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What to do About Cadmium in Jewelry: Q&A

Feb 2, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Legal Action, Tips, Uncategorized

Q: What did you find? A: We purchased jewelry from four leading retailers, Saks, Justice, Catherines and Aeropostale, and found significant levels of cadmium. A child’s necklace from Justice and a pink ribbon “breast cancer awareness” women’s bracelet from Catherines...

How Art Thou Wrong, Ms. Northup? Let Me Count the Ways

Jan 19, 2010Michael GreenChildren's Health, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

In my recent letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, I responded to Ann Northup, a commissioner of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), who wrote a misleading editorial in The Journal, opposing new federal legislation that protects children...

CEH in the News on Cadmium in Jewelry

Jan 15, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, General Insights, Legal Action

Earlier this week, the Associated Press released a report in which they exposed high levels of cadmium in jewelry sold at major retail stores. Please read our post, “This Months’ Flavor for Toxic Jewelry: Cadmi-yumm,” for the latest on the issue. CEH...

Two Plus Two May Once Again Equal Four, Radical Environmentalists Hope

Dec 15, 2009Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

It’s no secret: for eight relentless years the Bush/Exxon/Mobil Administration opposed the Center for Environmental Health’s strong public health positions. Lead in children’s products? No problem, they said. Reckless support for all things petroleum? ...

Wal-Mart and Target: Free Lead Ain’t As Cheap As It Used to Be

Nov 18, 2009Charlie PizarroChildren's Health, General Insights, Legal Action

As the quotable catcher used to say: It’s like déjà vu all over again. Lead is still in kids’ products, and Wal-Mart and Target are still peddling the dirty goods. And if the past continues to do the Yogi Berra, these retail giants will tell you that lead isn’t a...

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...

Van Jones’ Resignation: What it Means

Aug 27, 2009Michael GreenEnergy, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

What Happened: President Obama’s election inspired Progressives who have ground our teeth while the Bush Administration worked to dismantle everything that we believe government should be for. For environmentalists, many of us were especially excited when Van Jones...

Nanotechnology Makes Tiny Particles, Big Health Problems

Aug 24, 2009Charlie PizarroGeneral Insights, Uncategorized

Nanotechnology? Is that what Mork from Ork says when he picks up his cellphone? Actually, nanotechnology is the industry where scientists take different substances and isolate their smallest possible particles. And by “small,” we’re talking about sizes once thought...

The Dirty Secrets about E-Waste Dumping Exposed in PBS Documentary

Jun 25, 2009Center for Environmental HealthEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

If you missed the PBS Frontline Documentary “Digital Dumping Ground,” it’s not too late to view this eye-opening 20 minute documentary. The video documents the rampant dumping of toxic electronic waste (e-waste) in developing countries and the ensuing public and...

Not Just the Cheap Stuff: Jewelry from Saks, Other Retailers Tainted with Lead

May 7, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, General Insights, Legal Action

You might think that a good way to avoid lead-tainted jewelry would be to buy a $200 necklace from a trusted name. But if you purchased the necklace pictured above from Saks Fifth Avenue, you would be wrong. Testing announced today by the Center for Environmental...