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Environmental Health Watchdog Condemns EPA Decision to Relax Regulations for America’s Worst Polluters During Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 27, 2020Ruben DiazChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Resistance

It is absolutely unacceptable that the Trump administration is taking advantage of a global health crisis to eliminate basic protections from our most polluting industries. EPA enforcement of air and water quality standards are designed to protect us from cancer-causing chemicals.

Coronavirus & Our Health- A Letter from Our CEO

Mar 23, 2020Michael GreenAir, Chemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Pesticide

We have never experienced a week like last week. My wife and I have been juggling working from home, living our lives through Zoom calls, and homeschooling our two children. We are all adjusting to new schedules and tight quarters—while balancing our anxiety of what’s...

Los Angeles has a Big Hex Chrome Problem

Feb 4, 2020Chelsea BurroughsChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

The Los Angeles area has been known for its eye-watering smog and air pollution since the 1950s. Although visible smog has waned in recent years due to the Clean Air Act, state and national emissions standards, and other pollution-minimizing laws, there are dangerous...

Fossil Fuel Dependence Pollutes our Planet and our Bodies

Nov 12, 2019Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Fracking, Laws & Regulations, Plastics

By Michael Green, CEO of Center for Environmental Health The primary focus of the clean energy debate for over a decade now has been our rapidly warming planet. It’s not hard to understand why. Each year, we endure record-setting temperatures and more persistent...

Actor Mark Ruffalo, Legendary Attorney Rob Bilott, and CEH Join Forces to Fight the PFAS Crisis

Sep 19, 2019Zack KaldveerChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, PFAS, Uncategorized, Water

For nearly 70 years, chemical companies have been poisoning our bodies and the environment without our knowledge or consent. This toxic class of 5000 synthetic chemicals are now found in the blood of 99% of Americans. They are now almost everywhere, in everyone, and...

Dow: The Fox Guarding the Henhouse

Oct 1, 2018Caroline CoxChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Legal Action

You’ve probably heard the old line about what happens when the fox gets the job of guarding the henhouse. Apparently, that phrase goes back to at least the days of the Roman Empire, maybe longer. In real life, especially when it comes to toxic chemicals, it...

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...

Save the EPA

Apr 5, 2017Ansje MillerEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

I am too young to remember a time before the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, I was born in 1970, the year it was founded. If you listen to the Republicans in power, you would think that it was just established to thwart good job-creating businesses. But just...