Center for Environmental Health
@ceh.org
A non-profit that stops corporations from exposing families & communities to toxic chemicals. We work to forge a healthier future for all. #EnvironmentalHealth
Visit us at ceh.org
Visit us at ceh.org
Wishing a happy Veterans Day to all who served!
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Wishing a happy Veterans Day to all who served!
"Shein and Temu clothes ‘breach chemical safety limits' - Lab analysis finds chemicals in clothing sold by ultra fast fashion giants hugely exceed limits"
Story by Ecotextile News: https://www.ecotextile.com/2025110660644/news/dyes-chemicals/shein-and-temu-clothes-breach-chemical-safety-limits/
Story by Ecotextile News: https://www.ecotextile.com/2025110660644/news/dyes-chemicals/shein-and-temu-clothes-breach-chemical-safety-limits/
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Shein and Temu clothes ‘breach chemical safety limits' - Lab analysis finds chemicals in clothing sold by ultra fast fashion giants hugely exceed limits"
Story by Ecotextile News: https://www.ecotextile.com/2025110660644/news/dyes-chemicals/shein-and-temu-clothes-breach-chemical-safety-limits/
Story by Ecotextile News: https://www.ecotextile.com/2025110660644/news/dyes-chemicals/shein-and-temu-clothes-breach-chemical-safety-limits/
Plastic pollution is a global crisis.
We're a proud community partner of #TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch. Topics: microplastics, health, environmental justice, and climate change. Hosts: Plastic Pollution Coalition, Environmental Working Group, and Hip Hop Caucus.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
We're a proud community partner of #TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch. Topics: microplastics, health, environmental justice, and climate change. Hosts: Plastic Pollution Coalition, Environmental Working Group, and Hip Hop Caucus.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Plastic pollution is a global crisis.
We're a proud community partner of #TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch. Topics: microplastics, health, environmental justice, and climate change. Hosts: Plastic Pollution Coalition, Environmental Working Group, and Hip Hop Caucus.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
We're a proud community partner of #TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch. Topics: microplastics, health, environmental justice, and climate change. Hosts: Plastic Pollution Coalition, Environmental Working Group, and Hip Hop Caucus.
RSVP: https://bit.ly/TEDxLivestream
It's Election Day! Own your power as a voter, and make your voice heard.
Don't forget to VOTE!
Don't forget to VOTE!
November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
It's Election Day! Own your power as a voter, and make your voice heard.
Don't forget to VOTE!
Don't forget to VOTE!
¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!
Wishing a happy Day of the Dead to all who are remembering and celebrating their loved ones today.
Wishing a happy Day of the Dead to all who are remembering and celebrating their loved ones today.
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!
Wishing a happy Day of the Dead to all who are remembering and celebrating their loved ones today.
Wishing a happy Day of the Dead to all who are remembering and celebrating their loved ones today.
⚠️ We shouldn’t have to worry about being exposed to toxic chemicals when dressing up for Halloween. 🎃
Check out our 3 tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
Have a fun, safe, healthy, and happy Halloween!
Check out our 3 tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
Have a fun, safe, healthy, and happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
⚠️ We shouldn’t have to worry about being exposed to toxic chemicals when dressing up for Halloween. 🎃
Check out our 3 tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
Have a fun, safe, healthy, and happy Halloween!
Check out our 3 tips to protect yourself and your loved ones from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
Have a fun, safe, healthy, and happy Halloween!
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable." -Union of Concerned Scientists
Our hearts are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Melissa, including those in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
Story by Matt Simon, Grist - link below:
Our hearts are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Melissa, including those in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
Story by Matt Simon, Grist - link below:
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“The role climate change has played in making Hurricane Melissa incredibly dangerous is undeniable." -Union of Concerned Scientists
Our hearts are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Melissa, including those in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
Story by Matt Simon, Grist - link below:
Our hearts are with everyone in the path of Hurricane Melissa, including those in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
Story by Matt Simon, Grist - link below:
⚠️ DO NOT buy this Halloween costume!
