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CEH Ending Hidden Lead Hazards in Purses

Jan 25, 2010Ryan BerghoffChildren's Health, Legal Action

Last April, CEH announced finding high levels of lead in dozens of purses and handbags sold at several major retailers, including Target, Macy’s, WalMart and many others. Last week, a landmark legal agreement with four major companies established, for the first time,...

Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Produce Stickers: How NOT to Spot GMO Food

Jan 22, 2010Charles MargulisFood

Are you concerned about the known and unknown health effects of eating genetically engineered (GMO) foods, such as new food allergies and an increased risk of antibiotic resistance, among others? Do you worry that, because these foods are engineered to withstand...

Tell Chevron: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for the Amazon Chernobyl

Jan 20, 2010Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Please sign this petition from CEH ally Amazon Watch to tell John Watson, Chevron’s new CEO, to do the right thing and clean up the company’s mess in Ecuador.

Tell Chevron: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for the Amazon Chernobyl

Jan 20, 2010Center for Environmental HealthEnvironmental Justice

Oil spills. Hazardous waste dumping. Soil and groundwater contamination. Wholesale ravaging of entire ecosystems. Not that you’d know it from their slick ad campaigns about how much they care for people and the environment, but Chevron’s operations have created some...

CEH in the News on Cadmium in Jewelry

Jan 15, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, General Insights, Legal Action

Earlier this week, the Associated Press released a report in which they exposed high levels of cadmium in jewelry sold at major retail stores. Please read our post, “This Months’ Flavor for Toxic Jewelry: Cadmi-yumm,” for the latest on the issue. CEH...

This Month’s Flavor for Toxic Jewelry: Cadmi-yumm

Jan 14, 2010Charlie PizarroChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

So it turns out that cadmium (atomic number forty-eight, for those of you scoring at home) is more than an otherwise-meaningless square on the periodic table. It’s also a toxic heavy metal found in our children’s jewelry. Earlier this week, the Associated Press (AP)...

Toxic Chemicals in Your Living Room

Dec 28, 2009Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Toxic chemicals and your home —not two things we want to hear together in the same sentence. But toxic chemicals are much more ubiquitous in our homes than we’d like to think. For example, for years, chemical companies have been pouring their fire retardant chemicals...

Supersizing Your Chicken, with Arsenic

Dec 22, 2009Charles MargulisFood

Earlier this month, CEH joined a legal petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), calling on the agency to ban poultry feed additives containing arsenic, a carcinogen associated with other serious health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, and...

Avoiding Fleas and Bug Bombs: Keeping Pesky Pests Away Without Chemicals

Dec 18, 2009Ali Geering-KlineFood

A few years back, a friend of mine accidentally applied a dog-formulated flea pesticide on her cat. The next day she found her cat dead. The cat’s veterinarian determined that the only feasible reason for the cat’s death was the exposure to the more highly...

Two Plus Two May Once Again Equal Four, Radical Environmentalists Hope

Dec 15, 2009Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

It’s no secret: for eight relentless years the Bush/Exxon/Mobil Administration opposed the Center for Environmental Health’s strong public health positions. Lead in children’s products? No problem, they said. Reckless support for all things petroleum? ...