Cancer-Causing Chemical Found in Skin Peels

Legal action calls on Walgreens to end sales of toxic TCA skin peel products Oakland, CA-The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) today announced it has initiated legal action against Walgreens and four other companies for sales of skin peel products that contain the...

Prop. 65 hazard signs arouse controversy

Stephanie M. Lee January 15, 2013 For American children with a sweet tooth, chile-flavored candies imported from Mexico can be just the thing to satisfy a craving. But several years ago, many of the treats were found to contain high and undisclosed doses of lead,...

Cadminum-laced jewelry removed from stores

Dina ElBoghdady January 11, 2012 More than a dozen of the most popular retailers have stopped selling jewelry that contains more than trace levels of a toxic metal called cadmium, accepting a new standard that consumer advocates say is tougher than the one endorsed by...

Cadmium-laced jewelry removed from stores

Dina ElBoghdady, The Washington Post, January 11, 2012 More than a dozen of the most popular retailers have stopped selling jewelry that contains more than trace levels of a toxic metal called cadmium, accepting a new standard that consumer advocates say is tougher...

Holiday Shopping, the Smart Way

CEH has worked hard for 15 years, wiping lead-tainted toys off store shelves and cleaning up the consumer products industry, eliminating lead, cadmium, and other toxics from the products that we buy every day. One of our largest, most far-reaching accomplishments so...