When you're prepping for Halloween, it could be tempting to wrap yourself in a bunch of receipt paper for a spooky mummy costume. You should reconsider, if you want to protect your health and avoid exposure to toxic BPS.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
When you're prepping for Halloween, it could be tempting to wrap yourself in a bunch of receipt paper for a spooky mummy costume. You should reconsider, if you want to protect your health and avoid exposure to toxic BPS.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
⚠️ DO NOT buy this Halloween costume!
When you're prepping for Halloween, it could be tempting to wrap yourself in a bunch of receipt paper for a spooky mummy costume. You should reconsider, if you want to protect your health and avoid exposure to toxic BPS.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
When you're prepping for Halloween, it could be tempting to wrap yourself in a bunch of receipt paper for a spooky mummy costume. You should reconsider, if you want to protect your health and avoid exposure to toxic BPS.
Happy Halloween! 🎃
⚠️ We wish that toxic chemicals in costumes were a thing of the past...
But our recent investigation found Halloween-themed rings sold by Shein to contain high levels of cadmium. 😱
Find out how to protect your children from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
But our recent investigation found Halloween-themed rings sold by Shein to contain high levels of cadmium. 😱
Find out how to protect your children from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
⚠️ We wish that toxic chemicals in costumes were a thing of the past...
But our recent investigation found Halloween-themed rings sold by Shein to contain high levels of cadmium. 😱
Find out how to protect your children from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
But our recent investigation found Halloween-themed rings sold by Shein to contain high levels of cadmium. 😱
Find out how to protect your children from exposure: https://ceh.org/why-you-should-be-scared-of-shein-this-halloween/
❓Did you know that this week is Lead Poisoning Prevention Week?
We've spent nearly 30 years testing products for toxic chemicals that can harm your health and the environment. We continue to hold the biggest corporations accountable.
Check out our work: https://ceh.org/product-testing/
We've spent nearly 30 years testing products for toxic chemicals that can harm your health and the environment. We continue to hold the biggest corporations accountable.
Check out our work: https://ceh.org/product-testing/
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
❓Did you know that this week is Lead Poisoning Prevention Week?
We've spent nearly 30 years testing products for toxic chemicals that can harm your health and the environment. We continue to hold the biggest corporations accountable.
Check out our work: https://ceh.org/product-testing/
We've spent nearly 30 years testing products for toxic chemicals that can harm your health and the environment. We continue to hold the biggest corporations accountable.
Check out our work: https://ceh.org/product-testing/
We get it. It's always a heartbreaking moment when we discover that some of our favorite foods, drinks, or consumer products contain hidden toxic chemicals.
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We get it. It's always a heartbreaking moment when we discover that some of our favorite foods, drinks, or consumer products contain hidden toxic chemicals.
This week is #VaginalHealthWeek, and we’re proud to join Weaving Voices for Health & Justice (formerly known as Women's Voices for the Earth) to call for safer, more transparent menstrual and intimate care products.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/vhw2025
##VHW25
Learn more: https://bit.ly/vhw2025
##VHW25
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This week is #VaginalHealthWeek, and we’re proud to join Weaving Voices for Health & Justice (formerly known as Women's Voices for the Earth) to call for safer, more transparent menstrual and intimate care products.
Learn more: https://bit.ly/vhw2025
##VHW25
Learn more: https://bit.ly/vhw2025
##VHW25
This Halloween season, the real horror story is plastic pollution’s impact on our health.
The Bay Area Reuse Coalitions are hosting a three-part series screening of "We’re All Plastic People Now" https://www.eventbrite.com/o/bay-area-reuse-coalitions-115741431111
@storyofstuff.bsky.social
The Bay Area Reuse Coalitions are hosting a three-part series screening of "We’re All Plastic People Now" https://www.eventbrite.com/o/bay-area-reuse-coalitions-115741431111
@storyofstuff.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This Halloween season, the real horror story is plastic pollution’s impact on our health.
The Bay Area Reuse Coalitions are hosting a three-part series screening of "We’re All Plastic People Now" https://www.eventbrite.com/o/bay-area-reuse-coalitions-115741431111
@storyofstuff.bsky.social
The Bay Area Reuse Coalitions are hosting a three-part series screening of "We’re All Plastic People Now" https://www.eventbrite.com/o/bay-area-reuse-coalitions-115741431111
@storyofstuff.bsky.social
Happy Diwali to all who are celebrating this week!
