Page 26 – Center for Environmental Health

Flame Retardant Chemicals Front Group Goes Up in Smoke

Sep 18, 2012Judy LevinLaws & Regulations, Tips

More than two years ago, CEH exposed the dirty tricks and underhanded tactics used by a chemical industry front group called Citizens for Fire Safety (CFFS). More recently, we highlighted the front group’s fraud with this hilarious video. CFFS includes no actual...

Californians: Stop the Secret Spraying!

Sep 12, 2012Caroline CoxEnvironmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Remember the apple moth? The crazy days of apple moth eradication in 2007 may seem far away. Was it just a nightmare? Or did the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) really try to spray pesticides out of airplanes onto ten million people in an attempt...

Protect Your Home & Family

Sep 6, 2012Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Our homes can be particularly toxic places for children and pets (who spend a lot of their time on or near the floor). CEH makes the following recommendations for reducing toxicity in your home. Baby Bibs Vinyl baby bibs (and cotton bibs with vinyl backings) often...

A Breathe of Fresh Air: My Summer at CEH

Sep 4, 2012Olivia ZhuChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

In my senior year of high school, I felt stifled. I went through the motions of applying to twenty-three colleges, slacking off on my school work, playing my final soccer game, and reveling in the last moments of my youth, but my heart wasn’t in it. My graduation...

Mushrooms, Method, and…Jimi Hendrix? More Auction Items to Bid on at CEH’s Annual Gala!

Aug 31, 2012Ali Geering-KlineGeneral Insights

On top of keynote speaker Paul Hawken, our upcoming Annual Gala on September 10th will have a short Live Auction and our first Silent Auction. Among other big time auction items including a trip to Mayacamas Ranch and a day on the Set of Private Practice, there are...

Congrats to the CEH Justice Fund Grantees of 2012

Aug 31, 2012Christine CorderoEnvironmental Justice

How are nail salons, playgrounds, and solar panels related to each other? They are all 2012 CEH Justice Fund grantees. They and many other issues are being fought by many environmental justice organizations across California to protect communities from toxic...

CEH Finds Lead in Ginger and Plum Candies

Aug 7, 2012Caroline CoxFood, Legal Action, Tips

For all of you who are fond of ginger and plum candies, this is an important message. Please share it with everyone you know who enjoys these treats. For the last couple of months CEH has been buying and testing ginger and plum treats, especially at stores that...

Californians to the EPA – We Want Clean Air!

Aug 7, 2012Corinne SmithChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

As the summer heat sets in, some may consider the air quality a passing concern, while for others it is an invisible cage on their daily activity: “I check the air quality rating every day now,” said one former college track athlete and lung cancer survivor, now a...

Air Pollution and the Olympics

Aug 6, 2012Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights

Tahmina Kohistani, the only female Afghan track athlete competing in the London Olympics, trains in the Afghan capital Kabul – a city with some of the worst air pollution in the world. In the Afghan capital alone, the number of deaths caused by air pollution...

A Dose of BITTER SEEDS

Aug 6, 2012Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Uncategorized

We have the opportunity to learn more about the impact of GMOs and be inspired by the anti-GMO movement in India, a country of over one billion people and a global agricultural hub. In fact, there are more farmers in India than any other country on our planet. But the...