The bill would place limits on heavy metals, ban certain pesticide residues, trigger the safety reassessment of food additives including artificial food dyes that have been linked with health harms, and ban the use of PFAS, phthalates, and bisphenols in school meal food packaging.
It’s here! The new version of our popular Ditching Disposable toolkit.
The Center for Environmental Health praises the Biden-Harris Administration for recognizing the full scope of the plastic pollution crisis, including the issue of microplastics and nanoplastics, as well as acknowledging the scale of the response that is needed.
For nearly forty years, furniture in the United States was treated with flame retardant chemicals that cause brain damage, cancer, and developmental challenges.
The center for environmental health is proud to have collaborated with Environmental Health Coalition to produce the following short form videos. These videos follow La Tóxica and her community along their journey learning about Prop 65 and other CA right-to-know laws. We are thrilled EHC made these videos to reach a wider, Spanish-speaking audience to help make this vital information more accessible.
Across the United States, we celebrated an early “Earth Day” win when the federal government announced last week a requirement for municipal water systems to remove six synthetic toxic chemicals from the tap water of hundreds of millions of people.
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) applauds the U.S. EPA for designating PFOA and PFOS, two of the most studied Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Meet CEH’s Work Study students and learn how they’ve helped advance CEH’s mission while on our team. The UC Berkeley Work Study program gives students an opportunity to build professional skills and gain real-world work experience. We are always proud to celebrate our students and their contributions, especially during National Student Employment Week!