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Honey Love

Feb 15, 2012Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Tips

I love honey. A little honey on a bowl of oatmeal is just about a perfect breakfast as far as I’m concerned. And a little honey on pancakes is just as good. If you’re like me, when you think about honey you think about beehives surrounded by flowers and industrious...

Fight Toxic Chemicals: Make Some Art!

Feb 9, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Momentum is building in the movement for safe chemicals. Just last week, we told you about the exciting news that Senator Dianne Feinstein agreed to co-sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act! Now is the time to keep the pressure on and encourage other Senators to sign on in...

Mountain Dew Madness: What’s That Flame Retardant Doing in My Soda?

Feb 6, 2012Judy LevinChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Laws & Regulations, Tips

We all know that sodas are full of sugar, buy you may be surprised (and grossed out) to find that a chemical called brominated vegetable oil (BVO), a patented flame retardant, has also been added to approximately 10% of sodas for decades in North America. No need to...

Hey Hallmark: Valentine’s cards should bring love and joy, not toxic hazards!

Feb 2, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Tips

Electronic cards that play songs and/or light up cannot be recycled or even thrown in the trash in California. Instead, they create massive amounts of completely unnecessary toxic e-waste. Hallmark has been a leader in the greeting card industry for more than a...

Why Your Singing Valentine’s Day Card is Illegal to Throw Away in California

Feb 2, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

We’ve all seen the rows and rows of “singing” cards at the drug store—cards that play songs, cards that coo something sweet or funny when you open them. They’re cute to give to your Valentine or a loved one on a special holiday, but that electronic magic embedded in...

Victory: Sen. Feinstein to Cosponsor Safe Chemicals Act!

Feb 1, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Exciting news! In response to requests from CEH and other health groups, Senator Dianne Feinstein agreed to co-sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act. Thanks to all of you who participated in our advocacy efforts—whether you signed a letter, participated in a stroller...

A Big (Green) Apple? New York Lagging on Green Purchasing

Jan 31, 2012Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known to science. Banned by a United Nations treaty as one of the “Dirty Dozen” most harmful chemicals, it can cause serious health problems, including certain cancers, birth defects, dysfunctional immune and reproductive...

Hey EPA, Stop Stalling Your Study on One of the Most Toxic Chemicals on the Planet!

Jan 27, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

The EPA has been buying time—27 years worth, to be exact—on evaluating the risks of dioxin exposure. Dioxin is one of the most toxic chemicals known to science—and nearly every American has measurable levels of dioxin in their body. Even babies are born...

Guest Blogger: 50 Things I Do To Reduce

Jan 25, 2012Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

Crossposted from Kids Around Canada, by Eco-Communications professional, Lisa Borden. We recently came across this article by fellow eco-tip lover Lisa Borden. It’s a run-down of the 50 things she does to reduce the stuff in her everyday life, and it’s a...

California Consumers Feeling Like Santorum (or Romney?) After Iowa

Jan 20, 2012Charles MargulisFood

Like Rick Santorum who was shot down by a close vote in Iowa (no wait, apparently it was Romney who lost), yesterday a bill to require labels on GMO fish was narrowly defeated in a California Assembly committee vote. An op-ed yesterday in the San Francisco Chronicle...