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Is It Safe to Reuse Plastic Take-out Containers?
If your house is anything like mine, you’ve got a kitchen cabinet filled to the brim—no, overflowing—with plastic food containers. Maybe some are ones you’ve bought ...
EPA sued over ‘egregious’ delay in addressing lead weights in car wheels
By Clark Mindock August 23, 202312:53 PM PDT Aug 23 (Reuters) – Public health and environmental groups have accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of unreasonably ...
Opinion: Hitting the gym or going to yoga? Your workout clothes could be doing more harm than you realize
In 2022, the Center for Environmental Health, a nonprofit consumer advocacy group based in California, tested sports bras, leggings, athletic shirts and other activewear and found high ...
In the News: BPA found in MORE athletic wear
Center for Environmental Health (CEH) said it sent legal notices to eight more brands whose leggings, shorts, sports bras, and athletic shirts after testing showed ...
In the News: PFAS Discharges in California Groundwater
The Center for Environmental Health recently confirmed that three Bay Area facilities have been discharging toxicants known as “forever chemicals” into the region\'s groundwater. Check out ...
In the News: Testing finds High Levels of Lead and Cadmium in Urban Outfitters Jewelry
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) tested 11 fashion accessory items from Urban Outfitters’ Urban Renewal line, and found that over half the products had ...
In The News: North Carolina PFAS Testing Petition Lawsuit
After decades of exposure to contaminated water by the company Chemours and years of fighting for justice, our North Carolina coalition finally had their day ...
CEH in the News: The ‘Poison Plastic’ and the Ohio Train Derailment
Vinyl chloride has been in the news since the Feb. 3 Ohio train derailment. But the hazardous substance has been around for decades and is ...
In the News: Plastic Containers Treated with Fluorine Gas Leach Toxic PFAS Chemicals
A lawsuit filed by nonprofit organizations CEH and PEER to prevent Inhance Technologies USA from generating toxic PFAS when fluorinating plastic containers has earned national ...
As the outdoor industry ditches ‘forever chemicals,’ REI lags behind
Last week, REI Co-op stores around the country closed for Black Friday. It’s a company tradition dating back to 2015, where the outdoor retailer asks ...
In the News: CEH’s Testing of BPA in Clothing
New testing showing high levels of BPA in sports bras and athletic shirts has earned national press coverage. ...
‘Children can’t advocate for themselves’: American public schools have a massive plastic waste problem
American public schools serve lunch to nearly 30 million students daily, and many depend on Styrofoam trays and other single-use plasticware to do so. By ...
EPA proposes “endangerment finding” of leaded aviation gasoline
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed an endangerment finding on leaded aviation gasoline, a critical step to regulate lead pollution from piston-engine aircrafts, the ...
Consumer Reports: Why California Thinks Your Couch Will Give You Cancer
Live in America, and shop for stuff here long enough, and you’ll eventually see it: A label with the somewhat alarming message that the thing ...
Bay City News: Green Sage cannabis firm removes diesel generators from East Oakland facility following judge’s ruling
OAKLAND -- A Denver-based cannabis landlord has officially removed the polluting diesel generators previously used to power its facilities in East Oakland after the regional ...