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Avoiding Fleas and Bug Bombs: Keeping Pesky Pests Away Without Chemicals

Dec 18, 2009Ali Geering-KlineFood

A few years back, a friend of mine accidentally applied a dog-formulated flea pesticide on her cat. The next day she found her cat dead. The cat’s veterinarian determined that the only feasible reason for the cat’s death was the exposure to the more highly...

Tips for a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips, Uncategorized

Thanksgiving: it’s supposed to be about enjoying homemade meals and family around the dinner table. But with constant the rush of our daily lives, we inevitably run out of time in our preparations for the big meal. With all the commercial products on the market...

Is There Life on Mars?

Oct 26, 2009Sean SullivanFood

Two weeks ago we asked you to join us in urging multinational candy conglomerates Hershey’s and Mars to stop using sugar made from untested sugar beets that are genetically engineered to withstand megadoses of pesticides. We were encouraged to see thousands of CEH...

Lead and GMO Sugar in Halloween Candy?

Oct 15, 2009Sean SullivanChildren's Health, Food

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

Oct 15, 2009Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Food, General Insights

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...

Our Kitchenware, Ourselves

Jun 5, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Food, Plastics, Tips

Recently, CEH was asked for our take on safer materials for cookware and other kitchen items. To respond, we compiled information from a wide range of sources– but as with many consumer products, we found that for the most part, there have been few or no...

Ten Reasons NOT to Use Pesticides

May 4, 2009Caroline CoxFood

Did you know that 300 million pounds of cancer-causing pesticides are used in the U.S. each year? Or that more than half of common fruit and vegetables are contaminated with one or more pesticides? At CEH, we work for alternatives to pesticides used on our food,...

Protect Your Right to Know about Artificial Hormones in Milk

Apr 12, 2009Charles MargulisFood

The biotechnology industry wants to take away our right to know when artificial hormones have been used to produce milk. Shouldn’t we have a choice to feed our kids safe food? You can take action today to protect truthful milk labels. For over a decade,...

Pesticides

Apr 6, 2009Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips, Uncategorized

– Pesticides are dangerous chemicals that can seriously harm people and the environment. CEH works for ecological solutions to pest problems and alternatives to pesticides. See why: the Top Ten Reasons Not to Use Pesticides. – Click here to learn about...

Pest Control

Jan 31, 2008Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Food, Tips, Uncategorized

Don’t use pesticide sprays because they contaminate the air and coat surfaces such as kitchen counters, children’s toys, and rugs where children play. Spraying also doesn’t address the cause of the problem, so the pests will often return. Ants To get...