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy Diwali to all who are celebrating this week!
🎉 California takes action on toxic chemicals in hair relaxer products!
Many of these products are disproportionately marketed to Black women & girls. The law will establish enforcement mechanisms for banned endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
CEH proudly supported Akilah Weber Pierson, MD's CURL Act!
Many of these products are disproportionately marketed to Black women & girls. The law will establish enforcement mechanisms for banned endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
CEH proudly supported Akilah Weber Pierson, MD's CURL Act!
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎉 California takes action on toxic chemicals in hair relaxer products!
Many of these products are disproportionately marketed to Black women & girls. The law will establish enforcement mechanisms for banned endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
CEH proudly supported Akilah Weber Pierson, MD's CURL Act!
Many of these products are disproportionately marketed to Black women & girls. The law will establish enforcement mechanisms for banned endocrine-disrupting chemicals.
CEH proudly supported Akilah Weber Pierson, MD's CURL Act!
🎉 GOOD NEWS! California has passed a new law that will ensure continuous service coverage for older adults and people with disabilities during those events.
CEH is proud to have supported Asm. Dr. Jasmeet Bains's public health bill! Thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom for signing AB 1069 into law.
CEH is proud to have supported Asm. Dr. Jasmeet Bains's public health bill! Thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom for signing AB 1069 into law.
October 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🎉 GOOD NEWS! California has passed a new law that will ensure continuous service coverage for older adults and people with disabilities during those events.
CEH is proud to have supported Asm. Dr. Jasmeet Bains's public health bill! Thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom for signing AB 1069 into law.
CEH is proud to have supported Asm. Dr. Jasmeet Bains's public health bill! Thanks to Governor Gavin Newsom for signing AB 1069 into law.
🎉 GOOD NEWS! A new California law will restrict the use of synthetic nitro musk chemicals in cosmetics beginning January 1, 2027.
Thanks to Assemblymember Diane Papan for authoring this important public health bill, and Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom for signing it into law!
Thanks to Assemblymember Diane Papan for authoring this important public health bill, and Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom for signing it into law!
October 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🎉 GOOD NEWS! A new California law will restrict the use of synthetic nitro musk chemicals in cosmetics beginning January 1, 2027.
Thanks to Assemblymember Diane Papan for authoring this important public health bill, and Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom for signing it into law!
Thanks to Assemblymember Diane Papan for authoring this important public health bill, and Governor Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom for signing it into law!
🎉 GOOD NEWS: The Real Food, Healthy Kids Act has been signed into law!
This is the first law in the U.S. to define and ultimately get harmful ultra-processed foods out of food served at California public schools. 🏫
These foods will be fully phased out of schools by July 2032.
This is the first law in the U.S. to define and ultimately get harmful ultra-processed foods out of food served at California public schools. 🏫
These foods will be fully phased out of schools by July 2032.
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🎉 GOOD NEWS: The Real Food, Healthy Kids Act has been signed into law!
This is the first law in the U.S. to define and ultimately get harmful ultra-processed foods out of food served at California public schools. 🏫
These foods will be fully phased out of schools by July 2032.
This is the first law in the U.S. to define and ultimately get harmful ultra-processed foods out of food served at California public schools. 🏫
These foods will be fully phased out of schools by July 2032.
❓Did you know that children under 5 bear 88% of the global burden of disease due to climate change?
We're a proud partner of Children's Environmental Health Day, and today we reaffirm our commitment to protecting our planet and its children for generations to come!🌎
#CEHDay @cehnetwork.bsky.social
We're a proud partner of Children's Environmental Health Day, and today we reaffirm our commitment to protecting our planet and its children for generations to come!🌎
#CEHDay @cehnetwork.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
❓Did you know that children under 5 bear 88% of the global burden of disease due to climate change?
We're a proud partner of Children's Environmental Health Day, and today we reaffirm our commitment to protecting our planet and its children for generations to come!🌎
#CEHDay @cehnetwork.bsky.social
We're a proud partner of Children's Environmental Health Day, and today we reaffirm our commitment to protecting our planet and its children for generations to come!🌎
#CEHDay @cehnetwork.bsky.social
🎉 GOOD NEWS: California just passed a new law that will help protect incoming homeowners from thirdhand smoke!
