Apr 11, 2018Emma Zang-Schwartz, MPH and Karen Wang, PhD
Taking the plunge and buying a house? You obviously weren’t taken down by the avocado toast trend stealing all your hard earned moola. As you walk through potential homes we have 10 environmental health suggestions for things to look, smell, listen, and maybe...
Oct 3, 2017Virali Modi-ParekhUncategorized
Dear Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Carper: On behalf of our millions of members and the American people, the undersigned 109 organizations urge you to stand up for our health and environment by opposing the nomination of Dr. Michael Dourson for the position of...
Sep 13, 2017Ansje MillerLaws & Regulations, Resistance, Uncategorized
Donald Trump has a knack for nominating officials who would undermine the very laws they’re supposed to uphold. His latest pick is Michael Dourson, a corporate conspirator who would lead EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. Dourson would be the...
May 31, 2016Ellen WebbChemical Industry, Children's Health, Fracking, Uncategorized
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency broke precedent Thursday, May 12th when it announced the country’s first ever methane emission standards for the oil and gas industry. The agency proudly called it a further effort on the part of the Obama Administration...
Jan 26, 2015Charles MargulisEnvironmental Justice
Several CEH staff were interested in taking part in a conversation around the issues raised by the Black lives matter movement and our work in environmental health and justice. Among the leading tenets of environmental justice is the dictum, “we speak for ourselves”...
Dec 22, 2014Ruben DiazUncategorized
By: Randy Hildreth December 4, 2014 Reports have been circulating that a group of researchers affiliated with the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) are pushing a new report on impacts from oil and gas development, to be published Friday in Reviews on Environmental...
Dec 17, 2014Ruben DiazUncategorized
By The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Reaction to New York’s plan to prohibit hydraulic fracturing, or fracking: “Today’s decision will shake the foundations of our nation’s flawed energy policy, and we can only expect that it will...
Oct 30, 2014Charles MargulisUncategorized
New Study & Report Warns of Potential Health Problems Related to Fracking (Oakland, CA)-A new study looking at air quality testing near oil and gas development sites, including fracking operations, found serious air pollution issues, including sites with chemical...
Jul 28, 2014Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Fracking
In our recent piece for the National Women’s Health Network (which I co-authored with Sarah Alcid of MomsRising), we summarized some of the connections between environmental health and reproductive justice efforts. In my work as a staff member at CEH and a Board...
Jun 25, 2014Theresa ZhangTips
It’s summertime, and we’ve compiled some eco-tips for you to stay healthy and happy this summer. 1. Harness the Power of the Sun: Take advantage of the bright, hot sun and harvest its energy! Solar is the way to go these days, what with processes like...
