthy environment.
