Each of these short essays takes five minutes or less to read. They offer valuable information that health professionals, patients, and families can use in their offices, clinics, and homes.
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By Emily Wong Most of us love to travel. It adds spice to our lives, whether learning new ideas, discussing our research at medical meetings, creating friendships, encountering cultures, or visiting loved ones. But travel’s “dark side“ is its environmental cost: the carbon dioxide and other pollutants
Read more →We all recognize the Energy Star logo on refrigerators and other appliances. Since 1992, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded the Energy Star rating to products that are determined to be energy efficient in their class. What My Green Doctor readers may not know is that
Read more →“I’ll Be Joining an Environmentally Friendly Practice” Archeta Rajagopalan, BS As a medical student, I see the profound environmental wastefulness in the clinics where I’ve trained. I also see see the impacts of climate change. The seasons were distinct when I grew up; now we have deadly
Read more →Claim Your $7,500 Solar Tax Credit The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in 2022 contains hundreds of billions of dollars to lower healthcare costs and to build roads, bridges, and public buildings. It also contains a huge tax credit for rooftop solar panels that every
Read more →Gas stoves are a significant health risk. This is true especially for children and the elderly. People who live in homes with gas stoves have more asthma, lung disease, and cardiovascular issues. We explain here the risks and offer steps that families who live in a home
Read more →PFAS chemicals seem to be everywhere these days: at the top of Mount Everest, in umbilical cord blood, in breast milk, and in the news. In 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new health advisories for PFAS in drinking water. My Green Doctor explains why PFAS
Read more →The Environment & Healthcare: Do Our Choices Matter? Todd L Sack MD FACP World leaders are swarming to conferences to debate grand problems like COVID-19, poverty, inflation, trade, nuclear weapons, and climate change. Many health professionals who are not at these meetings ask whether the choices we
Read more →Axe the Fax: Save Money and Lower Your Climate Footprint April Compingbutra, MPH It’s time to takes steps to abandon your fax machines. Your healthcare practice can reap large savings by ridding yourself of this outdated technology. With some simple steps, most offices anywhere in the world
Read more →“Green Cleaning”: An Easy Guide for Homes & Offices “Green Cleaning” means keeping toxic chemicals out of your home and office. Many people think that proper cleaning requires strong chemicals. This approach is not only wrong, it is also dangerous. My Green Doctor learned this from a
Read more →How You Can Save Money in Your Practice by Going Green Read Abigail Cukier’s December 2020 Medscape article: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/942979 “How You Can Save Money in Your Practice by Going Green” Abigail Cukier December 21, 2020 Ted Shieh, MD, developed a passion for environmental advocacy after an oil tanker crashed
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