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Justice for Porter Ranch

Mar 1, 2017Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

by Kaya Allan Sugerman Last month, I spoke at a public hearing to oppose a proposal to re-open the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. You may recall Aliso Canyon was the source of the largest methane leak in US history. You can read more about the facility and...

Fulfilling the EPA’s Mission, In Spite of Pruitt

Feb 23, 2017Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Food, General Insights, Laws & Regulations

Last week, the Senate approved Donald Trump’s pick of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as the new chief Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in a 52-46 vote, mostly along party lines. In the end, Senator Susan Collins from Maine was the only...

CEH Standing for Children’s Health at EPA

Feb 21, 2017Caroline CoxChildren's Health

With the Trump administration aiming at massive cuts to environmental regulations, and with Scott Pruitt confirmed as the new Chief Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), it is clear that we cannot count on federal protections from harmful...

CEH Testing: Lead-Tainted Sippy Cups

Feb 10, 2017Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

See CEH Research Director Caroline Cox and Research Coordinator Matt Nevins in this CBS News report on lead-tainted sippy cups for young children.

Women’s March 2017

Jan 18, 2017Michelle EndoChemical Industry, Children's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

As a child of the 1990s, I was raised on the pink-and-glitter ‘girl power’ of supposed post-feminism ideals. I grew up in a household where both my parents worked, looking up to a mom who could do it all and instilled in me the confidence that I could do the same....

Car Seats’ Hidden Hazard

Dec 13, 2016Isa GaillardFlame Retardants

Environmental Justice Fellow, Center for Environmental Health In the summer of 2017, my sister will give birth to her first child. She will be the first of our five siblings to become a parent. My excitement to become an uncle grows daily; I know that when the baby is...

Baby-Poisoning Rat Pesticide Company Now Killing Babies with New Product

Sep 23, 2016Charles MargulisChemical Industry, Children's Health

If you think that’s a rejected headline from an especially twisted edition of The Onion, think again. In fact, this is exactly what’s happening with the massive British home products company Reckitt Benckiser (RB). You may have never heard of the company despite its...

West Oakland: Sick of Coal

Jun 23, 2016Alvaro Palacios CasanovaChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations

by Alvaro Palacios Casanova West Oakland is a community that faces poverty and chronic disease. The community is disproportionately exposed to air and noise pollution with two freeways, a port, and rail running through it. It is also home to many organizations that...

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...

Congress Adopts Chemical Safety Bill

Jun 9, 2016Ansje MillerChemical Industry, Environmental Justice, Laws & Regulations, Legal Action

Click here to thank the Prop 65 champions! Last week, Congress passed the first major overhaul of an environmental law in decades. This chemical reform bill is now headed to the President for signature. As we pause to think about how monumental that is, we reflect...