Integrating sustainability into everything @MassGeneralNews -- clinical care, education, research, and public health advocacy.
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MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Five small steps toward better health for you and planet Earth. #HarvardHealth #EarthDay
health.harvard.edu/blog/heal…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
“Climate change is a fundamental threat that is recognized by many to be the greatest health crisis humans have ever faced.“ But the majority of physicians do not feel prepared to address #climate change's impact on health or to take action.@wynnearmand MD news-medical.net/news/202408…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
We are thrilled to share this study published in
@JAMA_current, co-authored by GBPSR board member @wynnearmand, about how a quality incentive program for clinicians positively changed their knowledge and attitudes about climate & health @MGHMedicine.
tinyurl.com/3n3sd667
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
A study co-authored by #MassGeneral physician @wynnearmand MD was covered by @medical_xpress. The study surveyed the response to climate change–focused educational modules offered at MGH and found positive results. medicalxpress.com/news/2024-…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Applications for our Climate Health Organizing Fellowships are now open! This program runs from Jan-Nov 2025 and provides the tools and teaching to advance a climate project. LOI due by August 8th, and applications due by September 20th. shorturl.at/cgqF8 @GaurabBasuMDMPH
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
We're happy to share this important Op-Ed published in
@energynews_US, written by our very own GBPSR board member @wynnearmand about the continued risks & health impacts of burning fossil fuels in our homes.
Read it here: tinyurl.com/5e9znxhe #buildingelectrification
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
📢 Help address the climate crisis and reduce health care emissions by signing the @gb_psr open letter to AstraZeneca asking them to bring the low-emissions Symbicort Turbuhaler to the United States.
Learn more and sign the letter by July 29 ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule on whether to overturn the Chevron doctrine, a landmark precedent that has stood for 40 years.
Scrapping the doctrine could reshape regulation on pollution, climate change, and endangered wildlife.
e360.yale.edu/features/chevr…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Pressurized metered dose inhalers generate about 4% of our healthcare system’s GHG emissions.
Sign our open letter to AstraZeneca to bring a more environmentally friendly inhaler, the Symbicort Turbuhaler, to the US market: tinyurl.com/ycayfffx #climateaction #inhalers
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Trees help prevent flooding, release oxygen, reduce pollution, and boost both health and mood. #HarvardHealth
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MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
#MassGeneral physician @wynnearmand MD was quoted in @GBH's article on the air pollution in Boston Harbor from large seafaring vessels. wgbh.org/news/local/2024-04-…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Join @MGHEnvironment on Jan 17, 12-1 pm for @Lisa_MThompson's talk on burning plastic waste and climate change. Learn about ECOLECTIVOS, a project reducing plastic burning in Guatemalan communities. spklr.io/6010WyOj
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MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
#MassGeneral physician @wynnearmand MD was quoted in @harvardmed's article on how to gift sustainably this holiday season. health.harvard.edu/blog/no-c…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Recruiting Contributors for CRHE Health Systems Science, Quality Improvement, and Health Equity Materials!
Sign up here! tinyurl.com/566u49hu
Website: climatehealthed.org
#MedEd #climatechangeshealth
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Protect your loved ones from the silent danger of carbon monoxide (CO). Every year in the U.S., over 400 lives are lost and 50,000 emergency room visits occur due to accidental CO poisoning. @wynnearmand, & @SlutzmanMD, share crucial tips to stay safe. spklr.io/6018mL3s
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Join @MGHEnvironment on November 15th, 12–1 PM, as @RoseHGoldman describes how to identify patients with particular occupational risks due to climate change, and provides practical participatory guidance, prevention strategies and potential interventions. spklr.io/6015mZ57
ALT Center for the Environment and Health
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Join @MGHEnvironment on October 18th, 12–1 PM, to learn how our patient menus are reducing emissions and supporting regenerative farming. spklr.io/6014m3a8
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MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Learn how @MassGeneralNews is proactively working to integrate environmental sustainability into its health system during this @MGHEnvironment podcast with @wynnearmand and @Guidehouse expert Joe Bialowitz. #healthcareleaders #decarbonization guidehouse.com/insights/heal…
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Just added 🚨
#Reusable scrup caps are more sustainable than #singleuse caps across ten environmental impact categories (~1/3 the climate impact), according to new 🇺🇸 #LCA by @divyansh_aga et al.
@wynnearmand @SlutzmanMD @MGHEnvironment
🔎 it at: healthcarelca.com/gallery
MGH Center for the Environment and Health retweeted
Personalized cloth-based/reusable scrub caps are good for the environment! rdcu.be/dmbuH
@MassGeneralNews @LAOS1860
This work would not have been possible without support from @MGHSurgery, @MassGenBrigham, @HCWithoutHarm, @DrAmy_Collins
link.springer.com/article/10…