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Beware the Frack Flack Attack

Nov 15, 2011Charles MargulisEnergy, Environmental Justice

The fracking industry recently held a conference on using public relations to “overcome public concern over hydraulic fracturing.” The result: media reports of the conference have greatly increased public concerns about fracking, and especially about the industry’s...

Take Part: November 10th is the National Stroller Brigade for Safer Chemicals!

Nov 9, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

Thursday, November 10th, is the second National Stroller Brigade Day of Action in support of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. Parents and kids across this country will don superhero capes with the goal of encouraging more Senate support for this important bill. The...

Urge Senator Feinstein to Support the Safe Chemicals Act!

Nov 9, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

YOU can participate in bringing about greater Senate support for the Safe Chemicals Act! CALL or SEND a message (or both!) to Senator Dianne Feinstein’s office and ask her to sign-on as a co-sponsor of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011. Tell Senator Feinstein: I want...

Sleeping with the Enemy: Are There Toxins in your Tot’s Crib?

Nov 8, 2011Mary BruneChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Crossposted from Making Our Milk Safe (MOMS) blog. Even though my son is now three years old, I can still recall how nervous I was around his sleep habits when he was a newborn. If he slept longer than the expected 3-4 hours at a stretch, I would hover over his crib,...

Wall Street Makes Me Sick: Economic Inequality and Our Health

Nov 2, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Recent events around Occupy Wall Street and local occupy movements around the country have raised concerns about corporate power and inequality that polls show are shared by the majority of Americans. It turns out most Americans are sick and tired of Wall Street...

Americans Call on Food Companies to Can Monsanto’s New GMO Corn

Nov 1, 2011Charles MargulisFood, Tips

In August, the gene altered (GMO) crop giant Monsanto announced it would for the first time sell a variety of GMO sweet corn, intended for marketing as canned and/or frozen whole corn. Since the vast majority of GMO corn has, until now, been used as animal feed or for...

Greenwash of the Month: Breast Cancer Prevention and Fracking Chemicals Don’t Mix

Oct 31, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Energy, Environmental Justice, Tips

It’s breast cancer awareness month, and we’ve found a bad case of pinkwashing. For the past two years, Chesapeake Energy Corp., a Marcellus Shale gas-drilling company, has been participating in the Pennsylvania Breast Cancer Coalition’s (PBCC) annual “Take a Swing...

Hundreds Celebrate 15 Years of CEH Success!

Oct 28, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Environmental Justice

On Monday, October 24, more than 250 friends, families, and supporters of the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) toasted the first 15 years of our successful action to protect children and families from harmful chemicals at a gala event in San Francisco. Welcomed...

Danger at Disneyland: Lead Poisoning

Oct 20, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health

The “happiest place on Earth” just became a little less happy. Today, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation (Mateel), and the Ecological Rights Foundation (ERF) reported on high levels of lead found at Disney’s...

Apple’s Legacy?

Oct 19, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants

The whole world has been talking about Steve Jobs and his legacy. Here at the CEH, we’ve discussed the other side of Apple’s legacy–the not-so-pretty side that examines how those treasured electronic products we all use are made, and who makes...