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A Breathe of Fresh Air: My Summer at CEH

Sep 4, 2012Olivia ZhuChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

In my senior year of high school, I felt stifled. I went through the motions of applying to twenty-three colleges, slacking off on my school work, playing my final soccer game, and reveling in the last moments of my youth, but my heart wasn’t in it. My graduation...

Intern Stories- Rohini Behl

Aug 27, 2012Rohini BehlChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

Although summer was what felt like eons away, I started determining my summer plans in December. That’s right – a full 5 ½ months in advance. Anything could go wrong in that time – I didn’t have any clue of just how wrong. Essentially, before me there were two...

Californians to the EPA – We Want Clean Air!

Aug 7, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

As the summer heat sets in, some may consider the air quality a passing concern, while for others it is an invisible cage on their daily activity: “I check the air quality rating every day now,” said one former college track athlete and lung cancer survivor, now a...

Give that Tiger Some Teeth: A Historic Milestone in Protecting Americans from Toxic Chemicals

Jul 31, 2012Ansje MillerLaws & Regulations

Parents and concerned Americans like you have been expressing frustration about our unregulated exposure to toxic chemicals that make us sick and it appears that Congress is finally listening. Regular readers of Generation Green know that our chemical regulatory...

So What’s the Problem? Challenges in the Fight against Toxic Flame Retardants

Jul 30, 2012Olivia ZhuChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Opposition to the use of chemical flame retardants has gained extraordinary momentum in just the past few months. Catalyzed by a stunning exposé by the Chicago Tribune and fed by a flood of ensuing media coverage, CEH and our allies have rallied scientists, doctors,...

Victory + Next Steps: The Safe Chemicals Act Passes Committee

Jul 25, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

For the first time in over 30 years, Congress voted to update our outdated chemical safety laws. In response to the growing number of parents, cancer survivors, doctors, nurses and concerned citizens who have become increasingly aware of the dangers of the toxic...

Tell Congress: Pass the Safe Chemicals Act!

Jul 24, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations

We’re watching…. Will you send a message to your Senators letting them know you’ll be watching? For the first time ever there will be a vote in committee on the Safe Chemicals Act and we need you to encourage your Senators to support this bill. Take...

The Plastic Bag Ban: Convenience Has Its Consequences

Jul 24, 2012Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Billions of plastic bags are given away each year by grocery stores across the globe, polluting the planet and our bodies. Over the past year, Wales has seen the number of plastic bags given away by stores fall by up to 96%. What could this country have done to force...

Sacramento Bee: Change Safety Standards for Toxic Furniture

Jul 20, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFlame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Crossposted from the Sacramento Bee, an op-ed by Sarah Janssen. Gov. Jerry Brown made a bold move last month when he directed a state agency to update California’s 40-year-old furniture flammability standards to improve fire safety and eliminate use of toxic and...

Flame Retardant Makers and Their Three Stooges

Jul 19, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

What do the Three Stooges have to do with harmful chemicals in our furniture and baby products? If you’ve been following our blogs and the coverage of harmful flame retardants in the news lately, you know that the chemical companies that make flame...