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Cranberry Sauce Showdown

Nov 22, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips

Yes, we know we know: Your mom/aunt/uncle/(insert family member here) is the best cook in the world and no one knows how to make gravy or stuffing or mashed potatoes like she/he does. We’d never argue with that, but all we’re saying is that Thanksgiving dinner is...

Watch: The Story of Broke

Nov 16, 2011Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Tips

“We can rebuild the American Dream; we can afford to have a healthy environment, good jobs, and top-notch public education. But not if we continue subsidizing the dinosaur economy.” –Annie Leonard, The Story of Broke Last week, the new Story of Stuff Project released...

Urge Senator Feinstein to Support the Safe Chemicals Act!

Nov 9, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

YOU can participate in bringing about greater Senate support for the Safe Chemicals Act! CALL or SEND a message (or both!) to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office and ask her to sign-on as a co-sponsor of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. Tell Senator Feinstein: I want...

Sleeping with the Enemy: Are There Toxins in your Tot’s Crib?

Nov 8, 2011Mary BruneChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Crossposted from Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS) blog. Even though my son is now three years old, I can still recall how nervous I was around his sleep habits when he was a newborn. If he slept longer than the expected 3-4 hours at a stretch, I would hover over his crib,...

Americans Call on Food Companies to Can Monsanto’s New GMO Corn

Nov 1, 2011Charles MargulisFood, Tips

In August, the gene altered (GMO) crop giant Monsanto announced it would for the first time sell a variety of GMO sweet corn, intended for marketing as canned and/or frozen whole corn. Since the vast majority of GMO corn has, until now, been used as animal feed or for...

Greenwash of the Month: Breast Cancer Prevention and Fracking Chemicals Don’t Mix

Oct 31, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Tips

It’s breast cancer awareness month, and we’ve found a bad case of pinkwashing. For the past two years, Chesapeake Energy Corp., a Marcellus Shale gas-drilling company, has been participating in the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition’s (PBCC) annual “Take a Swing...

Chemical Industry Reverses Its Position on Toxic Chemical BPA

Oct 13, 2011Ali Geering-KlineLaws & Regulations, Tips

After the exciting news that California Governor Brown had passed bisphenol-A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) came out with a shocking statement. According to an ACC email sent to Gretchen Lee Salter, policy manager of the...

Come Party with Us! A Behind-the-Scenes look at CEH’s 15th Anniversary coming up on October 24th

Oct 12, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Tips

What are you doing on Monday night, two weeks from now? Doesn’t sipping champagne, mingling with famed special guests, hearing about the future of sustainability, and getting the opportunity to score a slew of exceptional auction items sound more thrilling than your...

Victory! BPA Ban Signed into Law

Oct 5, 2011Ali Geering-KlineLaws & Regulations, Tips

Last night, California Governor Jerry Brown sign the Toxin-Free Infants and Toddler’s Act into law! This valuable legislation will keep Californian kids safer and healthier by banning bisphenol-A (BPA) from baby bottles and sippy cups. This would not have been...

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...