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NEW: CEH’s Annual Report

NEW: CEH’s Annual Report

Apr 8, 2022Center for Environmental HealthAir, Beverages, Chemical Industry, Children's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, flooring & carpeting, Food, Fracking, General Insights, Jobs, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action, Personal Stories, Pesticide, PFAS, Plastics, procurement, Products, Resistance, Tips, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Vaping, Water

Our 2021 Annual Report is hot off the press. Read all about our big wins!

Fossil Fuel Dependence Pollutes our Planet and our Bodies

Fossil Fuel Dependence Pollutes our Planet and our Bodies

Nov 12, 2019Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Fracking, Laws & Regulations, Plastics

By Michael Green, CEO of Center for Environmental Health The primary focus of the clean energy debate for over a decade now has been our rapidly warming planet. It’s not hard to understand why. Each year, we endure record-setting temperatures and more persistent...

The Good and Bad News About BPA

Jan 15, 2015Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations, Plastics

The toxic plastics chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) has recently been in the news again. For CEH, BPA exemplifies many of the more problematic aspects of our country’s approach to harmful chemicals in everyday products, and a look at the history and science around BPA is...

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...

CEH’s Toxic-Free Gift Guide 2012

Dec 5, 2012Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Plastics, Tips, Uncategorized

  Gift guide 2012 from Center for Environmental Health
Greenwash of the Month:  “My Teacher Says Plastic Bags are A-OK!”

Greenwash of the Month: “My Teacher Says Plastic Bags are A-OK!”

Sep 29, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Plastics, Tips

It’s like the plot for an action-filled Hollywood movie:  the evil mastermind tries to  gain power and control by indoctrinating the unsuspecting civilians.  In this case, the villain is the American Chemistry Council, the chemical industry’s trade group.  And the...

The Plastic Bottle Dilemma

Sep 17, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Plastics, Tips, Uncategorized

We’ve all done it before–you finish drinking that soda or eating that to-go lunch and you’re in a rush, with no recycling bin in sight–so what do you do with that plastic bottle or container? “Ah, how bad could it be to throw this one...

Majestic Plastic? Or Waste That Won’t Die…

Sep 10, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights, Plastics, Uncategorized

We’ve written about the Pacific Garbage Patch before. This huge mass (twice the size of Texas!) of discarded plastic shows that when it comes to throwing away plastic, there simply is no Away.  All those forgotten plastic toys, cups, bottles, lighters and other...

Discarded but not Degraded: What Will the Aliens Think When They Find Our Plastic Crap?

Feb 24, 2010Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Plastics, Uncategorized

Once-thriving ecosystems around the globe are now choking to death on our discarded plastic relics.  It’s a problem that’s on the minds of Generation Green members, so we’ve begun to share a few tips to help you reduce the amount of plastic that the global polymer...
Our Kitchenware, Ourselves

Our Kitchenware, Ourselves

Jun 5, 2009Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Food, Plastics, Tips

Recently, CEH was asked for our take on safer materials for cookware and other kitchen items. To respond, we compiled information from a wide range of sources– but as with many consumer products, we found that for the most part, there have been few or no...
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