Green, Greener, Greenest!

Among some of the major polluters, today's hospitals are urged to pay serious attention to the ongoing Green Revolution. Hospitals Urged to Join Climate Change Battle, a May 22 Reuters article from Medscape Pediatrics, states its case: hospitals' growing use of electricity and release of toxic emissions are contributing to community health issues. Increaseing asthma attacks and respiratory diseases and more and more ER visits are attributed to the results of energy use by health care facilities, among others. With statistics from WHO and the UN the article suggestis alternative energy sources give health care administrators more amunition for working toward greener establishments.