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Flame Retardant-Free Furniture? These Companies Are Moving Toward Safer Products

Feb 11, 2014Ali Geering-KlineChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants

In January, we shared the news about the Center for Environmental Health’s landmark legal agreements that aim to end the use of harmful flame retardant chemicals in foam furniture and children’s products from Playtex, West Elm, and other leading companies....

Save the Date: CEH Event on May 8, 2014!

Jan 23, 2014Ali Geering-KlineGeneral Insights

Mark your calendars…CEH is having a spring event! May 8, 2014 Bently Reserve San Francisco, CA More details to follow…

Dumb Ways To Lie

Dec 23, 2013Charles MargulisLegal Action

We recently announced that three major mall stores continue to sell lead-tainted purses, belts and shoes, even years after they agreed to stop. Many of you sent emails to the stores to demand change. If you emailed the companies, you may have received a response from...

2013 Safer Holiday Shopping Guide

Dec 15, 2013Ali Geering-KlineChildren's Health, Food, General Insights, Tips

Good news! We tested this year’s top 12 toys and found no heavy metal problems in any of them. Get the full scoop on which companies made the good list, and which made the bad: Get the 2013 Holiday Shopping Guide PDF here!

The Last of the Killer Couches

Nov 22, 2013Judy LevinChemical Industry, Children's Health, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

I have hated my couch ever since I found out that it contained a cancer-causing flame retardant chemical. I have longed to get rid of it, but I felt stuck because virtually all furniture also has toxic and/or untested flame retardant chemicals. But now I see light at...

Watch CEH in HBO’s “Toxic Hot Seat” on November 25, 9pm!

Nov 13, 2013Aimee DewingChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Flame Retardants, Laws & Regulations

Toxic Hot Seat, an HBO film by James Redford and Kirby Walker, tells the story of the ineffective and toxic chemical flame retardants that lurk in everything from our furniture to our children’s nap mats. CEH’s work and Executive Director Michael Green are...

Foundation Helps CEH Spread Our Message!

Oct 23, 2013Ali Geering-KlineUncategorized

CEH is grateful to the PVBLIC Foundation for a $100,000 in-kind grant of media space to spread our message about protecting children and families from harmful chemicals. CEH was awarded the grant following a social media competition the Foundation sponsored at the...

Breaking Bad, The DNA Files

Oct 9, 2013Charles MargulisFood

One day I was a mild-mannered high school biology teacher, content to share my love of all things genetic with the mumble-mouthed, underwhelmed adolescent cretins known as the Class of 2035. Most of my students wouldn’t know Watson and Crick from Abercrombie and...

Join Us for a Panel Discussion on Fracking and Climate Justice

Oct 7, 2013Ali Geering-KlineEnergy, Environmental Justice

If you’re at SXSW Eco in Austin, don’t miss this panel on Wednesday, October 9th from noon to 1pm!

Come party with us at SXSW Eco tonight!

Oct 7, 2013Ali Geering-KlineUncategorized

Join us at the W Hotel Living Room Bar, Austin, for the Center for Environmental Health party at SXSW Eco, tonight 10/7 from 8pm to midnight. DJ Spooky will work the turntables!