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Those Old, Reliable Farm Poisons – Anyone Still Driving an Edsel?

Mar 7, 2012Charles MargulisFood

I’m sure there are offices where people are talking around the water cooler about the latest American Idol or what Snookie is wearing, but not at CEH. Here we tend towards more nerdy topics, like pesticides and health. In one such conversation just a couple of weeks...

Watch: Veggies Come to Life in ‘Food Rules’ video

Mar 1, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

With all this action around the GMO labeling debate right now, this video about the dangerous effects of our system of industrial agriculture comes at the right time. Using real veggies to bring the words of Michael Pollan’s ‘Food Rules’ to life,...

Californians Tell New Pesticide Chief: Say No to Methyl Iodide

Feb 29, 2012Charles MargulisFood

Last week, advocates from the Pesticide Action Network brought petitions with more than 60,000 signatures to the desk Brian Leahy, California’s new Director of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, calling on him to rescind approval of the highly toxic strawberry...

Stand Up for GMO Food Labels!

Feb 28, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood

Urge Congress that GMO food must be labeled. These could be the most important clicks your mouse makes today!

Our Right to Know: GMO Food Labeling

Feb 28, 2012Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Food, Tips

Earlier this month, Senator Barbara Boxer and Congressman Peter DeFazio circulated a letter to their House and Senate colleagues, calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require labels on genetically modified (GMO) food. The letter is open for Senators...

The Toxic Shell Game

Feb 23, 2012Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Food, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

By Michael Green, CEH Executive Director- Crossposted from Huffington Post My three-year-old daughter Juliette and I have a standing argument. When she wants a sippy cup, I hand her my all-stainless steel, unlined hard-topped mug. But she wants her pink plastic sippy...

Don’t Stop the Linsanity (but please stop these other insanities)

Feb 18, 2012Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

As a basketball fan who grew up rooting for the Knicks of Willis Reed, Walt “Clyde” Frazier, and soon-to-be Senator Bill Bradley, it’s been fun witnessing the emergence of Jeremy Lin. Coming out of nowhere to star in the NBA is a rare accomplishment, but sadly there...

Honey Love

Feb 15, 2012Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Tips

I love honey. A little honey on a bowl of oatmeal is just about a perfect breakfast as far as I’m concerned. And a little honey on pancakes is just as good. If you’re like me, when you think about honey you think about beehives surrounded by flowers and industrious...

Mountain Dew Madness: What’s That Flame Retardant Doing in My Soda?

Feb 6, 2012Judy LevinChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

We all know that sodas are full of sugar, buy you may be surprised (and grossed out) to find that a chemical called brominated vegetable oil (BVO), a patented flame retardant, has also been added to approximately 10% of sodas for decades in North America. No need to...

Guest Blogger: 50 Things I Do To Reduce

Jan 25, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

Crossposted from Kids Around Canada, by Eco-Communications professional, Lisa Borden. We recently came across this article by fellow eco-tip lover Lisa Borden. It’s a run-down of the 50 things she does to reduce the stuff in her everyday life, and it’s a...