Charles Margulis, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Baby-Poisoning Rat Pesticide Company Now Killing Babies with New Product

Sep 23, 2016Charles MargulisChemical Industry, Children's Health

If you think that’s a rejected headline from an especially twisted edition of The Onion, think again. In fact, this is exactly what’s happening with the massive British home products company Reckitt Benckiser (RB). You may have never heard of the company despite its...

CEH Legal Action: Be Safe When You Vape

Feb 6, 2015Charles MargulisLegal Action

CEH has been receiving questions about our recent legal action against companies that make e-cigarettes and vaping products. We welcome an open exchange on the topic. Below are some responses to the more frequently asked questions. Q: Do you want everyone to stop...

Black Lives Matter & Environmental Justice

Jan 26, 2015Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice

Several CEH staff were interested in taking part in a conversation around the issues raised by the Black lives matter movement and our work in environmental health and justice. Among the leading tenets of environmental justice is the dictum, “we speak for ourselves”...

Dumb Ways To Lie

Dec 23, 2013Charles MargulisLegal Action

We recently announced that three major mall stores continue to sell lead-tainted purses, belts and shoes, even years after they agreed to stop. Many of you sent emails to the stores to demand change. If you emailed the companies, you may have received a response from...

Breaking Bad, The DNA Files

Oct 9, 2013Charles MargulisFood

One day I was a mild-mannered high school biology teacher, content to share my love of all things genetic with the mumble-mouthed, underwhelmed adolescent cretins known as the Class of 2035. Most of my students wouldn’t know Watson and Crick from Abercrombie and...

GMO Food Labeling: Lies and the Lying GMO Food Liars Who Tell Them

Oct 24, 2012Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Food

It’s no surprise that Monsanto and their agribusiness and Big Food industry friends are spending upwards of $40 million to keep Californians in the dark about genetically modified (GMO) foods. Their anti-Prop 37 campaign intends to run nonstop TV, radio and (if they...

From Dolly to Dinner: Your Right to Know

Oct 15, 2012Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Food, Tips

In California, voters have a chance next month to take a stand for our right to know when our food has been genetically modified, whether in plants or animals, by voting YES on Prop 37, the Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act. GMO foods are currently found...

Green Windows or Green Washing?

Oct 8, 2012Charles MargulisTips

Buying energy efficient windows is a win-win: the environment wins because less energy need be generated through the burning of fossil fuels, and the consumer wins by saving money on energy bills. It’s no surprise, then, that many homeowners are willing to pay a...

Speaking Truth on Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals

Jul 5, 2012Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Last week, CEH staff testified at a hearing of the California State Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee. The Committee met to learn about toxic flame retardant chemicals used by many furniture and baby products makers for compliance to...

Mother Jones: Blinded by “Science” on GMO Food

Jun 19, 2012Charles MargulisFood

Sarah Zhang’s defense of genetically modified (GMO) crops in Mother Jones purports to make the scientific case for the safety and environmental benefits of GMOs. It’s an easier case to make when one focuses solely on one GMO variety, as Zhang does, while ignoring the...