Celebrating Women in Environmental Health
To celebrate Women’s History Month, we are highlighting a few of the many who have done and are doing big things in Environmental Health.
8 Heroic Women in Environmental Health History
Throughout history, the contributions of women have often been overlooked and it’s no different in the environmental health and justice movements. Women have been at the center of some of the biggest strides in environmental health and justice. From sparking...
CEH Statement on the California Recall Election 2021
As a 25-year-old organization leading the nationwide effort to protect people from toxic chemicals, the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) supports the results of the California Recall Election and calls on Governor Gavin Newsom to follow through on his commitments to environmental health and addressing the climate crisis.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Imported 24 Chemicals Without Reporting to EPA
Today, nonprofit organization Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced that Chevron Phillips Chemical Company (CPChem), a major US chemical producer and petrochemical company, has imported 24 chemicals between 2012 and 2020 without notifying the Environmental Protection Agency as required by law.
How the Process of Making Plastic is as Harmful as Plastic Waste
Nowadays we constantly hear about how bad plastic is for the environment and the ways we can reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in landfills and our oceans. You’ve probably seen photos of plastic trash on beaches or plastic hurting wildlife, but waste...
Fossil Fuel Dependence Pollutes our Planet and our Bodies
By Michael Green, CEO of Center for Environmental Health The primary focus of the clean energy debate for over a decade now has been our rapidly warming planet. It’s not hard to understand why. Each year, we endure record-setting temperatures and more persistent...Air and Water
Air and Water Why Our Work on Air and Water Matters Unsafe business practices release toxic chemicals into our outdoor air and threaten our health, especially within communities of color, low-income communities, and many workers as they are exposed to greater doses....3 BIG MYTHS ABOUT NATURAL GAS AND OUR CLIMATE
Fossil fuels (all of them!) are the energy of the past. With new technologies like wind, solar, and advanced batteries in our hands, we can power today and tomorrow with clean, reliable energy that doesn’t harm our health and destroy our planet. Natural gas is a...