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Take Part: November 10th is the National Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals!

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

Thursday, November 10th, is the second National Stroller Brigade Day of Action in support of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. Parents and kids across this country will don superhero capes with the goal of encouraging more Senate support for this important bill. The...

Video: CEH at Youth Radio

Sep 1, 2011Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Tips, Uncategorized

Watch CEH’s visit to Youth Radio for their Brains and Beakers event to show students how they use an X-ray gun to test the chemical makeup — and safety — of fashion accessories and household items. Youth Radio Video

Don’t Be Fooled: Voluntary EPA Program Fails Our Children

Aug 1, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

Thirteen years after initiating a program to protect children from the most harmful chemical hazards, a new report from the EPA’s Inspector General found that the agency’s “Voluntary Children’s Chemical Evaluation Program” has utterly and completely failed to achieve...

Decision Time for Governor Brown: Stop Methyl Iodide Now!

Jul 25, 2011Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Food, Uncategorized

It’s not too late for Jerry Brown to save thousands of farms from being doused with the highly toxic methyl iodide. But he must act fast. Fumigation season is near for many non-organic California farmers, and already the toxic pesticide has been applied to a...

Lead Poisoning Still the #1 Health Care Cost for Children in U.S.

May 25, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Legal Action, Uncategorized

Lead poisoning is still the number one health care cost for children in the U.S., costing “$50.9 billion a year” according to new research by senior scientists at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. In 2008, it cost a “staggering $76.6 billion to cover the...

Stop Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide

Apr 25, 2011Ali Geering-KlineUncategorized

Urge the EPA to keep carcinogenic methyl iodide out of U.S. strawberry fields. These could be the most important clicks your mouse makes today!

Bring Clean Air and Good Jobs to Ports!

Mar 24, 2011Ali Geering-KlineUncategorized

Right now, you can take action to make the air in our nation’s port-side communities safe for children to breathe. Now is our chance to bring one of the most effective diesel reduction programs to ports across the country. Take Action today: Urge your Congress...

The Story of Citizens United v FEC is here!

Mar 2, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

The Story of Stuff Project has released another illuminating short video this week, to launch the second season of the Story of Stuff. The new video, The Story of Citizens United v FEC “explores the crisis of corporate influence in American democracy and was inspired...

Our Story of Electronics Laptop Contest Winner!

Jan 6, 2011Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, Uncategorized

On December 20th, as promised on our website, we chose one lucky winner to receive a Red Rabbit refurbished laptop and a sustainable laptop case signed by the cast of Private Practice. Our lucky, randomly-selected winner is Darren Beck of Olathe, Kansas, and it turns...

Industry Regulated & For Adults-Only: Shrek Glasses!

Dec 16, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights, Uncategorized

This week on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart discussed product regulations and the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s new plan for protecting kids from “toxics trinkets”, like the recently discovered McDonald’s cadmium-tainted Shrek glasses:...