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Can Preventing Pollution Also Prevent Diabetes?

Apr 19, 2010Sarah HowardChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, General Insights, Uncategorized

(Guest blogger Sarah Howard is a CEH supporter and an environmental health advocate.) Diabetes is the quintessential “lifestyle” disease – or is it? There is growing scientific evidence that exposure to environmental contaminants may contribute to the development of...

Eco Tip of the Week: 16 Things None of Us Should Ever Throw Away

Apr 16, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips

That two-gallon tank of old lawnmower fuel has been gathering dust in your garage for who knows how long. Rather than pouring toxic fuel down the drain or into the gutter, you take it to the local hazardous waste disposal facility, right? Most folks know that toxic...

Come See a Just and Sustainable Way to Twist, Turn on, and Flush

Apr 15, 2010Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Uncategorized

SF Bay Area folks: do yourself a favor and come to the opening of Literacy for Environmental Justice’s Living Classroom on People’s Earth Day, Sunday, April 18, 2010.) _______________________________________ Water. Energy. Waste treatment. I’m going to make a case...

I Think That I Shall Never See, Greenwashing Lovely as a Tree

Apr 13, 2010Michael GreenEnergy, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

While waiting for my new tires at a local shop recently, the clerk handed me a beautiful card with an image of a lovely spruce tree, offering me the chance to “Get a quote, plant a tree.” Just for a little more urgency, the card also said “Limited Time Offer.” At the...

Environmental Tip of the Week: CEH Office Habits

Apr 9, 2010Ali Geering-KlineTips

While looking around our office for the coffee-maker, I started thinking about some of the things we do here to lighten our impact on the environment. Some are straightforward and common, like putting recycling bins next to each trash can. Others are more subtle. ...

CEH Ally Arlene Blum Shares the Real Deal on Flame Retardants

Apr 6, 2010Ali Geering-KlineFlame Retardants, Personal Stories

Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute, Arlene Blum works with CEH to research the effects of flame retardants and push for chemical reform to get these toxic chemicals out of consumer products. Hundreds of studies have shown that flame...

The Petroleum Industry’s Legislators Want Oil, Not Olive Branches

Apr 5, 2010Charlie PizarroEnergy, General Insights, Uncategorized

Wouldn’t you know it? One day I agree to stop tarnishing this exalted space with four-letter words, and the next day the president goes and vows to open enormous stretches of protected coastline to oil drilling. Here’s the G-rated version of my reaction....

Environmental Tip of the Week: Go Natural and Waste-Free for Easter

Apr 2, 2010Ali Geering-KlineTips

Popular holidays have become so commercialized and mass-produced, that they are hardly eco-friendly. Easter is a holiday that brings more than its share of wasteful, disposable plastic crap to stores months before it even happens. Clogging the shelves with...

An Appetizing End to E-Waste

Apr 1, 2010Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice, Food

Working with Cargill, a leader in bio-based green packaging, and with Ferran Adria, chef of Spain’s three-star Michelin restaurant elBulli, in 2011 electronics industry giant Sony will unveil a new PlayStation made from completely edible materials. Recent reports have...

Californians: Stop Pesticide Secrets

Mar 30, 2010Charlie PizarroUncategorized

Urge your California Senator and Assemblymember to stop allowing secret, sometimes toxic ingredients in pesticides. We can’t let this opportunity slip by.