Charles Margulis, Author at Center for Environmental Health

A Not-So-Green Baby: Another Leady Product from Target

Nov 24, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action, Tips

Last week, it was products by Mattel and Disney, and other kids’ products sold at Walmart and Target. This week, it’s an infants’ onesie. And not just any onesie: a Green Baby onesie. Tests on fourteen of the Green Baby onesies consistently show that...

CEH-Sponsored Bill to Ban Lead Wheel Weights Signed Into Law

Oct 12, 2009Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed into law state legislation banning the sale and installation of lead-based auto wheel weights. Wheel weights routinely fall off cars and trucks, releasing 500,000 pounds of lead into the environment in...

A Back-to-School Warning: Some Supplies Still Contain Toxic Risks

Aug 4, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action

Pencil pouches and a backpack are the latest kids’ products found with lead by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), which today initiated legal action to eliminate these health threats. Our legal action coincides with the release of a PVC-Free...

Our Kitchenware, Ourselves

Jun 5, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Food, Plastics, Tips

Recently, CEH was asked for our take on safer materials for cookware and other kitchen items. To respond, we compiled information from a wide range of sources– but as with many consumer products, we found that for the most part, there have been few or no...

Lead in Wheel Weights: On the Road Out

May 19, 2009Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

When you go to gas up the car, you know you’re getting unleaded gas. But when you have your tires balanced, do you ask for lead-free wheel balancing weights? In California, CEH is co-sponsoring legislation to ban the use of lead-based wheel weights. Recent...

Not Just the Cheap Stuff: Jewelry from Saks, Other Retailers Tainted with Lead

May 7, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, General Insights, Legal Action

You might think that a good way to avoid lead-tainted jewelry would be to buy a $200 necklace from a trusted name. But if you purchased the necklace pictured above from Saks Fifth Avenue, you would be wrong. Testing announced today by the Center for Environmental...

CEH Finds Purses, Handbags with High Levels of Lead

Apr 12, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action

Is your purse feeling heavy? Perhaps it has high levels of lead! A recent CEH investigation found lead in dozens of purses purchased from Target, WalMart, Macy’s and other major retailers. This week, CEH announced that recent testing found high levels of lead in...

Protect Your Right to Know about Artificial Hormones in Milk

Apr 12, 2009Charles MargulisFood

The biotechnology industry wants to take away our right to know when artificial hormones have been used to produce milk. Shouldn’t we have a choice to feed our kids safe food? You can take action today to protect truthful milk labels. For over a decade,...