Wal-Mart and Target: Free Lead Ain’t As Cheap As It Used to Be
As the quotable catcher used to say: It’s like déjà vu all over again. Lead is still in kids’ products, and Wal-Mart and Target are still peddling the dirty goods. And if the past continues to do the Yogi Berra, these retail giants will tell you that lead isn’t a...Danger at Disneyland?
It’s unbelievable: Disney has known about dozens of lead-tainted brass and stained glass items at Disneyland for nine months, yet the company has failed to act to protect children! It’s time for Disney’s CEO to hear from you. Tell Disney: Get the...Putting Children’s Products to the (Lead) Test
I recently spoke to a group of business leaders from the apparel industry, many of whom make children’s clothes and other kids’ products. Many small businesses that make children’s products are concerned about implementation of a new federal law, the Consumer...Lead and GMO Sugar in Halloween Candy?
Urban legends of harmful products in Halloween candy and fruit have caused parents to greet Halloween suspiciously. However, a hidden threat is real in some of the candy on the shelves today – lead and GMO’s. With Halloween coming, every parent wonders what...GMO Halloween Candy: A Pesticide-Laden Horror
Tell Hershey’s and Mars to keep our kids safe and to end their use of genetically-modified (GMO) sugar today! Sugar from genetailly modified (GMO) beets is now in widespread use, despite worldwide scientific concern about the potential health and environmental...
Astroturf Agrees to Eliminate Lead Threats to Children
Oakland, CA-The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) today welcomed an agreement by AstroTurf that sets the first-ever legally binding rules to end lead threats to children from artificial turf. The agreement is the first following from a CEH investigation of high...A Back-to-School Warning: Some Supplies Still Contain Toxic Risks
Pencil pouches and a backpack are the latest kids’ products found with lead by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), which today initiated legal action to eliminate these health threats. Our legal action coincides with the release of a PVC-Free...