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Baby Bottles Shouldn’t Pose Health Threats: Tell Governor Brown to Ban BPA

Sep 20, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations

Children’s baby bottles and sippy cups shouldn’t threaten their health by contaminating their food and drink. Yet most plastic baby bottles and sippy cups contain Bisphenol A (BPA), a harmful chemical linked to health problems including brain and heart disorders, as...

Protect California Kids From Harmful BPA!

Sep 20, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations

The Toxin-Free Infants and Toddlers Act is only one signature away from becoming a law! This landmark legislation would ban BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups, protecting kids from BPA’s harmful health effects including brain and heart disorders, and breast cancer...

Make a Call for Safer Chemicals!

Sep 14, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Do you live in North Carolina? Then you have the chance to take action to protect the health of families statewide. Thousands of chemicals are used in everyday products without ever being tested for safety. Show Senators Burr and Hagan that you want a change in the...

Brains & Beakers: Watch CEH at Oakland’s Youth Radio

Sep 1, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Tips

Watch the video of CEH’s recent visit to Youth Radio, to demonstrate some of our work for their Brains and Beakers event. Research Director Caroline Cox, along with Research Assistant Matt Nevins, showed students how they use an X-ray gun to test the chemical...

Video: CEH at Youth Radio

Sep 1, 2011Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Tips, Uncategorized

Watch CEH’s visit to Youth Radio for their Brains and Beakers event to show students how they use an X-ray gun to test the chemical makeup — and safety — of fashion accessories and household items. Youth Radio Video

In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, No Toxic Chemical Shall Escape Government Oversight

Aug 22, 2011K ChhengChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations

Thor, Captain America, Green Lantern…With all of these superhero movies coming out over the summer, it’s easy to forget one of the most important superheroes—Mom. Many moms and parents across the country have been the champions for environmental health, at the...

Keep Pesticide-Ridden Corn Off Your Dinner Plate

Aug 11, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips

Monsanto’s new GMO corn, intended for the frozen and/or canned corn market. This experimental corn will not be labeled, so consumers cannot know when they may be eating a GMO food that contains a toxic pesticide in every bite. Major companies that make frozen and/or...

A Pesticide in Every Bite: Monsanto’s New GMO Corn

Aug 11, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Food

Last week, the biotech food giant Monsanto announced it is marketing a new variety of genetically engineered (GE or GMO) food: a sweet corn intended for sale as frozen and/or canned food. Unlike most previous GMO crops, which are primarily used for animal feed or...

What my daughter wants (and deserves) for her birthday: A toxic-free future

Aug 10, 2011Mary BruneChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

Tomorrow, August 11th, is my daughter Olivia’s birthday. My almost second-grader, who just finished reading the second Harry Potter book, is turning seven. It’s hard to believe. Tomorrow we’ll celebrate this milestone in the presence of family, give her gifts, and...

Be a Super Hero for Safer Chemicals on August 10th

Aug 5, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Are you sick of trying to avoid the many products that contain chemicals that pose health hazards to your family? Every week, we see another study linking chemicals in our homes, schools and workplaces to cancer, infertility, autism, developmental disorders, and...