Charles Margulis, Author at Center for Environmental Health

A Big (Green) Apple? New York Lagging on Green Purchasing

Jan 31, 2012Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known to science. Banned by a United Nations treaty as one of the “Dirty Dozen” most harmful chemicals, it can cause serious health problems, including certain cancers, birth defects, dysfunctional immune and reproductive...

California Consumers Feeling Like Santorum (or Romney?) After Iowa

Jan 20, 2012Charles MargulisFood

Like Rick Santorum who was shot down by a close vote in Iowa (no wait, apparently it was Romney who lost), yesterday a bill to require labels on GMO fish was narrowly defeated in a California Assembly committee vote. An op-ed yesterday in the San Francisco Chronicle...

GMO Salmon: What’s the Catch?

Jan 18, 2012Charles MargulisFood, Tips

This week, a California State Assembly committee will vote on a bill (AB 88) to require labeling of genetically modified (GMO) fish. In response to the potential FDA approval of GMO salmon, California must take this opportunity to protect state consumers’ right...

Truly Organic: Agreement Creates Truth-in-Labeling for Organic Personal Care Products

Nov 30, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

Yesterday, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced the first-ever legal settlement reached under California organic law. Under the agreements reached with eleven companies that make products sold at national retailers, including Walgreens, Target, Whole...

Beware the Frack Flack Attack

Nov 15, 2011Charles MargulisEnergy, Environmental Justice

The fracking industry recently held a conference on using public relations to “overcome public concern over hydraulic fracturing.” The result: media reports of the conference have greatly increased public concerns about fracking, and especially about the industry’s...

Wall Street Makes Me Sick: Economic Inequality and Our Health

Nov 2, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Recent events around Occupy Wall Street and local occupy movements around the country have raised concerns about corporate power and inequality that polls show are shared by the majority of Americans. It turns out most Americans are sick and tired of Wall Street...

Americans Call on Food Companies to Can Monsanto’s New GMO Corn

Nov 1, 2011Charles MargulisFood, Tips

In August, the gene altered (GMO) crop giant Monsanto announced it would for the first time sell a variety of GMO sweet corn, intended for marketing as canned and/or frozen whole corn. Since the vast majority of GMO corn has, until now, been used as animal feed or for...

Hundreds Celebrate 15 Years of CEH Success!

Oct 28, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice

On Monday, October 24, more than 250 friends, families, and supporters of the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) toasted the first 15 years of our successful action to protect children and families from harmful chemicals at a gala event in San Francisco. Welcomed...

Danger at Disneyland: Lead Poisoning

Oct 20, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health

The “happiest place on Earth” just became a little less happy. Today, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation (Mateel), and the Ecological Rights Foundation (ERF) reported on high levels of lead found at Disney’s...

There’s Something Fishy About Failures to Label GMO Food

Oct 6, 2011Charles MargulisFood

While FDA has not yet approved sale of genetically engineered (GMO) salmon, a new “harmoniously raised” salmon just marketed last month is making GMO waves. Sold by AquaChile, the Verlasso-brand salmon claims environmental cred by reducing the use of fish feed used to...