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About
Welcome to PSR's Environmental Health Policy
Institute, where we ask questions -- then we ask the experts to
answer them. Join us as physicians, health professionals,
and environmental health experts share their ideas, inspiration, and
analysis about toxic chemicals and environmental health policy.
Topics
- State Toxics Policy April 30, 2013
- Obesogens March 20, 2013
- Clean Energy December 12, 2012
- Radioactivity and Health October 31, 2012
- How Effective Is the EPA? September 24, 2012
- Particulate Matter August 22, 2012
- Hydraulic Fracturing June 18, 2012
- The Future of Toxics Advocacy May 18, 2012
- Toxics and brain development April 9, 2012
- Coal Ash March 2, 2012
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Katie
Huffling, RN MS CNM
Katie Huffling is a Certified Nurse-Midwife
and is an environmental health program manager at the University of Maryland
School of Nursing. In her current position Ms. Huffling is coordinating the
efforts of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). In her work
with ANHE, Ms. Huffling works with nurses nationwide on a variety of
environmental health issues.
Ms. Huffling is the author of a number of
peer-reviewed articles on environmental health issues as they relate to
pregnancy and has developed an assessment tool to assess chemical exposures
during pregnancy. She was also a fellow in the 2011 Reach the Decision Makers
program at the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment.
Stronger Chemical Regulations Are Needed to Prevent Prenatal Exposures, February 2, 2012