Request for Coverage: Toxic Chemicals Found in Doctors and Nurses

New Biomonitoring Study Detects Four Chemicals from EPA's Recently Announced
Top Priority List

Who: PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY in partnership with the American
Nurses Association and Health Care Without Harm

What: Teleconference to announce results of first-of-a-kind study to measure
toxic chemicals used in health care in the bodies of Physicians and Nurses.
The study was conducted as part of the PSR Hazardous Chemicals in Health Care
Project. PSR and other health experts have joined the Safer Chemicals, Health
Families campaign, a national effort to reform the nation's chemical laws.

When: Thursday, October 8 at 1 pm Eastern

Call in Number: 1-800-311-9402 Passcode: 63086

Facilitator:Bobbi Chase-Wilding, report co-author and Organizing Director of
Clean New York

Experts:

Kristen Welker-Hood, ScD MSN RN Director of Environment and Health Programs,
Physicians for Social Responsibility, report co-author and principal
investigator

George Lundgren, MD, is a family practice physician who works in Shakopee,
Minnesota, and is a study participant.

Rebecca M. Patton, MSN, RN, CNOR, president of the American Nurses Association

Charlotte Brody, RN, Health Care Without Harm Board Member, registered nurse
and National Field Director for Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, working on
federal toxic chemical regulatory reform.

Advance access to the Hazardous Chemicals in Healthcare report is available on
an embargoed basis. For a copy, please contact Stephenie Hendricks,
stephdh@earthlink.net, 415 258-9151

Contact: Stephenie Hendricks 415 258-9151 stephdh@earthlink.net
Margie Kelly, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families,
541-222-9699margie@saferstates.org

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Oct. 5/

SOURCE Physicians For Social Responsibility