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CEH Sues Akrochem for Illegally Failing to Report Importing 1M Pounds of Chemicals

CEH Sues Akrochem for Illegally Failing to Report Importing 1M Pounds of Chemicals

Today CEH filed a lawsuit against the company Akrochem Corporation for failing to report imports of more than 1 million pounds of chemicals to the...
Health Advocates Sue FDA to Remove Phthalates from Food

Health Advocates Sue FDA to Remove Phthalates from Food

Phthalates leach from packaging and other products into food and drinks...
California Health Agency Improves Short Form Prop 65 Warnings

California Health Agency Improves Short Form Prop 65 Warnings

CEH led a diverse coalition of environmental and health nonprofits in lobbying for greater transparency in short form warning labels. ...
Nonprofit Watchdog CEH Sues Two Additional Companies for Illegally Importing Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Toxic Chemicals

Nonprofit Watchdog CEH Sues Two Additional Companies for Illegally Importing Hundreds of Thousands of Pounds of Toxic Chemicals

Today CEH filed lawsuits against two companies Entegris and Lubrizol for failing to report imports of toxic chemicals to the EPA...
New Testing Finds High Levels of BPA in Coconut Water

New Testing Finds High Levels of BPA in Coconut Water

Today, CEH sent legal notices to 11 companies for selling canned coconut water found to contain high levels of BPA...
New Suit Targets EPA Inaction on PFOA in Plastic Containers

New Suit Targets EPA Inaction on PFOA in Plastic Containers

PFOA is a human carcinogen which, earlier this year, EPA determined has no safe level of exposure and may cause harmful effects in drinking water...
Victory! Court of Appeals Rejects Chemours’s Attempt to Void EPA Health Advisory for GenX in Drinking Water

Victory! Court of Appeals Rejects Chemours’s Attempt to Void EPA Health Advisory for GenX in Drinking Water

GenX is a PFAS “forever chemical” made by North Carolina-based Chemours. ...
Study Shows up to 38% of Childhood Lead Poisoning Cases are Linked to Consumer Products in Four Key US Regions/Areas

Study Shows up to 38% of Childhood Lead Poisoning Cases are Linked to Consumer Products in Four Key US Regions/Areas

Researchers call for a national tracking database and intervention in countries where the lead contamination originates...
‘Unreasonable Risk’ – EPA Grants Petition to Regulate PFAS Found in Plastic Containers

‘Unreasonable Risk’ – EPA Grants Petition to Regulate PFAS Found in Plastic Containers

The EPA announced that it would start the process to regulate toxic PFAS found in plastic containers...
Environmental and Labor Coalition Seeks to Block Baseless Partisan Attacks on Bedrock Environmental Law

Environmental and Labor Coalition Seeks to Block Baseless Partisan Attacks on Bedrock Environmental Law

Today, a diverse coalition of environmental justice, labor, and conservation groups moved to intervene in a lawsuit...
Lawsuit Charges Violations of EPA Reporting Regulations by Importers of Toxic Chemicals

Lawsuit Charges Violations of EPA Reporting Regulations by Importers of Toxic Chemicals

Today, national organization the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) filed suit against AOC, LLC for failing to report imports of toxic chemicals to the Environmental...
CEH Achieves Landmark Legal Agreement with 30 Companies to Remove Toxic BPA From Socks

CEH Achieves Landmark Legal Agreement with 30 Companies to Remove Toxic BPA From Socks

Today, CEH celebrates a historic, legally binding agreement with 30 companies, including Hanes and Asics, who will reformulate and eliminate the chemical from their socks. ...
Legal Action Filed to Halt Carcinogenic PFAS in Fluorinated Containers

Legal Action Filed to Halt Carcinogenic PFAS in Fluorinated Containers

A new legal action seeks to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the manufacture and distribution of hundreds of millions of plastic...
Ending the ‘Next’ Juul: CEH Sends Legal Notices to Zyn and On! Nicotine Pouches

Ending the ‘Next’ Juul: CEH Sends Legal Notices to Zyn and On! Nicotine Pouches

CEH is known for achieving the first court-enforceable agreement restricting vaping giant Juul from marketing to teens and remains committed to ensuring consumers stay informed...
Flawed Fifth Circuit Decision Leaves Public Exposed to Toxic PFAS

Flawed Fifth Circuit Decision Leaves Public Exposed to Toxic PFAS

Yesterday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals set aside EPA’s landmark orders requiring Inhance Technologies to stop producing highly dangerous PFAS during the...