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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...

Cranberry Sauce Showdown

Nov 22, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips

Yes, we know we know: Your mom/aunt/uncle/(insert family member here) is the best cook in the world and no one knows how to make gravy or stuffing or mashed potatoes like she/he does. We’d never argue with that, but all we’re saying is that Thanksgiving dinner is...

Don’t Take the Bait!

Nov 17, 2011Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, General Insights

When my kids were little, one of their favorite holiday stories was about a starving mouse who ate the (leather) organ bellows in a church and in doing so ruined the traditional holiday service. But miracles do happen, and the children’s choir, who had been...

Take Part: November 10th is the National Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals!

Nov 9, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

Thursday, November 10th, is the second National Stroller Brigade Day of Action in support of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. Parents and kids across this country will don superhero capes with the goal of encouraging more Senate support for this important bill. The...

Urge Senator Feinstein to Support the Safe Chemicals Act!

Nov 9, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

YOU can participate in bringing about greater Senate support for the Safe Chemicals Act! CALL or SEND a message (or both!) to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office and ask her to sign-on as a co-sponsor of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. Tell Senator Feinstein: I want...

Sleeping with the Enemy: Are There Toxins in your Tot’s Crib?

Nov 8, 2011Mary BruneChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Crossposted from Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS) blog. Even though my son is now three years old, I can still recall how nervous I was around his sleep habits when he was a newborn. If he slept longer than the expected 3-4 hours at a stretch, I would hover over his crib,...

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...

Greenwash of the Month: Breast Cancer Prevention and Fracking Chemicals Don’t Mix

Oct 31, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Tips

It’s breast cancer awareness month, and we’ve found a bad case of pinkwashing. For the past two years, Chesapeake Energy Corp., a Marcellus Shale gas-drilling company, has been participating in the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition’s (PBCC) annual “Take a Swing...

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...