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Don’t Let My Story Become Your Story: EPA Must Ban Asbestos Now

Aug 15, 2018Linda Reinstein, Guest BloggerChemical Industry, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

By Linda Reinstein, Guest Blog Like most Americans, I thought asbestos had been banned. Then my husband Alan was diagnosed with mesothelioma. As we searched for treatment options, we realized asbestos was not only lethal but still legal in the U.S. We were angry...

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...

Opening Week’s True Lead-Off Man

Apr 1, 2014Aimee DewingChemical Industry, Children's Health, General Insights, Legal Action, Personal Stories

New Year’s Day (observed) was yesterday, and America’s past time is back. Normally, Major League Baseball awards are announced at the end of the season, way off in October/November. But the Center for Environmental Health will grant its first annual “Best Lead-Off...

Supporter Spotlight: Jean Hansen

Feb 26, 2014Ali Geering-KlineFlame Retardants, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

Jean Hansen is the Sustainable Interiors Manager for the global architecture firm, HDR Architecture. She’s been a great supporter of CEH for many years, both as an employee sponsor of the HDR grant application and also as a partner with CEH on safer furniture...

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...

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...

Eco-Friendly Dentistry, Q & A with Dr. Namrata Patel

Dec 18, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

Dr. Namrata (Nammy) Patel is a leader in a movement to bring environmental sanity and wellbeing into the dental world. Her mission is to make going to the dentist as relaxing as a day at the spa. At her Green Dentistry office in San Francisco’s Union Square,...

‘Tis the Season to be SHOPPING! A Photojournalist’s Day in the Life of the CEH Research Team

Dec 11, 2012Aimee DewingChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, General Insights, Personal Stories

Black Friday has come and passed, and this year I made absolutely no effort to get out there and wait in line for my own personal wants and desires. And with me, when a deal hits the shelves that looks appetizing, my mouth waters at the prospect of saving money. But...

Justice Fund Stories: Democracy in Action with Union de Vecinos

Nov 28, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Personal Stories

Water justice is beyond the science of contamination and clean up, it is about democracy. For the members of Union de Vecinos, this truth has mobilized and empowered their struggle for clean, healthy water for the city of Maywood, a small, working-class community in...

CEH’s Justice Fund Helps Youth-Led Group Find Solutions to Cool the Planet

Nov 7, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Personal Stories

From the local to the global, we are all struggling to recognize and face the climate crisis to create lasting, viable solutions and connectivity among communities. For youth in southeast San Francisco, many are living the direct connection between the effects of...