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Trump Administration Ignores PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Threat
Today, six public health and environmental justice organizations in Eastern North Carolina expressed their deep disappointment and concern over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s denial ...
Petition: EPA Must Hold Chemours Accountable for PFAS “Forever Chemical” Contamination in Cape Fear
Today, six public health and environmental justice organizations— CEH, Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape Fear, NC Black Alliance, Democracy Green and Toxic Free NC— ...
Frontline Community and Environmental Allies Hold Paramount Polluter Accountable for Air Quality Violations
Today, the environmental health watchdog non-profit Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced it has reached a settlement agreement with the metal processing company Anaplex Corp. ...
Nationwide Coalition Sues To Defend The People’s Environmental Law
A nationwide coalition of organizations from the environmental justice, outdoor recreation, and conservation communities filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s attack on the National ...
Naturepedic teams up with CEH to donate organic face masks to grassroots partners
Center for Environmental Health (CEH) sincerely thanks Naturepedic for their donation of 2,000 organic face masks. The North Carolina team at CEH is distributing the ...
Trump Signs Executive Order to Silence the Voices of Americans Fighting Toxic Polluters in Their Communities
On the heels of a vicious attack on peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters outside the White House, an executive order signed by President Trump yesterday ...
Americans’ Safety Under Threat: Trump Nominee Nancy Beck Poised to Take the Helm of Consumer Product Safety Commission
In the latest wave of assaults on Americans’ health and safety protections for the benefit of the nation’s worst polluters, President Trump has nominated former ...
Big Tobacco Watchdog Center for Environmental Health Urges Lawmakers to Fight Back Against Underhanded Industry During Respiratory Pandemic
Last week, e-cigarette giant JUUL told the Wall Street Journal it was moving its headquarters from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., signaling a strategic decision ...
EPA Rewrites Rules Limiting Mercury Pollution from Power Plants
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weakened regulations on the release of toxic emissions from oil and coal-fired power plants in a new rule that ...
Lawsuit Challenges Trump EPA’s Delay in Cleaning up Harmful Smog From Oil, Fracked Gas in 11 States
The polluted areas are home to more than 80 million people — approximately one-quarter of the nation’s population. Affected regions are located in Arizona, California, ...
Congress Sides with Chemical Industry over Americans’ Health
This week, Congress passed the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with key CEH supported provisions compelling the Pentagon to phase out the military’s use ...
Lawsuit Launched Against Trump’s EPA for Failing to Enforce Smog Rules in California
Areas affected by the Trump EPA’s enforcement failures in California include Kern County, which is home to some of the worst air quality in the ...
CEH, Groups Sue to Force FDA to Ban Toxic Chemical in Food Packaging
Several environmental and public health advocacy groups filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court in New York to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s ...
Lawsuit Launched Over Trump EPA’s Delay in Cleaning Up Smog From Oil, Fracked Gas in 15 States
For Immediate Release, October 23, 2019 Contact: Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568, rukeiley@biologicaldiversity.org Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (510) 655-3900 x 308, Caroline@ceh.org ...
CEH Reaches Legally Binding Settlement with JUUL Restricting Its Marketing to Youth
For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 17th (2:30 a.m. ET) Contact: Michael Green, CEH’s CEO and Founder, 510-378-7333 Caroline Cox, CEH’s Senior Scientist, 541-654-2626 Zack Kaldveer, ...