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Toxic Chemicals Come Alive at The Toxies!

Aug 7, 2013Revathi MuralidharanFood, Laws & Regulations, Tips, Uncategorized

What if the nastiest chemicals found in your cleaning products, makeup, and even pesticide-laden foods came to life? Well, they do, in this year’s 4th Annual Toxies web series. Not only do the most loathsome chemicals that wreak the most havoc come alive as...

Another Toxic Pesticide On Your Strawberries?

Jul 17, 2013Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

The cancer-causing chemical chloropicrin is one of the most common pesticides used on strawberry farms. California has proposed new rules on the chemical, but the rules won’t adequately protect children and families. Urge California’s top pesticide...

The Secret Cost of Eating Cheap

Jul 16, 2013Revathi MuralidharanFood, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Being a college student, I probably know best how draining a trip to the grocery store can be on the wallet. Between trying to buy organic and avoiding junk food, the cost of just two weeks’ worth of groceries can reach triple digits. Sometimes it’s tempting to fall...

The Pepsi Challenge? Cancer-Causing Ingredient Found in Pepsi Products Nationwide – Except California!

Jul 3, 2013Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

CEH found high levels of a cancer-causing chemical, 4-MEI, in ALL Pepsi cola products sold in states outside California. More than a year ago Pepsi stated they would clean up their ingredients. Our testing shows Pepsi has not changed their products, and the company...

Help Minnesota Mom Get Pesticide Spray Out of Her City’s Parks!

Jul 1, 2013Caroline CoxEnvironmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

In cities and towns across the country pesticide-free parks provide healthy and good-looking places for families, kids, and pets to play. There are almost 100 parks without pesticide spray in the Pacific Northwest and there are many more in other parts of the country....

I Won the Cancer “Lottery” and How it Changed My Life

May 6, 2013Lawrence TsaiChildren's Health, Food, Personal Stories

By CEH Intern Lawrence Tsai How did you live your life during your early 20s? What were your focuses? Your significant other? School? Job? Figuring out ways to beat the beer chugging record at the local bar? How about health? Like many young adults, health was...

Deadline TODAY: Protect Children and Families from BPA!

Apr 9, 2013Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

It’s past time for California to require labels on products with BPA. We have just until 5pm on Wednesday April 10th to take action! Join actress and mom Amy Brenneman in calling for BPA labeling!

Amy Brenneman, Actress and Mom, Takes on BPA Labeling

Apr 9, 2013Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories, Plastics, Uncategorized

Is BPA (bisphenol A) just one more acronym in the alphabet soup of chemical names that we all hear about from time to time? Well, yes it is. But it’s also one of the scarier parts of the alphabet soup. For starters, it’s one of the most widely used...

Hormones Out of Whack: The Global Threat From Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals

Mar 13, 2013Michael GreenChildren's Health, Food, Tips

Crossposted from Huffington Post In Ruth Ozeki’s heartbreakingly funny novel My Year of Meats, narrator Jane Takagi-Little reflects on her journey through fertility challenges and miscarriage while producing a documentary series for Japanese television on behalf...

No More Flame Retardant Chemicals in Gatorade – But How Healthy Is the Replacement?

Jan 31, 2013Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Tips

In response to customer pressure, PepsiCo has announced they will remove a controversial chemical that is added to orange Gatorade. As we’ve written about before, brominated vegetable oils (BVOs) are patented flame retardant chemicals that are also used (for another...