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• Healthy Food in Health Care [pdf]
  ANA Resolution 2008 HOD
• Global Climate Change and Human Health [pdf]
  ANA Resolution 2008 HOD
• Nursing Practice, Chemical Exposure and Right-to-Know [pdf]
  ANA Resolution 2006 HOD
• AJN Article-April, 2004: The Precautionary Approach
  
• ANA Adopts Precautionary Approach [pdf]
  According to the precautionary principle, there is an ethical imperative to prevent rather than simply treat disease, if possible, even in the face of scientific uncertainty. ANA advocates for public policy that supports precautionary measures, focusing on the prevention of hazards.
• ANA 2004 House of Delegates Resolution: Inappropriate Use of Antimicrobials in Agriculture [pdf]
  
• ANA 2004 House of Delegates Resolution: Environmental Health Principles in Nursing Practice [pdf]
  
• 1997 ANA House of Delegates Resolution: Reduction of Health Care Production of Toxic Pollution