Ali Geering-Kline, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Generation Green’s Environmental Health Tip of the Week

Feb 12, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips, Uncategorized

With all this talk and media coverage of hazardous ingredients in purses and jewelry, it’s about time that we think about making more informed choices of the consumer products we buy. These days, there are many helpful blogs with safety information and consumer...

Aeropostale Bans Cadmium-Tainted Products from its Stores!

Feb 5, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

Cadmium – if you slept through high school chemistry, you may have never heard of it. But cadmium is all over the news suddenly, with AP reporting that two national retailers are pulling jewelry items contaminated with the carcinogenic crap. If you’re just tuning in,...

Don’t Forget: Tell Chevron to Take Responsibility for their Amazon Chernobyl

Jan 29, 2010Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice

This campaign is very important and still needs your voice! CEH ally Amazon Watch has launched a ChevronToxico Campaign, calling on Chevron’s new CEO to heed the indigenous and farming communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and take responsibility for the Amazon...

Toxic Chemicals in Your Living Room

Dec 28, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Toxic chemicals and your home —not two things we want to hear together in the same sentence. But toxic chemicals are much more ubiquitous in our homes than we’d like to think. For example, for years, chemical companies have been pouring their fire retardant chemicals...

Avoiding Fleas and Bug Bombs: Keeping Pesky Pests Away Without Chemicals

Dec 18, 2009Ali Geering-KlineFood

A few years back, a friend of mine accidentally applied a dog-formulated flea pesticide on her cat. The next day she found her cat dead. The cat’s veterinarian determined that the only feasible reason for the cat’s death was the exposure to the more highly...

Tips for a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips, Uncategorized

Thanksgiving: it’s supposed to be about enjoying homemade meals and family around the dinner table. But with constant the rush of our daily lives, we inevitably run out of time in our preparations for the big meal. With all the commercial products on the market...

Danger at Disneyland?

Nov 17, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Legal Action

It’s unbelievable: Disney has known about dozens of lead-tainted brass and stained glass items at Disneyland for nine months, yet the company has failed to act to protect children! It’s time for Disney’s CEO to hear from you. Tell Disney: Get the...