The Center for Environment tested dozens of SPF products for benzophenone, which is a carcinogenic chemical that requires a warning under Proposition 65. One sunscreen in particular really shocked us with how much benzophenone it contained.
It was only three years ago that train cars containing more than 100,000 gallons of vinyl chloride and PVC plastic derailed and were subsequently burned, setting off a major environmental health disaster that contaminated East Palestine, Ohio.
Stop the EPA from rolling back safety requirements for facilities storing hazardous chemicals.
The Center for Environmental Health sent Notices of Violation to retailers Amazon.com, Target, and Walmart for selling shampoos, body soaps, and other hygiene products containing the carcinogenic ingredient cocamide diethanolamine (or Cocamide DEA). We recommend avoiding the following products from Amazon, Target, and Walmart unless the manufacturers remove Cocamide DEA from them.
The Center for Environmental Health sent Notices of Violation to retailers Amazon.com, Target, and Walmart for selling shampoos, body soaps, and other hygiene products containing the carcinogenic ingredient cocamide diethanolamine (or Cocamide DEA). We recommend avoiding the following products from Amazon, Target, and Walmart unless the manufacturers remove Cocamide DEA from them.
The chemical industry is pressuring Congress to roll back protections on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) — a bedrock chemical safety law which empowers the EPA to stop companies from putting dangerous chemicals into everyday products.
Many of our leaders are trying to weaken regulatory oversight — even if that means dangerous products make it to the market. That makes our work together at the Center for Environmental Health even more critical to protecting your health and safety, as well as the health of our planet.
The New York Times recently reported that there are enough microplastic shards in our brains to make a plastic spoon!
CEH’s Green & Clean Purchasing Team Coordinator Ben Schleifer Accepts Outstanding School Recycling Program Award
At the Dunkin’ location that CEH visited, the adhesive labels attached to their coffee cups had the highest levels of BPS out of any of the adhesive labels we tested.