Welcome to the MDH2E December 2013 News Roundup!  In this month’s edition, read about:

• Two Maryland Sustainability Leaders’ beginnings as Registered Nurses
• Going Fryer Free
• Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” Guide to Toxics
• Details on the upcoming Future Harvest Conference
• MD H2E Trailblazer and Environmental Health Nursing Award dates announced

Have a happy Thanksgiving!

Sincerely,

Joan, Louise, Gina, Carrie and Debbie

JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH,  THE MID-ATLANTIC PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING CENTER, AND THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE PRESENT:

PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE GRAND ROUNDS

Industrial Food Animal Production Operations: Who is Protecting Affected Communities?

Jillian Fry, PhD, MPH, Project Director, Public Health & Sustainable Aquaculture Project Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Patty  Lovera, MS, Assistant Director Food & Water Watch

Wednesday, November 20, 2013  Noon – 1:30 p.m. ET

Sheldon Hall, W1214
Wolfe Street Building

Live webcast on our website at www.jhsph.edu/maphtc (available at noon on 11/20/13)  No registration is necessary!

There are no CEUs available for this webcast.

Archived webcast will be available at www.jhsph.edu/maphtc.

The Michigan Green Healthcare Committee would like to make you aware of several free 30 minute webinars on chemicals of concern in many healthcare products during November and December.  Please see below for more information about registering for the webinars.

• November 19th, 11am PST: Solvents (toluene, xylene, acetone, etc.),  Liz Harriman, Deputy Director, Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute
• November 26th, 11am PST: Heavy Metals (arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, etc.),  Graham Peaslee, PhD, Hartgerink Professor of Chemistry, Hope University
• December 3rd, 11am PST: Do We Need It?,  Debbie Raphael, Director, California Department of Toxic Substance Control
• December 10th, 11am PST: Green Chemistry,  Bob Peoples, PhD, Former Director of ACS Green Chemistry Institute

If you would like to register or find out more information, visit http://greensciencepolicy.org/events.  If you have any questions, please contact committee member Alison Waske Sutter at asutter@keygreensolutions.com.

Thank you!

The Michigan Green Healthcare Committee

The Maryland Environmental Health Network invites you to explore the relationship between energy choices in Maryland and their impact on public health. How does energy policy affect human health? How can health providers and advocates promote solutions? Join us to discuss:  

• Role of energy-related air pollution in cancer, respiratory, and cardiovascular disease 
• Specific health impacts of Maryland’s current energy sources
• The role of health voices in supporting advocacy for cleaner energy policy
• Steps to a cleaner energy supply: 
  • Increasing Maryland commercial and residential demand for renewables
  • Cleaning up the definition of renewable energy in Maryland
  • Promoting cleaner transportation fuels and vehicles 

Wednesday November 21, 2013 • 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM

The Associated • 101 West Mt. Royal Ave • Baltimore, MD, 21201

RSVP to Allison@mdehn.org or Rebecca@mdehn.org

• MD H2E Trailblazer Award Applications will be available by Monday January 13th, 2014 on our website, and will be sent out to the Listserv as well.
• Applications will be due to MD H2E review committee by Friday,  March 14th.
• Winners will be notified by Friday April 11th.
• Trailblazer Awards will be announced and presented to hospital CEOs at the Maryland Hospital Association’s annual meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, June 4, 2014.

Stay tuned for more details and, as always, feel free to touch base with questions. Thanks!