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The Good and Bad News About BPA

Jan 15, 2015Michael GreenChemical Industry, Children's Health, Food, Laws & Regulations, Plastics

The toxic plastics chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) has recently been in the news again. For CEH, BPA exemplifies many of the more problematic aspects of our country’s approach to harmful chemicals in everyday products, and a look at the history and science around BPA is...

The Plastic Bag Ban: Convenience Has Its Consequences

Jul 24, 2012Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Billions of plastic bags are given away each year by grocery stores across the globe, polluting the planet and our bodies. Over the past year, Wales has seen the number of plastic bags given away by stores fall by up to 96%. What could this country have done to force...

Warning: Your Baby Contains Toxic Chemicals!

Oct 28, 2010Center for Environmental HealthChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, Food, Tips

Crossposted at SupernaturalMom.com Hundreds of toxic chemicals, including PCBs, DDT, endocrine disruptors, and dioxins — to name just a few — are showing up in mothers’ and their newborn babies’ bodies. These chemicals, found in everyday household products, can get...

Moving Past Pinkwashing: Breast Cancer Prevention Means Eliminating Toxics

Oct 22, 2010Ali Geering-KlineFood, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Today I bought a yogurt and opened it up to find a pink ribbon on the back of the lid next to the words “Breast Cancer Awareness Month”. For the last few years, these pink ribbons have been omnipresent in everything from media to food product packaging during the...

Lead in Your Shopping Bag?

Sep 23, 2010Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Wegmans, a major grocery store chain in New York and nearby states recently announced that some reusable shopping bags that have been sold in its stores contain lead. Independent testing by the Empire State Consumer Project showed that these bags contain more lead...

The Plastic Bottle Dilemma

Sep 17, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, Plastics, Tips, Uncategorized

We’ve all done it before–you finish drinking that soda or eating that to-go lunch and you’re in a rush, with no recycling bin in sight–so what do you do with that plastic bottle or container? “Ah, how bad could it be to throw this one...

Majestic Plastic? Or Waste That Won’t Die…

Sep 10, 2010Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, General Insights, Plastics, Uncategorized

We’ve written about the Pacific Garbage Patch before. This huge mass (twice the size of Texas!) of discarded plastic shows that when it comes to throwing away plastic, there simply is no Away. All those forgotten plastic toys, cups, bottles, lighters and other...

Discarded but not Degraded: What Will the Aliens Think When They Find Our Plastic Crap?

Feb 24, 2010Charlie PizarroEnvironmental Justice, General Insights, Plastics, Uncategorized

Once-thriving ecosystems around the globe are now choking to death on our discarded plastic relics. It’s a problem that’s on the minds of Generation Green members, so we’ve begun to share a few tips to help you reduce the amount of plastic that the global polymer...