title: Regulatory, institutional, and market-based approaches towards achieving comprehensive chemical policy reform.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to inform nurses and other health care professionals about the nexus between the environment and health and present approaches in which they can be involved so as to support comprehensive reform of chemicals management in the United States. It discusses the health impact of hazardous chemicals and the environmental regulatory failures within the U.S. to protect the public. It also reports on international chemical management initiatives and key elements of chemical policy reform that can guide the U.S. regulatory, market-based, and institutional-based approaches to a comprehensive, chemical policy reform. The role of nursing in advocating for these reforms will be presented.
authors.affiliation: Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the American Nurses Association.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Welker-Hood
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Condon
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilburn
mesh_terms: D004782:Environmental Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects; D006256:Hazardous Waste / Q000009:adverse effects; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D018505:Waste Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006256:Hazardous Waste