The Story of Stuff Project has released another illuminating short video this week, to launch the second season of the Story of Stuff. The new video, The Story of Citizens United v FEC “explores the crisis of corporate influence in American democracy and was inspired by the January 2010 Supreme Court decision that gave corporations [...]
“There’s no excuse for having lead in a bag,” CEH’s own Caroline Cox told CBS 5 News on Monday. Watch the full video to hear Caroline discuss CEH’s discovery of lead in plastic reusable bags, and set the facts straight from the plastics industry-backed propoganda.
On December 20th, as promised on our website, we chose one lucky winner to receive a Red Rabbit refurbished laptop and a sustainable laptop case signed by the cast of Private Practice. Our lucky, randomly-selected winner is Darren Beck of Olathe, Kansas, and it turns out he works on issues of sustainability, consumerism, and the environment. [...]
This week on the Daily Show, Jon Stewart discussed product regulations and the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s new plan for protecting kids from ”toxics trinkets”, like the recently discovered McDonald’s cadmium-tainted Shrek glasses: “Instead of setting mandatory limits on cadmium, the CPSC is allowing the industry to police itself.” What?? As Stewart says, “That’s like putting [...]
You may remember last May when many of you (actually over 50,000 people around the state) helped us tell Governor Schwarzenegger that we didn’t want the dangerous pesticide methyl iodide approved for use in California. The primary use of this cancer-causing chemical will be to grow strawberries, despite the large, flourishing organic strawberry industry in [...]
With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, many consumers have electronics at the top of their shopping lists. This holiday season, the average American is expected to spend over $230 (more than a third of their gift budget) on electronic products, up about 5% from last year. Increasingly, shoppers are asking about green electronics; [...]
Big oil, tobacco, and liquor companies claim Prop 26 is about “taxpayer protection”—when in fact it’s the opposite. This proposition is a thinly veiled attempt to redefine clean up fees as taxes, shifting the financial burden onto taxpayers. Since the industrial age began, dirty industries like paint and petroleum companies have made toxic messes, polluting [...]
Landmark legislation was introduced in Congress last week to stop U.S. companies posing as electronic “recyclers” from dumping hazardous e-waste materials from the United States in developing countries. Today, most e-waste – as much as 50-80% of the e-waste that companies claim they are “recycling” — is actually dumped in developing countries like China, Nigeria, [...]
Ipad commercial? Nope. Watch it to find out just how harmful Proposition 23 really is.
CEH has had quite a list of health victories stacking up over the past several months. Since last spring, we’ve succeeded in knocking out some of the industry’s most dangerous toxics in consumer products. Just this week, California’s governor signed our legislation to protect children from dangerous levels of cadmium in their jewelry. Last month, [...]
From lead in toys to BPA in food cans to flame retardants in furniture, families should no longer be exposed to harmful chemicals, without our knowledge or consent. The Safe Chemicals Act 2013 would protect families across the country from these toxic exposures. Please take action to urge your Senator to support our health by co-sponsoring the Safe Chemicals Act 2013 today!
It’s past time for California to require labels on products with BPA. We have just until 5pm on Wednesday April 10th to take action!
Join actress and mom Amy Brenneman in calling for BPA labeling!
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Last week, New York Assembly Democrats approved a two-year fracking moratorium. They believe, like us, that the health effects of hydrofracking should be studied before New York Governor Andrew Cuomo can approve moving forward with fracking in the state.
Now, it's your chance to support this groundbreaking legislation. Parents and families everywhere must voice their support to protect their health and the health of future generations.
Great news: CEH’s report on toxic flame retardants in nap mats has spurred Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) and 22 other Senators to call for an EPA study into flame retardant chemical dangers.
Right now, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), on behalf of strawberry agribusiness corporations, are asking Secretary of State Clinton and EPA Administrator Jackson to get more methyl bromide for California. Why? Because instead of coming up with safe, non-toxic alternatives to methyl bromide, industry's favored alternative was another toxic pesticide called methyl iodide - a chemical known to cause genetic damage, miscarriages and cancer.
Secretary Clinton will be leaving office later on this month. Tell her to leave us with a healthy legacy, one without more methyl bromide. Let's make 2013 the year of the healthy strawberry.
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