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HCWH Report: The Global Movement for Mercury-Free Health Care

Source: Health Care Without Harm

The Global Movement for Mercury-Free Health Care:
How health care leaders around the world are substituting mercury-based medical devices with safer, environmentally sound alternatives. Read more…

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HCWH and the Philippine Mercury Watch Countdown to 2010

Health Care Without Harm (HCWH) is an international coalition of hospitals and health care systems, medical professionals, community groups, health-affected constituencies, labor unions, environmental and environmental health organizations and religious groups that works to implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease. Source: http://www.noharm.org/all_regions/about/#what

The following is the Mercury Watch Countdown Support Statement that can be found in the HCWH website: Read more…

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Registered Nurse, A Career You Can Start At Any Age

5 Careers You Can Start at Any Age
by Jessica Hanley, FindtheRightSchool.com

In-demand jobs often require specific degrees or career training, but you shouldn’t feel discouraged if you lack the necessary education.

Today’s abundance of online education options means you’re never too old to go back to school, and many online degree programs cater specifically to the busy lives of working adults. By working and attending school online, you can prepare for your next job without sacrificing your current income. The following jobs are expected to grow faster than average from 2008 to 2018, and each requires training that can be achieved at any age.

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Help Send A Nurse To Haiti

“SEND A NURSE” Disaster Relief Fund

National Nurses United has launched a relief effort to send registered nurses to Haiti. Over 11,000 nurses have already answered the call. There’s just one problem: the cost of sending them. Every dollar you donate will go to providing the resources nurses need to care for the survivors of this tragedy.

To read more or to make a donation, please head on to the California Nurses Association’s NNU secure donation form site. More information can be found at the National Nurses United website. Read more…

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