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Bloomberg Law: Nonprofit Wields Lawsuits to Spur Chemical Rule Compliance
Threatening chemical manufacturers with lawsuits is proving a successful strategy for one environmental group seeking to persuade companies to comply with an EPA chemical reporting...
Real Simple: The Surprising Reason Some Shoppers Are Saying No to Grocery Receipts
Most receipts are made with thermal paper coated in BPA or BPS—chemicals that can be absorbed through your skin and disrupt hormones...
WFTV Channel 9 Investigates: BPS in Receipts
A California-based nonprofit is taking action against major retailers, saying the paper receipts the companies hand to customers every day have high levels of toxic...
ProPublica: Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.
Read the story by ProPublica, featuring Bob Sussman, Legal Advisor at CEH...
In the News: BPS in Receipts
CEH's work taking legal action against 90 companies for high levels of BPS in their receipt paper has earned media coverage in major outlets...
The Washington Post: How everyday beauty products could pose a toxic health threat
“Women, and particularly women of color, are impacted not just by what’s on the shelves, but by how these products are marketed to us."...
The Guardian – High levels of toxic chemicals found in paper receipts used by US retailers
Receipts from major retailers are so laden with bisphenol S that holding one for 10 seconds can cause the skin to absorb enough of the...
LAist: Residents say Van Nuys Airport is making them sick
Read about CEH's work to elimination leaded aviation gas in LAist...
The Washington Post: California’s chemical warning labels are everywhere. A study finds they’re working.
Studies suggest that the state’s label law is working — by encouraging companies to reduce their products’ toxic footprint...
The Washington Post: Most U.S. Schoolchildren toss their lunch trays every day. Here is a better way.
Several states and cities have plastic foam bans. Plastic Free Restaurants, Rethink Disposable, and the Center for Environmental Health are eliminating 13 million single-use plastics...
CEH in the News: Red Dye, Aviation Gas, and Fluorinated Plastics
Read the latest press and media coverage of CEH's work...
CBS News: Starbucks promotes recycling to customers but many plastic cups end up in the trash
CBS News New York's Alecia Reid interviews Kizzy Charles-Guzman, the CEO of the Center for Environmental Health...
HuffPost: Black Plastic Cookware — Should You Throw Yours Out?
A new study gives even more reason to reconsider that plastic container or serving spoon...
The Guardian: Scary-fast fashion: why throwaway Halloween costumes might be toxic
The Center for Environmental Health has found substances such as lead, cadmium and BPA in costume pieces from both Halloween Express and Spirit Halloween at...
The Guardian: Harris administration would rein in toxic PFAS chemicals, advocates say
Public health advocates are optimistic that a Kamala Harris win in the November presidential election in the US would lead to further regulation of PFAS toxic “forever...