Press release: Radon in Schools Working Group Announces New Radon Testing in Schools Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 412-440-7722 Radon in Schools Working Group Hosts Educational Program and Announces New Radon Testing in Schools Legislation Pittsburgh, PA – October 2, 2024 – Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) is pleased toannounce an educational event on the dangers of radon exposure in schools, hosted by WHE’sRadon in […]
Press Release: WHE Receives USEPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 412-404-2872 Women for a Healthy Environment Receives USEPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award Pittsburgh, PA (September 24, 2024) – Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) has received the USEPA Safer Choice Partner of the Year Award for its leadership in promoting the use of Safer Choice […]
Press Release: WHE and Philadelphia Regional Center for Childrens’s Environmental Health Announce Findings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 941-735-2547Jessica Gupta JonesEmail: Jessica.Gupta@Pennmedicine.upenn.eduPhone: 215-573-7633 Women For A Healthy Environment (WHE) and Philadelphia Regional Center for Children’s Environmental Health Announce Findings of Pilot Project on Shade Structures in Childcare Settings Philadelphia, PA – July 1, 2024 — Women For A Healthy Environment (WHE), today released the findings of […]
Press Release: WHE Pilot Study Shows Air Filters Significantly Reduce PN2.5 Levels in Philadelphia Childcare Centers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 941-735-2547 Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) Pilot Study Shows Air Filters Significantly Reduce PM2.5 Levels in Philadelphia Childcare Centers Why This Is Important: Developing Lungs Are More Susceptible to Harms by Air Pollution Pittsburgh, PA (May 22, 2024) – A new pilot study conducted by WHE demonstrated […]
Press Release: WHE Hosts Speakers Series Featuring White House Environmental Justice Leader
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 941-735-2547 Women For A Healthy Environment (WHE) Host Speakers Series Featuring White House Environmental Justice Leader Program Will Honor Mon Valley Environmental Justice Volunteer Activists Pittsburgh, PA (April 25, 2024) – WHE announces its annual fundraising speaker series featuring a leading voice in environmental justice, Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome, […]
Press Release: WHE Receives 2024 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 941-735-2547 WHE Receives 2024 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award Pittsburgh, PA (April 17, 2024) – Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) was honored this week by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) with a 2024 Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award. The award recognizes outstanding environmental projects throughout the Commonwealth. […]
Press Release: WHE to Unveil Report Revealing Detectable PFAS Contamination
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores Parker, manager of communicationsEmail: dolores@womenforahealthyenvironment.orgPhone: 941-735-2547 WOMEN FOR A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT TO UNVEIL REPORT REVEALING DETECTABLE PFAS CONTAMINATION IN PITTSBURGH’S RIVERS LINKED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT The report’s comprehensive insights will be discussed in detail at a PFAS Lunch and Learn webinar scheduled for today, January 8, 2024, 1-2 […]
WHE Press Release: EPA’s Proposed Amendments to Lead and Copper Rule
“These proposed amendments represent a substantial improvement over the existing LCR, and they have the potential to make a real difference in the lives of millions of Americans who are still exposed to lead in their drinking water,” said Michelle Naccarati-Chapkis, Executive Director of WHE. Read more in our press release, click here to download
Press Release: Congresswoman Summer Lee, Women for a Healthy Environment to Announce $190,940 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Grant to Combat Lead Poisoning in Pittsburgh
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dolores ParkerEmail: dolores@WomenForaHealthyEnvironment.orgPhone: 412-404-2872 Congresswoman Summer Lee, Women for a Healthy Environment to Announce $190,940 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Federal Grant to Combat Lead Poisoning in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA (November 17, 2023) – Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) to announce that Women for a Healthy Environment (WHE) has received a […]