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This Holiday Season: Buying Naughty or Nice

Dec 13, 2012Michael GreenChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Tips

The holidays can be stressful, especially for those of us who are aware of all the harmful chemicals in too many products on the store shelves today. Sometimes I just want to look for gifts for my loved ones without having to wonder what dangerous toxins might be...

Is Toxic the New Black?

Dec 12, 2012Maggie YoungChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action, Tips

The fashion industry seems to think that toxic is the shade of the season, with new evidence of toxic clothes to match toxic purses and toxic jewelry. Greenpeace has recently released a report that uncovers the use of a cocktail of toxic chemicals in clothing by 20...

‘Tis the Season to be SHOPPING! A Photojournalist’s Day in the Life of the CEH Research Team

Dec 11, 2012Aimee DewingChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, General Insights, Personal Stories

Black Friday has come and passed, and this year I made absolutely no effort to get out there and wait in line for my own personal wants and desires. And with me, when a deal hits the shelves that looks appetizing, my mouth waters at the prospect of saving money. But...

CEH’s Toxic-Free Gift Guide 2012

Dec 5, 2012Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Plastics, Tips, Uncategorized

Gift guide 2012 from Center for Environmental Health

Flame Retardant Chemicals in Furniture are Hard to Avoid

Nov 29, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

“Toxic flame retardant chemicals pervade the nation’s households, especially in California, and little can be done to keep them out of our bodies, two new studies show.” -SF Gate, November 2012 This week, a spate of excellent media came out, covering...

Justice Fund Stories: Democracy in Action with Union de Vecinos

Nov 28, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Personal Stories

Water justice is beyond the science of contamination and clean up, it is about democracy. For the members of Union de Vecinos, this truth has mobilized and empowered their struggle for clean, healthy water for the city of Maywood, a small, working-class community in...

CEH at the SF Green Festival

Nov 16, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights

Last weekend, CEH joined the ranks of inspiring eco-friendly organizations and companies at another successful SF Green Festival. Check out photos and quotes from CEH at SF Green Festival! “I personally had two favorite types of festival-goers,” CEH staffer Erica...

CEH’s Justice Fund Helps Youth-Led Group Find Solutions to Cool the Planet

Nov 7, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Personal Stories

From the local to the global, we are all struggling to recognize and face the climate crisis to create lasting, viable solutions and connectivity among communities. For youth in southeast San Francisco, many are living the direct connection between the effects of...

CEH’s California Voter Guide 2012 – Vote to Protect Your Family’s Health

Nov 5, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Tips

If you haven’t seen it already, check out our California Voter Guide 2012! We’re pleased to launch our 2012 Voter Guide with our positions on all of the ballot initiatives that will effect the health of you and your family. We want to help you get the...

The Big Lie: Prop 37 and Lawsuits

Nov 3, 2012Michael GreenChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

People should have the information they need to choose whether or not they buy genetically modified (GMO) food, so it’s been disturbing to see the lies perpetrated by Monsanto and their anti-choice allies working against Prop 37, the California GMO Right-to-Know...