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Toxic Chemical Lobby: Exclusive Leaked Footage

Jul 7, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Today, our friends at Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families released their funny, animated video to garner public support for Congressional Action on the Toxic Substances Control Act. Though getting nasty, hazardous chemicals out of consumer products is a serious issue,...

Eco-Tip of the Week: How to Buy Safer Handbags

Jun 4, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Tips

Lead in handbags. Cadmium in jewelry. These days, news about toxic heavy metal discoveries in fashion accessories seems to be popping up left and right. Just this week CEH discovered three items at Wal-Mart with very high levels of lead, including a Miley...

Stop Wal-Mart’s Poison Purses!

Jun 3, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights

It’s unbelievable: Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, is still profiting from products that expose you and your children to lead. It’s time for the store to hear from you. Take Action: Click here to Urge Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke to agree to eliminate the lead...

Where’s Wal-Mart? Still Selling Lead-Tainted Purses, That’s Where!

Jun 3, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action

Last year, the Center for Environmental Health found high levels of lead in hundreds of handbags, purses, wallets and other accessories purchased from dozens of leading retailers. This week, we announced our legal settlement with more than forty major companies,...

Eco-Tip of the Week: How to Avoid Toxic Exposures during Pregnancy

May 20, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Tips

A lot of our friends are pregnant right now and wondering what they can do to protect themselves and their new baby from toxic chemicals. More and more women realize that exposures to toxics are especially harmful when they are pregnant or nursing. Many of the toxics...

At Target this Valentine’s Day: L is for Lead

Feb 9, 2010Charles MargulisChildren's Health, Legal Action, Tips

A Valentine’s Day stuffed bear sounds like a great gift for the kids in your life. But at Target, don’t get too close to the bear! After all the public attention to lead-tainted children’s products, you might think that major companies like Target would have systems...

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,...

How Art Thou Wrong, Ms. Northup? Let Me Count the Ways

Jan 19, 2010Michael GreenChildren's Health, General Insights, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

In my recent letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal, I responded to Ann Northup, a commissioner of the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), who wrote a misleading editorial in The Journal, opposing new federal legislation that protects children...