Ali Geering-Kline, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Our Voices, Our Power: Communities United to Stop Dirty Energy

Sep 16, 2010Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice

This year, two Texas oil companies are leading a group of out-of-state polluters, pushing Proposition 23 – a deceptive ballot measure that would repeal California’s landmark climate change law. What’s it all about? Four years ago, California passed the groundbreaking...

Eco-Tip: Reducing Your Exposure to Lead from Artificial Turf

Sep 15, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Legal Action, Tips

We’ve worked hard over the last couple of years, in collaboration with the California Attorney General, to make sure that lead threats are removed from artificial turf—especially in places where children play. Five major turf companies have made legal commitments to...

Majestic Plastic? Or Waste That Won’t Die…

Sep 10, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights, Plastics, Uncategorized

We’ve written about the Pacific Garbage Patch before. This huge mass (twice the size of Texas!) of discarded plastic shows that when it comes to throwing away plastic, there simply is no Away. All those forgotten plastic toys, cups, bottles, lighters and other...

Eco-Tip: Avoiding BPA in Baby Products

Sep 9, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Sadly, the California legislature failed last month to pass a ban on the harmful chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) in infant bottles, cups, and food containers. Scientists are doing an extraordinary amount of research about BPA, and it can be hard to keep up with the latest...

When the Chemical Industry Attacks, Science Loses

Sep 3, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Children's Health, General Insights, Uncategorized

In the last few weeks, five out of nine members of a scientific panel that advises the state of California on toxic chemical safety have been fired, following lobbying by the chemical industry and a conservative group, the Pacific Legal Foundation, which targets...

A Global Graveyard for Toxic Electronics

Aug 17, 2010Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice

Do you know what happens to your computer once you throw it out? Old electronics are dumped in “digital graveyards” in countries around the world, like China and Ghana, where all of their toxic insides are purged out into massive waste yards, polluting the land and...

Hey Feds: Stop Dumping Your Toxic E-Waste Overseas!

Aug 14, 2010Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

As the country’s biggest purchaser of electronics, our federal government generates countless tons of highly toxic, electronic waste. At the beginning of 2011, the Obama administration made an exciting announcement; they were creating a task force to develop a policy...

Eco-Tip: Safe Bounce House Bouncing!

Aug 13, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Tips

Bounce houses should be fun, not toxic. CEH is working hard to get hazardous lead out of these much-loved play structures but it’s not going to happen overnight. So what do you do about that bounce house birthday party coming up that your kids are so excited about?...

Parents Be Warned: Bounce Houses Pose Lead Hazards to Kids!

Aug 11, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Legal Action, Tips, Uncategorized

That’s right, those big, friendly bounce houses that kids (and even some adults) commonly use at birthday parties and events post serious threats to children’s health. Today, the Center for Environmental Health is announcing our lawsuit to stop a new hidden lead...

Eco-Tip: 3 Ways to Take Your Household Cleaners from Child-Threat to Child-Safe

Aug 4, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Tips

“Nearly 12,000 children under age 5 go to the emergency room each year because of injuries caused by household cleaning products, according to a study in today’s Pediatrics” -USA Today article, Spray Cleaners pose poison hazards to babies, toddlers ...