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Raymond J. Baxter

I invite you to read about how Kaiser Permanente is working to improve the environment, and to make the link between the health of our members, our communities and our planet.

Kaiser Permanente’s environmental roots can be traced to the beginning of the modern environmental movement. In 1963, the author and environmental crusader Rachel Carson spoke to Kaiser Permanente doctors at San Francisco Medical Center in one of her last speeches. Carson, author of ... more »

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Features

• Kathy Gerwig Highlights Kaiser Permanente’s Focus on Safer Chemicals, Healthy Environments in Senate Testimony | 3/9/10
  Kathy Gerwig, Kaiser Permanente’s vice president for Workplace Safety and environmental stewardship officer, testified March 9 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environment, about Kaiser Permanente’s efforts to curb the use of potentially toxic chemicals.
• Fresh Foods and Healthy Community Environment Aid Obesity Prevention | 3/2/10
• Kaiser Permanente Bolsters Access to Healthy, Nutritious Food in Hard Times | 12/22/09
•  60 Sustainable Seconds with Kathy Gerwig | 11/16/09
• Workplace BPA Exposure Increases Risk of Male Sexual Dysfunction, Kaiser Permanente Study Finds | 11/11/09
• Green Parenting Brochure Helps Parents Protect Children from Harmful Chemicals, Contaminants | 10/30/09
  
  

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