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A Community Champion in the Fight Against Toxic Diesel Pollution

Jan 20, 2023Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) is committed to supporting the local efforts of community leaders to defend against unsafe toxic exposures in their communities. So, when government regulators failed to adequately respond to East Oakland residents’ concerns about the cancer-causing diesel engine exhaust coming from Green Sage’s nine trailer-sized generators, CEH and the Environmental Democracy Project (EDP) partnered with the Oakland Cannery Collective (the Collective), the resident group that had been advocating on the issue, to take legal action.

CEH Finds 100+ Sock Brands with High Levels of BPA

Dec 16, 2022Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

Throughout 2022, CEH has reached legally-binding, court-enforceable agreements with some of the companies. We applaud those that have elected to reformulate their products to remove not only BPA, but all bisphenols, from their socks.

Building a Community-Led Air Monitoring Network to Advance Environmental Justice in Paramount, CA

Dec 16, 2022Jimena Díaz LeivaUncategorized

Moses has lived in Paramount his entire life and remembers the first time he noticed a metallic smell in the air around his home in Paramount.

CEH Institutes Rotating Expanded Leadership Team

Dec 2, 2022Emily DifriscoUncategorized

CEH instituted an expanded leadership team this fall, welcoming three additional staff members to the leadership team for the final quarter of 2022.

WATCH: Virtual Town Hall ‘The Great Indoors – Keeping Your Home Free of Toxics’

Nov 17, 2022Emily DifriscoChildren's Health, Flame Retardants, flooring & carpeting, Home Products, PFAS, procurement, Products, Uncategorized

Did you know invisible pollutants in our indoor air can be harmful to our health? In our virtual town hall yesterday, we learned from experts the Dos and Don’ts of creating a healthy home and how we can stem the tide of unnecessary industry-created chemicals that find...

CEH Condemns Antisemitism

Oct 25, 2022Center for Environmental HealthUncategorized

We at the Center for Environmental Health unequivocally condemn Ye’s antisemitic remarks, the Goyim Defense League’s hateful antisemitic messages hung on a banner over the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, and former President Trump’s reiteration of the antisemitic trope that American Jews have dual loyalties to the U.S. and Israel.