Why You Should be Scared of Shein This Halloween
Three ways you can protect yourself and your family.
Tell Celestial Seasonings to Make its Tea Plastic-Free
The New York Times recently reported that there are enough microplastic shards in our brains to make a plastic spoon!
We ReUse’s New Reusable Cafeteria Tray Shows Growing Demand for CEH’s GreenScreen Certified Standard
We ReUse joins Ahimsa as the second company to manufacture reusable school cafeteria trays that use inherently safer chemical ingredients.
Center for Environmental Health Receives Outstanding School Recycling Program Award
CEH’s Green & Clean Purchasing Team Coordinator Ben Schleifer Accepts Outstanding School Recycling Program Award
Tell Dunkin’ to Stop Handing Out Receipts and Labels with BPS
At the Dunkin’ location that CEH visited, the adhesive labels attached to their coffee cups had the highest levels of BPS out of any of the adhesive labels we tested.
Read: A Poison Like No Other – How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies
Looking for your next summer read? Get the book for free through July 8.
Where Formaldehyde Hides in Built Environments (and How You Can Avoid It)
The presence of formaldehyde in built environment products like furniture and flooring is long documented. This chemical has been in use in the furniture and flooring industry for decades, mainly as a wood adhesive. Formaldehyde is a respiratory irritant, a chemical sensitizer, and a carcinogen.
It is important for institutional purchasers to learn how to avoid this chemical when procuring built environment products. To help with this, CEH offers expertise in healthier furniture and flooring procurement and has developed several tools that purchasers can use to avoid formaldehyde in their purchasing.
An Earth Day Milestone: 1,000,000 Meals Served on Non-Toxic Reusables in Schools
This Earth Day, we’re excited to announce a huge milestone. We have now surpassed 1 million meals served in non-toxic reuse in schools in Alameda County, where CEH is headquartered.
Seven Ways CEH Fought Our Way Through the First Trump Administration
Let’s look back at seven strategies we used during the first Trump administration that will inform our work to protect our air, water, soil, and food during this one.
Center for Environmental Health Cracks Down on Mint-Flavored Products with Pulegone
Today, the nonprofit watchdog CEH served Ghirardelli and Trader Joe’s with notices of violation over the pulegone found in Ghirardelli Mint Squares and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Mint Creams.