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Bring Clean Air and Good Jobs to Ports!

Mar 24, 2011Ali Geering-KlineUncategorized

Right now, you can take action to make the air in our nation’s port-side communities safe for children to breathe. Now is our chance to bring one of the most effective diesel reduction programs to ports across the country. Take Action today: Urge your Congress...

Kamala Harris Supports the Clean Truck Program—and So Should Your Member of Congress!

Mar 24, 2011Ali Geering-KlineEnvironmental Justice

Last month, California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case in support of efforts by the Port of Los Angeles to reduce air pollution through its Clean Trucks program. The Port of Los Angeles,...

Eco-Tip: Avoiding Toxic Chemicals in Kids PJ’s and other products

Mar 23, 2011Judy LevinChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Recently I got an email from a pregnant woman wondering about the safety of using hand-me-down pajamas for her newborn given the historic use of flame retardants in children’s sleepwear. The issue of flame retardants in sleepwear is not as straight forward for...

Yuck! One Food I Will Never Eat

Mar 21, 2011Charles MargulisFood, Tips

After I wrote about some of the highly questionable practices in the beef industry, a colleague asked me if my kids eat fast food burgers. No, they don’t, I answered; in fact, I don’t think either of them (then ages three and eight) have ever had a hamburger, period....

Hey Feds: Manage Your Toxic E-Waste Responsibly!

Mar 11, 2011Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

The federal government is one of the largest purchasers of electronics in the United States. That means that every day our government generates untold tons of highly toxic, electronic waste. So here’s the $64,000 public health question: are our government agencies...

Sham “Organic” Shampoo – Dubious Labels on Personal Care Products

Mar 8, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action, Tips

The tremendous growth of the organic market has unfortunately fostered the growth of some fishy organic claims. In the organic food sector, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has strict standards, and organic certifiers are generally good about validating...

The Story of Citizens United v FEC is here!

Mar 2, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

The Story of Stuff Project has released another illuminating short video this week, to launch the second season of the Story of Stuff. The new video, The Story of Citizens United v FEC “explores the crisis of corporate influence in American democracy and was inspired...

A Cleaning Industry Poll Concludes that the Public (gasp) Favors Antibacterial Products!

Mar 1, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Children's Health, General Insights

Last month, the American Cleaning Institute and Personal Care Products Council conducted a “poll” of American consumers’ views on and uses of antibacterial soap, in nervous anticipation of the possible EPA ban on triclosan, the antibacterial chemical found in a...

Safer Bounce Houses on the Horizon

Feb 24, 2011Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action

In the news last week was this item: a bounce house caught a gust of wind, and took off, carrying two kids, one of whom was injured when the bounce house landed on a neighbors’ roof. We can’t stop the wind, but bounce house makers can eliminate risks to children from...

Styles for Less? More like Styles with Lead!

Feb 23, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Legal Action

Yes, once again, the Center for Environmental Health has discovered another retailer selling lead-tainted jewelry . Styles for Less, a “junior and misses retail store”, markets to young “tween” and teenage girls, who are particularly at risk from lead exposures, as...