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Victory for California: Los Angeles Rules in Favor of the Clean Truck Program

Sep 2, 2010Christine CorderoEnvironmental Justice

It’s about time. In a tremendous legal victory for clean air and workers’ rights, a CA district judge has ruled in favor of the Los Angeles Clean Truck program. The Clean Truck program allows the Port of Los Angeles to enforce all provisions of one of the most...

Eco-Tip: Safe Bounce House Bouncing!

Aug 13, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Tips

Bounce houses should be fun, not toxic. CEH is working hard to get hazardous lead out of these much-loved play structures but it’s not going to happen overnight. So what do you do about that bounce house birthday party coming up that your kids are so excited about?...

California’s Strawberry Field Poison Gets National Attention

Jun 21, 2010Caroline CoxEnvironmental Justice, Food

You may have heard “methyl iodide” in the news over the weekend. It’s the name of the newest frighteningly toxic chemical — one that causes cancer and miscarriages — that California regulators are on the verge of approving for use on...

Field of Nightmares: Keep Cancer-Causing Pesticide Out of California’s Strawberry Fields

May 25, 2010Caroline CoxFood

More than 20 years ago, my sister died of cancer when she was a young mother of two kids under eight. I still live with that pain, and I know that I’m not alone –all of you also have the same kind of stories about this common disease. With cancer so...

Eco-Tip of the Week: Mother’s Day Organic Flowers

Apr 30, 2010Ali Geering-KlineFood, Tips

April showers bring May flowers, as the saying goes. May also brings one of those important holidays for which we need to buy flowers for a loved one: Mother’s Day. Over the next week, millions of people will be buying and ordering flowers from local shops or...

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.

Californians: Take Action to Stop Pesticide Secrets

Mar 30, 2010Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Uncategorized

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced last December that it wanted to consider greater disclosure of the so-called inert ingredients in pesticides, it may not have known how many people cared the issue. (“Inert” ingredients in pesticides are the...