We have always fought for people's #RightToKnow if toxic chemicals can harm us - whether in our environment, a consumer product we purchase, or even in our own home.
We have always fought for people's #RightToKnow if toxic chemicals can harm us - whether in our environment, a consumer product we purchase, or even in our own home.
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🎉 GOOD NEWS: California just passed a new law that will help protect incoming homeowners from thirdhand smoke!
We have always fought for people's #RightToKnow if toxic chemicals can harm us - whether in our environment, a consumer product we purchase, or even in our own home.
We have always fought for people's #RightToKnow if toxic chemicals can harm us - whether in our environment, a consumer product we purchase, or even in our own home.
We're spilling the tea on... tea. 🍵
We’re asking one of the largest tea companies in the world to eliminate plastic from their tea bags.
🗣️Tell Celestial Seasonings: Your tea should be plastic-free! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-celestial-seasonings-to-make-its-tea-plastic-free
We’re asking one of the largest tea companies in the world to eliminate plastic from their tea bags.
🗣️Tell Celestial Seasonings: Your tea should be plastic-free! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-celestial-seasonings-to-make-its-tea-plastic-free
October 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're spilling the tea on... tea. 🍵
We’re asking one of the largest tea companies in the world to eliminate plastic from their tea bags.
🗣️Tell Celestial Seasonings: Your tea should be plastic-free! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-celestial-seasonings-to-make-its-tea-plastic-free
We’re asking one of the largest tea companies in the world to eliminate plastic from their tea bags.
🗣️Tell Celestial Seasonings: Your tea should be plastic-free! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-celestial-seasonings-to-make-its-tea-plastic-free
"We celebrate the life of revered conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall. Her legacy shows us that a kinder, safer, healthier world is possible."
-Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO, Center for Environmental Health
-Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO, Center for Environmental Health
October 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
"We celebrate the life of revered conservationist, Dr. Jane Goodall. Her legacy shows us that a kinder, safer, healthier world is possible."
-Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO, Center for Environmental Health
-Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO, Center for Environmental Health
Yom Kippur begins at sundown tonight. G'mar Chatima Tova to all who are observing tonight and tomorrow.
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yom Kippur begins at sundown tonight. G'mar Chatima Tova to all who are observing tonight and tomorrow.
☕ Today is #NationalCoffeeDay, which means it's a great day to TAKE ACTION and tell Dunkin' to stop handing out receipts and labels with toxic BPS!
📝 Sign here to make your voice heard: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-dunkin-to-stop-handing-out-receipts-and-labels-with-bps/
📝 Sign here to make your voice heard: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-dunkin-to-stop-handing-out-receipts-and-labels-with-bps/
September 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
☕ Today is #NationalCoffeeDay, which means it's a great day to TAKE ACTION and tell Dunkin' to stop handing out receipts and labels with toxic BPS!
📝 Sign here to make your voice heard: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-dunkin-to-stop-handing-out-receipts-and-labels-with-bps/
📝 Sign here to make your voice heard: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-dunkin-to-stop-handing-out-receipts-and-labels-with-bps/
⏰ HAPPENING TOMORROW!
As part of @earthgives.bsky.social ,please join us for a special talk on Weds 9/24, 12pm PT/3pm ET featuring our Science Manager, Libby Davis. She’ll address toxics in everyday products such as foodware, cosmetics, and clothing.
RSVP for free: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
As part of @earthgives.bsky.social ,please join us for a special talk on Weds 9/24, 12pm PT/3pm ET featuring our Science Manager, Libby Davis. She’ll address toxics in everyday products such as foodware, cosmetics, and clothing.
RSVP for free: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
⏰ HAPPENING TOMORROW!
As part of @earthgives.bsky.social ,please join us for a special talk on Weds 9/24, 12pm PT/3pm ET featuring our Science Manager, Libby Davis. She’ll address toxics in everyday products such as foodware, cosmetics, and clothing.
RSVP for free: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
As part of @earthgives.bsky.social ,please join us for a special talk on Weds 9/24, 12pm PT/3pm ET featuring our Science Manager, Libby Davis. She’ll address toxics in everyday products such as foodware, cosmetics, and clothing.
RSVP for free: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...