Joanna Lee, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Black History Month Spotlight: Centers of Wellness for Urban Women

Jan 31, 2025Joanna LeeEnvironmental Justice, Personal Stories, Uncategorized

Happy Black History Month! This month, we’ll be shining the spotlight on some of our favorite Black-led organizations that are working at the intersection of environmental health and justice. Centers of Wellness for Urban Women (CWUW) empowers women and their families...

Seven Ways CEH Fought Our Way Through the First Trump Administration

Jan 17, 2025Joanna LeeAir, Chemical Industry, Children's Health, Children's Products, Energy, Environmental Justice, Fashion Products, Flame Retardants, flooring & carpeting, Food, Food Products, Home Products, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action, PFAS, Plastics, Products, Resistance

Let’s look back at seven strategies we used during the first Trump administration that will inform our work to protect our air, water, soil, and food during this one.

Center for Environmental Health Cracks Down on Mint-Flavored Products with Pulegone

Jan 17, 2025Joanna LeeChemical Industry, Children's Health, Children's Products, Food, Food Products, Legal Action

Today, the nonprofit watchdog CEH served Ghirardelli and Trader Joe’s with notices of violation over the pulegone found in Ghirardelli Mint Squares and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Mint Creams.

Substituting Styrofoam: 5 More States Ban Polystyrene as Food Packaging

Nov 18, 2024Joanna LeeEnvironmental Justice, Uncategorized

We are ramping up our work to defend our right to clean air, clean water, safer products, and a healthy planet.

7 Tips to Minimize Your Exposure to Toxics This Halloween

Oct 18, 2024Joanna LeeChildren's Health, Children's Products, Fashion Products, Home Products, Plastics, Uncategorized

Have you heard that the Center for Environmental Health found lead, cadmium, and BPA in costumes from Halloween Express and Spirit Halloween?