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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...

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....

West Oakland: Sick of Coal

Jun 23, 2016Alvaro Palacios CasanovaChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

by Alvaro Palacios Casanova West Oakland is a community that faces poverty and chronic disease. The community is disproportionately exposed to air and noise pollution with two freeways, a port, and rail running through it. It is also home to many organizations that...

Congress Adopts Chemical Safety Bill

Jun 9, 2016Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

Click here to thank the Prop 65 champions! Last week, Congress passed the first major overhaul of an environmental law in decades. This chemical reform bill is now headed to the President for signature. As we pause to think about how monumental that is, we reflect...

Cultivating a New Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders

Dec 21, 2015Center for Environmental HealthEnvironmental Justice

by Alvaro Palacios Casanova I was a gang-member from a low-income Southern California neighborhood when I had a wake-up call I’ll never forget. A rock hurtling through a car windshield crushed my nose, broke my jaw, cost me the use of my left eye and nearly ended up...

Black Lives Matter & Environmental Justice

Jan 26, 2015Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice

Several CEH staff were interested in taking part in a conversation around the issues raised by the Black lives matter movement and our work in environmental health and justice. Among the leading tenets of environmental justice is the dictum, “we speak for ourselves”...

My Story with the Chemical Industry

Jan 12, 2015Tenya SteeleChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

I worked in an environment that was hazardous to my health for many years. At first I didn’t realize it. But as time passed, I became aware that many of the on-site substances were known to cause cancer in some groups of workers as well as laboratory animals. Stuff...

Money talks. But it’s time to shut it up.

Jan 12, 2015Tenya SteeleChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

In the Supreme Court Case, Citizens United, the Court ruled for the first time that corporations are guaranteed the same free speech rights as real people to influence elections. The problem is, they have more money. A lot more money. As the saying goes, “Money...

Toxic Hot Seat – Now Available to Download

Sep 8, 2014Theresa ZhangChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Last fall, HBO premiered the documentary “Toxic Hot Seat,” which includes clips from an interview with CEH Executive Director Michael Green. The film, now available to download, takes us on a journey with a courageous group of firefighters, mothers, journalists,...

Environmental Health and Reproductive Justice: Connecting the Dots

Jul 28, 2014Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Fracking

In our recent piece for the National Women’s Health Network (which I co-authored with Sarah Alcid of MomsRising), we summarized some of the connections between environmental health and reproductive justice efforts. In my work as a staff member at CEH and a Board...