Environmental Policy Issues

ANA Resources

• Nurses' Role in Recognizing Educating and Advocating for Healthy Energy Choices  

  
  2012 ANA HOD Resolution

• ANA CEO Speaks out at Capitol Hill Event on Environmental Health

  
  ANA CEO Marla Weston, PhD, RN joined a coalition of health professionals, lawmakers and actress Jessica Alba on Capitol Hill to urge Congress to pass the Safe Chemicals Act.

• Safety and Effectiveness of Reprocessed Single Use Devices in Healthcare 

  
  ANA Resolution 2010 House of Delegates

• FDA Announces “Some Concern” over Bisphenol A Health Effects

  
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• Healthy Food in Health Care [pdf] 

  
  ANA Resolution 2008 HOD

• Global Climate Change and Human Health [PDF] 

  
  ANA Resolution 2008 HOD

• Nursing Practice, Chemical Exposure and Right-to-Know [PDF] 

  
  ANA Resolution 2006 HOD

• AJN Article-April, 2004: The Precautionary Approach

  
  

• ANA Adopts Precautionary Approach 

  
  According to the precautionary principle, there is an ethical imperative to prevent rather than simply treat disease, if possible, even in the face of scientific uncertainty. ANA advocates for public policy that supports precautionary measures, focusing on the prevention of hazards.

• ANA 2004 House of Delegates Resolution: Inappropriate Use of Antimicrobials in Agriculture [pdf] 

  
  

• ANA 2004 House of Delegates Resolution: Environmental Health Principles in Nursing Practice [pdf] 

  
  

• 1997 ANA House of Delegates Resolution: Reduction of Health Care Production of Toxic Pollution

  
  

• ANA Alerts Public about Chemical Exposures from Thanksgiving Meal (11/16/11)