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Generation Green’s Environmental Health Tip of the Week

Feb 12, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips, Uncategorized

With all this talk and media coverage of hazardous ingredients in purses and jewelry, it’s about time that we think about making more informed choices of the consumer products we buy. These days, there are many helpful blogs with safety information and consumer...

At Target this Valentine’s Day: L is for Lead

Feb 9, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action, Tips

A Valentine’s Day stuffed bear sounds like a great gift for the kids in your life. But at Target, don’t get too close to the bear! After all the public attention to lead-tainted children’s products, you might think that major companies like Target would have systems...

Aeropostale Bans Cadmium-Tainted Products from its Stores!

Feb 5, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

Cadmium – if you slept through high school chemistry, you may have never heard of it. But cadmium is all over the news suddenly, with AP reporting that two national retailers are pulling jewelry items contaminated with the carcinogenic crap. If you’re just tuning in,...

What to do About Cadmium in Jewelry: Q&A

Feb 2, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Legal Action, Tips, Uncategorized

Q: What did you find? A: We purchased jewelry from four leading retailers, Saks, Justice, Catherines and Aeropostale, and found significant levels of cadmium. A child’s necklace from Justice and a pink ribbon “breast cancer awareness” women’s bracelet from Catherines...

Book Review: Slow Death by Rubber Duck

Feb 2, 2010Peter SullivanChildren's Health, Food, Tips

by Guest Blogger Peter Sullivan Toxins are a common and widespread problem that is even more inconvenient and has even more personal impact than global warming. The topic leaves most people feeling a mix of overwhelm, anger and hopelessness. But as you may have...

Tell EPA: No Secret Ingredients in Pesticides

Jan 25, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChemical Industry, Children's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations

Inert ingredients are the thousands of chemicals that the pesticide industry is allowed to keep secret. Some of these chemicals are anything but inert: they can cause cancer, genetic damage, reproductive harm, and other serious health problems. EPA recently announced...

CEH Ending Hidden Lead Hazards in Purses

Jan 25, 2010Ryan BerghoffChildren's Health, Legal Action

Last April, CEH announced finding high levels of lead in dozens of purses and handbags sold at several major retailers, including Target, Macy’s, WalMart and many others. Last week, a landmark legal agreement with four major companies established, for the first time,...

CEH in the News on Cadmium in Jewelry

Jan 15, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, General Insights, Legal Action

Earlier this week, the Associated Press released a report in which they exposed high levels of cadmium in jewelry sold at major retail stores. Please read our post, “This Months’ Flavor for Toxic Jewelry: Cadmi-yumm,” for the latest on the issue. CEH...

This Month’s Flavor for Toxic Jewelry: Cadmi-yumm

Jan 14, 2010Charlie PizarroChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

So it turns out that cadmium (atomic number forty-eight, for those of you scoring at home) is more than an otherwise-meaningless square on the periodic table. It’s also a toxic heavy metal found in our children’s jewelry. Earlier this week, the Associated Press (AP)...

Toxic Chemicals in Your Living Room

Dec 28, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Toxic chemicals and your home —not two things we want to hear together in the same sentence. But toxic chemicals are much more ubiquitous in our homes than we’d like to think. For example, for years, chemical companies have been pouring their fire retardant chemicals...