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Toxic Flame Retardant Chemicals Have Gotta Go

Apr 26, 2018Alvaro Palacios CasanovaChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

By Avinash Kar, NRDC; Alvaro Casanova, Center for Environmental Health; and Carroll Wills, California Professional Firefighters What if I told you that you have been and continue to be exposed to dangerous chemicals in your home for no good reason? What if these...

Right to Know Act- Dirty Chemicals in Our Cleaning Products

Mar 8, 2018Pearl McLeodChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations

New Law Calls for Disclosure of All Hazardous Chemicals in Cleaning Products Cancer, asthma, and chemical burns should not have to be side effects of your job. That’s why when it comes to consumer and worker health, CEH has always been a champion for product safety....

Another Trump Nominee with Close Ties to Industry

Nov 13, 2017Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

The day after the Consumer Product Safety Commission made a historic move to restrict on an entire class of toxic flame retardant chemicals, Trump nominated a Commissioner who threatens to roll back that landmark decision. Dana Baiocco has built her legal career on...

The bogus EPA we’ll get from Trump’s Latest Pick

Sep 13, 2017Ansje MillerLaws & Regulations, Resistance, Uncategorized

Donald Trump has a knack for nominating officials who would undermine the very laws they’re supposed to uphold. His latest pick is Michael Dourson, a corporate conspirator who would lead EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Dourson would be the...

Trump Threatens Our Drinking Water

Aug 25, 2017Ansje MillerChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations

One of the real luxuries of our time, that even our grandparents might remember differently, is going to the tap and getting a glass of clear, refreshing water. In the U.S., our government is responsible with making sure our water stays clean and safe. This is one of...

You’ll Never Believe What Maine Just Did!

Aug 14, 2017Judy LevinChemical Industry, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

Here’s a new day for our health Maine just accomplished what no other state in the U.S. has managed to do: ban the sale of new upholstered furniture that have harmful and unnecessary flame retardant chemicals. This is an unprecedented move to protect children...

Act Now To Stop Trump’s EPA Pick!

Jun 7, 2017Center for Environmental HealthChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

If you love asbestos, you’ll love Nancy Beck. She’s Trump’s pick to lead chemical safety policy at the EPA. Nancy Beck’s previous job was defending the safety of chemicals for companies like Monsanto, Chevron, ExxonMobil and companies that make asbestos and other...

Save the EPA

Apr 5, 2017Ansje MillerEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

I am too young to remember a time before the Environmental Protection Agency. In fact, I was born in 1970, the year it was founded. If you listen to the Republicans in power, you would think that it was just established to thwart good job-creating businesses. But just...

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....