Feb 9, 2021Michael GreenChildren's Products, Food, Food Products
Last week, a subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced it found that ingredients in many baby foods are contaminated with heavy metals like arsenic, lead and cadmium. Through testing loopholes and lax regulation, multi-billion dollar companies are not being held accountable by our government and withhold information about whether their products potentially threaten the health of our children.
Jan 9, 2020Ruben Diaz
In 1986, California voters overwhelmingly approved an innovative law that set new standards for protecting people from toxic chemicals. The law is called the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, but most people refer to it by its ballot measure number, Prop...
Jan 6, 2020beagleFashion Products, Legal Action
During the last decade, research by public health experts and investigations by CEH and others found that lead and cadmium were common in jewelry for children and adults. Children are particularly at risk from these toxic metals, especially young children who may suck...
Nov 13, 2018Ruben DiazChildren's Health, Children's Products, Environmental Justice, Home Products, Legal Action, Products, School Products
Why it Matters Nap time is meant to provide healthy rest for children and a moment of tranquility for parents and childcare providers. However, many foam nap mats and crib mattresses can contain toxic flame retardant chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive problems,...
Oct 19, 2018jmiles
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....
Oct 18, 2018jmiles
About Us CEH keeps our world safe from toxic chemicals by changing the way that business does business. We believe everything we consume, from the water we drink to the toys our children handle, should put our health first. We insist laws and policies protect us from...
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Oct 12, 2018Zack KaldveerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action
Hint: Its cheap.By Eliza BrookeJust a few days after the hip seltzer company LaCroix faced a class-action lawsuit over its ingredients list, which includes a common flavoring that also happens to be used in cockroach poison, the Center for Environmental Health in...
May 7, 2018Ruben DiazAir, Beverages, Chemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action, Products, Water
In 1986, California voters overwhelmingly approved an innovative law that set new standards for protecting people from toxic chemicals. The law is called the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, but most people refer to it by its ballot measure number, Prop...
Nov 13, 2017Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations
The day after the Consumer Product Safety Commission made a historic move to restrict on an entire class of toxic flame retardant chemicals, Trump nominated a Commissioner who threatens to roll back that landmark decision. Dana Baiocco has built her legal career on...
Jun 23, 2017Center for Environmental HealthChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice
By Michael Dorsey, a co-founding Director of CEH and a featured speaker at Spotlight Health. Why was the Center for Environmental Health founded? What is the CEH working on now? At the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), we work every day to protect your children...
