Your environment matters

Promoting healthy spaces where all people can thrive

At the core of our work is the belief that a healthy environment is a fundamental right for all. We use a scientific approach to drive equitable solutions, focusing on advocacy and community engagement to address environmental challenges and create lasting, positive change.

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2024 PFAS Health Policy Brief

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a chemical class of thousands of humanmade chemicals used in consumer products and many industries. Women for a Healthy Environment published a summary about these “forever chemicals” and how they persist in the environment indefinitely.

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Articles from our blog

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Breathing Easy: New Study Shows Dramatic Improvement in Childcare Center Air Quality

Impact Story: Sr. I’Asia Thomas

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Top 20 for All the Wrong Reasons: Pittsburgh’s Air Quality Crisis

Healthy Homes

Our Healthy Homes program helps families reduce harmful toxins and create healthier living spaces. By collaborating with organizations that support families, we share education and tools that drive lasting change. Through federal programs like HUD, we provide resources for home repairs and renovations, building stronger, healthier communities, one home at a time.

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Healthy Schools

Our Healthy Schools program ensures that children can learn in safe, healthy, and sustainable environments. We help schools address environmental hazards such as lead, radon, and poor indoor air quality through assessments, targeted training, and customized action plans. These efforts create safer, healthier learning spaces that promote both student well-being and academic success.

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Healthy Early Learning Centers

Our Healthy Early Learning program helps childcare centers create healthier, more environmentally sustainable environments for young children. We offer professional development, technical assistance, and eco-friendly resources, such as third-party certified cleaning supplies to support early childhood educators in building safer, healthier spaces. Through our program, educators gain the tools and knowledge needed to improve indoor environments and promote the well-being of children in their care as well as staff.

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Environmental Health Policy

We believe everyone deserves a healthy environment. That's why we blend science with action, advocating for policy solutions that protect public health and working directly with communities facing systemic barriers. Together, we tackle environmental challenges and make lasting, positive changes where they matter most.

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Policy Initiatives

Women for a Healthy Environment empowers individuals with vital information to help them  advocate for change while also building coalitions to help pass policy initiatives.

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Coalition Building

WHE collaborates with dozens of partners to protect community members, especially children, from the irreversible damage caused by environmental toxins in homes, schools and early learning centers.

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How to Support

There are many ways to take action for a healthy environment. You can find opportunities to get involved with initiatives that focus on specific environmental exposures or health concerns.

Support Women for a Healthy Environment

We believe everyone deserves a healthy environment. That's why we blend science with action, advocating for fair solutions and working directly with communities facing systemic barriers. Together, we tackle environmental challenges and make lasting, positive changes where they matter most.
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