Children's Health Archives - Page 4 of 30 - Center for Environmental Health

Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Have Gotta Go

Apr 26, 2018Alvaro Palacios CasanovaChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

By Avinash Kar, NRDC; Alvaro Casanova, Center for Environmental Health; and Carroll Wills, California Professional Firefighters What if I told you that you have been and continue to be exposed to dangerous chemicals in your home for no good reason? What if these...

Right to Know Act- Dirty Chemicals in Our Cleaning Products

Mar 8, 2018Pearl McLeodChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations

New Law Calls for Disclosure of All Hazardous Chemicals in Cleaning Products Cancer, asthma, and chemical burns should not have to be side effects of your job. That’s why when it comes to consumer and worker health, CEH has always been a champion for product safety....

Kids Deserve Toxic-Free Shoes!

Sep 22, 2017Caroline CoxChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice

I spent several weeks in August being entertained by my grand kids, aged 4, 3, and 11 months. They taught me all sorts of things, including the art I had forgotten since my own parenting days of keeping track of their shoes. The two older ones put on and take off...

Trump Threatens Our Drinking Water

Aug 25, 2017Ansje MillerChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations

One of the real luxuries of our time, that even our grandparents might remember differently, is going to the tap and getting a glass of clear, refreshing water. In the U.S., our government is responsible with making sure our water stays clean and safe. This is one of...

Understanding the Toxic Chemical Gap

Jun 23, 2017Center for Environmental HealthChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice

By Michael Dorsey, a co-founding Director of CEH and a featured speaker at Spotlight Health. Why was the Center for Environmental Health founded? What is the CEH working on now? At the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), we work every day to protect your children...

Act Now To Stop Trump’s EPA Pick!

Jun 7, 2017Center for Environmental HealthChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

If you love asbestos, you’ll love Nancy Beck. She’s Trump’s pick to lead chemical safety policy at the EPA. Nancy Beck’s previous job was defending the safety of chemicals for companies like Monsanto, Chevron, ExxonMobil and companies that make asbestos and other...

Fulfilling the EPA’s Mission, In Spite of Pruitt

Feb 23, 2017Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Food, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Last week, the Senate approved Donald Trump’s pick of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the new chief Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a 52-46 vote, mostly along party lines. In the end, Senator Susan Collins from Maine was the only...

CEH Standing for Children’s Health at EPA

Feb 21, 2017Caroline CoxChildren's Health

With the Trump administration aiming at massive cuts to environmental regulations, and with Scott Pruitt confirmed as the new Chief Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is clear that we cannot count on federal protections from harmful...

Women’s March 2017

Jan 18, 2017Michelle EndoChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

As a child of the 1990s, I was raised on the pink-and-glitter ‘girl power’ of supposed post-feminism ideals. I grew up in a household where both my parents worked, looking up to a mom who could do it all and instilled in me the confidence that I could do the same....

Baby-Poisoning Rat Pesticide Company Now Killing Babies with New Product

Sep 23, 2016Charles MargulisChemical Industry, Children's Health

If you think that’s a rejected headline from an especially twisted edition of The Onion, think again. In fact, this is exactly what’s happening with the massive British home products company Reckitt Benckiser (RB). You may have never heard of the company despite its...