Bipartisan Letter Calls on EPA to Rigorously Assess PFAS Risks Under the Toxic Substances Control Act
The bipartisan group of lawmakers called for increased transparency regarding how the EPA plans to consider PFAS Significant New Use Notices under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Medium: Toxic Tragedies Displace People and Communities
The massive fire at an eastern Indiana recycling plant last week that has forced evacuation orders for more than 2,000 people is only the latest illustration of those in power’s willingness to sacrifice our communities to sustain their addiction to fossil fuels.
Kicking Toxic Chemicals Out of Office Furniture: A Toolkit for Choosing Healthier Furniture
Kicking Toxic Chemicals Out of Office Furniture A New Guide to Purchasing Healthier Furniture Furniture is an often-overlooked source of chemical exposures that affects our health and an organization’s carbon and chemical footprint. Several types of toxic chemicals...Procurement and Business Tools – Kicking Toxic Chemicals Out of Office Furniture
CEH Tools to Help You Choose Healthier Furniture Procurement and Business Tools Work With Your Supply Chain Make the Business Case Use CEH’s Technical Specifications (For Bids and RFPs) Use CEH’s Database of Healthier Furniture and NASPO Shopping Guide Sign CEH’s...Learning Resources – Kicking Toxic Chemicals Out of Office Furniture
CEH Tools to Help You Choose Healthier Furniture Learning Resources Watch our Educational Webinars Why to avoid the Hazardous Handful in furniture and other products Furniture Certification Programs and Standards ⮜ BACK TO TOOLKIT HOME Procurement and Business Tools ⮞...
A Community Champion in the Fight Against Toxic Diesel Pollution
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) is committed to supporting the local efforts of community leaders to defend against unsafe toxic exposures in their communities. So, when government regulators failed to adequately respond to East Oakland residents’ concerns about the cancer-causing diesel engine exhaust coming from Green Sage’s nine trailer-sized generators, CEH and the Environmental Democracy Project (EDP) partnered with the Oakland Cannery Collective (the Collective), the resident group that had been advocating on the issue, to take legal action.
In the News: Plastic Containers Treated with Fluorine Gas Leach Toxic PFAS Chemicals
A lawsuit filed by nonprofit organizations CEH and PEER to prevent Inhance Technologies USA from generating toxic PFAS when fluorinating plastic containers has earned national press coverage.
Tens of Millions of Plastic Containers Treated with Fluorine Gas Leach Toxic PFAS Chemicals into Art and Cleaning Supplies, Food, and Other Household Products
Today nonprofit organizations the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a lawsuit under federal environmental law to prevent Inhance Technologies USA of Houston, Texas, from generating toxic PFAS or “forever chemicals” when fluorinating plastic containers, in violation of EPA regulations.
