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The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center
for Pediatric Oncology®
Our Mission
To identify, control and ultimately prevent
exposures to environmental factors that may cause adult,
and especially pediatric cancer,
as well as other health problems with our children.
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HUMC: State-of-the-Art Medicine, Quality Patient Care
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 Q. Why is being a "green" hospital important?
A. Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) strives to set a national standard for environmentally sound hospitals because it is the right thing to do. As a national leader in healthcare and disease prevention, we recognize and embrace the practice of environmental design in creating a total healing environment, from the air handling system to the pillowcases...even the cleaning products are green...
The leader of our "green" hospital initiative, Deirdre Imus, has done a terrific job as president and founder of the award-winning Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology®, part of HUMC. She helped HUMC develop a Greening the Cleaning® program in 2001 and since then has helped hundreds of healthcare facilities, government authorities, business and schools do the same...
Read the full interview with HUMC President/CEO Robert C. Garrett in
the June 2010 issue of Commerce.
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Gulf Oil Spill's Silent Victims--The Children
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By Deirdre Imus, Erin S. Ihde
and Dr. Lawrence Rosen
The BP oil spill has garnered international attention for unimaginable real and future losses: lives as well as livelihoods, wildlife and coastal communities. We've learned from the Exxon Valdez and other spills how these catastrophes impact ecosystems, and witnessed the years of rehabilitation and billions of dollars invested in the cleanup. Yet in weighing these losses, little attention is being given to what this latest man-made disaster will mean to the most vulnerable of our society: our children... Click to read the full article at AOLNews.com.
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Natural Cleaning Products for the Kitchen
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The kitchen is often the gathering place for a family and is the heart
of the home, according to Deirdre Imus, author of Green This! Volume
1:
Greening Your Cleaning. ... Read more (Livestrong.com)
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Award-winning household green
cleaning products.
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| 100%
of all profits from our retail line go to the Imus Cattle
Ranch for Kids with Cancer, a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit. |
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President's Panel on Cancer
Details Environmental Risks
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| Check out the report from the President's Panel on Cancer and learn what you can do to reduce your exposures. It offers a comprehensive approach to reducing cancer and other health risks associated with environmental contaminants, in our air, water, food, soil, excess radiation, and other harmful exposures. Everyone has a role. The Panel recommends concrete actions for governments; industry; research, health care, and advocacy communities; as well as individuals. About two in five Americans will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, and about one in five will die of cancer. Learn the seven things the report recommends to reduce your risks. more... |
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Senate to Consider "Safe Chemicals Act of 2010"
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| The "Kid-Safe Chemicals Act" Senate bill of 2008 is being replaced by the "Safe Chemicals Act of 2010," introduced in April by Senator Frank Lautenberg of N.J. A companion House bill is still in committee. The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology vigorously supports efforts to curb toxins in the environment that threaten children's health.. .....more |
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Clean Sweep -- Deirdre Imus and Healthy Kids
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It wouldn’t be difficult to imagine Deirdre Imus strolling along Fifth
Avenue, popping into any tony boutique, and being fawned over by
salesclerks. As the wife of media personality Don Imus, this Westport
resident could have easily taken her place in that exclusive club. But
Deirdre Imus has more important things on her mind. As mother, wife,
best-selling author, entrepreneur, national advocate for a green
lifestyle, and committed cancer crusader, she packs more into one week
than most people do in a decade.
...Click to read the full article in the May/June 2010 issue of WMN magazine.
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Deirdre Imus Sparks Kid-Powered Relief for Haiti
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Deirdre Imus Sparks
Kid-Powered Relief for Haiti
HACKENSACK, NJ, March 17, 2010 – Haitian children are receiving colorful bags filled with messages of love and goodies from U.S. school children through a new program of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology® called Kids-Love-Kids. This program is possible with the combined forces of Operation Goody Bag, the Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), and an army of children from East Brook Middle School.
Donate NowSelect "Operation Goody Bag" from the pulldown menu.
* HAITI PHOTO GALLERIES *
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5 Easy Steps to Greening
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Easy Steps to Greening
Your Home
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Your School ... Your Hospital
Your New Building... Your Life
... Your Diet
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Childhood Cancer Statistics"
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Over 90% of all cancers are caused by environmental
factors;
fewer than 10% are genetic.
This means that childhood
cancer
is often preventable.
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