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Toxic Chemicals Come Alive at The Toxies!

Aug 7, 2013Revathi MuralidharanFood, Laws & Regulations, Tips, Uncategorized

What if the nastiest chemicals found in your cleaning products, makeup, and even pesticide-laden foods came to life? Well, they do, in this year’s 4th Annual Toxies web series. Not only do the most loathsome chemicals that wreak the most havoc come alive as...

Truth to Power on Chemical Safety: Update

Aug 1, 2013Revathi MuralidharanChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

Yesterday was a big day in chemical safety law reform. A Senate Committee held the first hearing on the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA). For the first time in years, Congress is seriously discussing a proposal to reform our country’s outdated chemical...

I Won the Cancer “Lottery” and How it Changed My Life

May 6, 2013Lawrence TsaiChildren's Health, Food, Personal Stories

By CEH Intern Lawrence Tsai How did you live your life during your early 20s? What were your focuses? Your significant other? School? Job? Figuring out ways to beat the beer chugging record at the local bar? How about health? Like many young adults, health was...

Tell Congress: Pass the Safe Chemicals Act!

Jul 24, 2012Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations

We’re watching…. Will you send a message to your Senators letting them know you’ll be watching? For the first time ever there will be a vote in committee on the Safe Chemicals Act and we need you to encourage your Senators to support this bill. Take...

A Holiday Gift for Generations to Come

Dec 22, 2011Kathryn AlcantarChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Crossposted from the Huffington Post. The Miracle of Life: When reading my Pregnancy Day-by-Day book this morning, I learned that the baby girl growing inside my womb has developed all of the eggs she will have in her lifetime. At 18 weeks, my daughter already carries...

Hello, Senator? Give the Gift of Safer Chemicals, Please!

Dec 13, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Tips

Today is a National Call-In Day for Safer Chemicals, organized by CEH and our coalition partners. By calling your Senator today, you have the exciting opportunity to add to the nationwide support for safer chemicals. Parents, doctors, teachers, nurses and others who...

Make a Call for Safer Chemicals!

Sep 14, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Do you live in North Carolina? Then you have the chance to take action to protect the health of families statewide. Thousands of chemicals are used in everyday products without ever being tested for safety. Show Senators Burr and Hagan that you want a change in the...

In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, No Toxic Chemical Shall Escape Government Oversight

Aug 22, 2011K ChhengChemical Industry, Children's Health, Laws & Regulations

Thor, Captain America, Green Lantern…With all of these superhero movies coming out over the summer, it’s easy to forget one of the most important superheroes—Mom. Many moms and parents across the country have been the champions for environmental health, at the...

What my daughter wants (and deserves) for her birthday: A toxic-free future

Aug 10, 2011Mary BruneChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Personal Stories

Tomorrow, August 11th, is my daughter Olivia’s birthday. My almost second-grader, who just finished reading the second Harry Potter book, is turning seven. It’s hard to believe. Tomorrow we’ll celebrate this milestone in the presence of family, give her gifts, and...

Be a Super Hero for Safer Chemicals on August 10th

Aug 5, 2011Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Laws & Regulations, Tips

Are you sick of trying to avoid the many products that contain chemicals that pose health hazards to your family? Every week, we see another study linking chemicals in our homes, schools and workplaces to cancer, infertility, autism, developmental disorders, and...