Prop 65 Archives - Center for Environmental Health

Seven Ways CEH Fought Our Way Through the First Trump Administration

Jan 17, 2025Joanna LeeAir, Chemical Industry, Children's Health, Children's Products, Energy, Environmental Justice, Fashion Products, Flame Retardants, flooring & carpeting, Food, Food Products, Home Products, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action, PFAS, Plastics, Products, Resistance

Let’s look back at seven strategies we used during the first Trump administration that will inform our work to protect our air, water, soil, and food during this one.

Center for Environmental Health Cracks Down on Mint-Flavored Products with Pulegone

Jan 17, 2025Joanna LeeChemical Industry, Children's Health, Children's Products, Food, Food Products, Legal Action

Today, the nonprofit watchdog CEH served Ghirardelli and Trader Joe’s with notices of violation over the pulegone found in Ghirardelli Mint Squares and Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Mint Creams.

Protect your right to know what dangerous chemicals are in your products

Jul 30, 2018Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

There’s a small yet powerful invention that Americans use every day, but most of us take it for granted: the label. It’s wonderful, when you stop to think about it, that we can tell at a glance exactly what’s in most of our products. If you’re trying to make safe,...

A Murky Milestone for Children’s Health

Jun 22, 2016Ansje MillerLaws & Regulations

Following the recent passage of the chemical safety bill, President Obama has now signed the first major update to an environmental health law in decades. The bill is being touted as a milestone in our country’s environmental history. While health advocacy efforts won...

The Secret Cost of Eating Cheap

Jul 16, 2013Revathi MuralidharanFood, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Being a college student, I probably know best how draining a trip to the grocery store can be on the wallet. Between trying to buy organic and avoiding junk food, the cost of just two weeks’ worth of groceries can reach triple digits. Sometimes it’s tempting to fall...

The Big Lie: Prop 37 and Lawsuits

Nov 3, 2012Michael GreenChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

People should have the information they need to choose whether or not they buy genetically modified (GMO) food, so it’s been disturbing to see the lies perpetrated by Monsanto and their anti-choice allies working against Prop 37, the California GMO Right-to-Know...