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What to do About Cadmium in Jewelry: Q&A

Feb 2, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Legal Action, Tips, Uncategorized

Q: What did you find? A: We purchased jewelry from four leading retailers, Saks, Justice, Catherines and Aeropostale, and found significant levels of cadmium. A child’s necklace from Justice and a pink ribbon “breast cancer awareness” women’s bracelet from Catherines...

Tell Chevron: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for the Amazon Chernobyl

Jan 20, 2010Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Please sign this petition from CEH ally Amazon Watch to tell John Watson, Chevron’s new CEO, to do the right thing and clean up the company’s mess in Ecuador.

Two Plus Two May Once Again Equal Four, Radical Environmentalists Hope

Dec 15, 2009Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

It’s no secret: for eight relentless years the Bush/Exxon/Mobil Administration opposed the Center for Environmental Health’s strong public health positions. Lead in children’s products? No problem, they said. Reckless support for all things petroleum? ...

Tips for a Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips, Uncategorized

Thanksgiving: it’s supposed to be about enjoying homemade meals and family around the dinner table. But with constant the rush of our daily lives, we inevitably run out of time in our preparations for the big meal. With all the commercial products on the market...

Is There Life on Mars?

Oct 26, 2009Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Click here to join the growing thousands of concerned parents who are telling Mars that our children deserve better than the usual corporate runaround. It’s time to stop including pesticides and reckless, untested GMOs in candy.

Pecans, Macadamias, and Assorted Nuts Cheer the New, Improved EPA

Oct 19, 2009Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

If you’re not a chemical policy nut, you likely missed new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Lisa Jackson’s speech at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco last month. Which is a shame, because it called for a landmark shift in environmental health...

Tell the Port of Oakland to Keep Its Promise: Clean Air and Good Jobs in West Oakland

Oct 2, 2009Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, Uncategorized

By Christine Cordero There’s no doubt: the movement of freight is vital to our economic health. But as the ongoing battle for justice at the Port of Oakland shows, there’s also no doubt that the Port’s daily operations harm the physical and economic health of...

Do your child’s toys contain lead?

Sep 30, 2009Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Learn how you can test for lead in your home.

Vote for CEH on Working Assets!

Sep 29, 2009Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Working Assets members: vote for CEH.

Van Jones’ Resignation: What it Means

Aug 27, 2009Michael GreenEnergy, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

What Happened: President Obama’s election inspired Progressives who have ground our teeth while the Bush Administration worked to dismantle everything that we believe government should be for. For environmentalists, many of us were especially excited when Van Jones...