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| Greening Your Life Index |
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There are many ways you and your loved ones can become involved in creating a healthier way of life. You do not need to make enormous changes to your lifestyle, but can incorporate various methods slowly into your life to suit your needs and the needs of your family. One simple change can have a profound impact on your health and taking an initial step is all you need to do to get started.
Click on the links below for information on greening your life:
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Green Resources
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This page offers a collection of green resources about environmentally-friendly products and more than 30 environmental health topics, from indoor air quality to complementary alternative medicine. Browse the topics to learn more about green products, human health, and hazards in the environment -- as well as ways to protect you and your
loved ones.
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Learn About our National 'Greening Your Schools' Program -- and How You Can Start Greening Yours
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| Through our national "Greening Your Schools" program, The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center is helping schools adopt more eco-friendly cleaning and maintenance practices. Students and all who work in the school benefit from improvements to indoor air, especially those who suffer from asthma or other respiratory problems. |
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Greening Your Home
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It’s only natural for parents to want their children to have the
best of everything–healthy food, safe, clean homes, spotless clothing. However, they must be wary of the products they use to
achieve these high standards. Many ordinary items used in homes
throughout the country contain chemicals that can pose a threat to
human health, especially the health of children. Learn about environmental hazards in the home environment and how to remove them.
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Teens: Greening Your Cosmetics, etc. - INDEX
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| This page is your homebase for research, news, helpful information and links about potentially hazardous teen products and greener alternatives. |
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Greening Vaccines
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""Vaccinations are important, but we must vaccinate safely in order to ensure the
health of our children."
-- Deirdre Imus
Through a new "Greening Vaccines" program, The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology® is actively working with doctors around the country to: 1) ban toxins in vaccines, 2) require manufacturers to prove safety, and 3) establish protocols that limit multiple vaccines in the same visit.
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Green Pediatrics
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| In her New York Times bestselling book, Growing Up Green, Baby and Childcare, Deirdre Imus writes about "Green
Pediatricians." The term "green" is generally meant as an environmentally-conscious label. Green
products are considered safe for the environment and healthier for people who
use them. Are green doctors the same?
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Greening Your Baby
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| There's a new movement under way to go green -- starting from the first days of life... Click here for this article from WebMD. |
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Greening the Cleaning® Makes it Easier to Go Green
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| This spring, Greening the Cleaning® is proud to announce a new partnership with Central Association for the
Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI).
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Greening Healthcare / Greening Your Hospital
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| The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology® is
dedicated to improving indoor air and eliminating toxins from the
environment. It is fitting that our award-winning Greening the Cleaning®
program originated at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC).
Since 2001, it has become a springboard for other healthcare
facilities to learn not only about the advantages of green cleaning,
but to accelerate programs that put broader greening concepts into
practice. This page summarizes relevant resources and content on our website. |
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Pediatric Environmental Health Update:
Pesticide-Free Head Lice Treatment Under Study
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In May 2009, The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric
Oncology® launched a groundbreaking pediatric clinical trial. Our goal
is to find a safe, effective and low-cost head lice treatment, allowing
children to be treated without the harmful pesticides present in most
over-the-counter and prescription formulas. The pesticides in these
traditional products are linked to neurological problems, cancer, and
other serious health effects..
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Environmental Injustice: Impact on Children's Health
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| Today, we are witnessing a public health crisis of historical proportions that threatens the well-being of children across the world. Environmental injustice occurs when health disparities exist with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
This article by Lawrence D. Rosen, MD, and Deirdre Imus was published in the September/October 2007 issue of Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing.
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"Update on Organics"
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If the world of organic food leaves you mesmerized at the supermarket, you are not alone. This page from our Greening Your Life newsletter explains the USDA guidelines and labels for organic food, so shopping healthy for your family can become second nature. |
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Your Workplace May Be Hazardous To Your Health
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| Employment is viewed by most Americans as a means to secure a happy lifestyle and a promising future. Ironically, environmental hazards that exist in many workplaces can have the reverse effect... |
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Building Green
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Building Green begins with greater awareness of both the need and the means. Browse our links to learn more about why green building is important and the resources you need to build "green" into your project, whether for the home, school, government or commercial building.
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