Center for Environmental Health

10/14/2026

Union of Concerned Scientists analyzed which states are better at facilitating public participation when a chemical facility files for a permit to emit air pollution and which states need to increase transparency to encourage local participation in the air pollution permitting process.

The permitting process that allows polluting facilities to operate doesn’t just exist for show. It’s designed to make sure that people are protected from potential hazards like air pollution. But too often, the people most impacted by these decisions, with some of these facilities in their backy...

10/05/2026

Center for Environmental Health CEO Kizzy Charles-Guzman tells ChicoBag why we should *not* get overwhelmed by the invisible harms products could pose to us.

"If you’re going to get anything, then get mad because there is *no* place for all of these chemicals in our products.”

10/02/2026

As MAHA expresses legitimate concerns over unregulated pesticides and untested additives in our food system, the industry counters by hiring influencers to attempt to shift the vibe.

Cross-partisan support in Washington on issues like pesticides and food additives pose a threat to the industry’s bottom line

09/29/2026

California produce just got safer as Governor Gavin Newsom just signed another CEH-sponsored bill into law!

This landmark bill requires the California Department of Pesticide Regulation to track and publish any PFAS in pesticides.

PFAS are also known as forever chemicals because of how long they persist in the environment and build up in the bodies of humans and animals. Even low levels of PFAS exposure are linked to altered immune and thyroid function, liver and kidney disease, limited reproductive development, and cancer.

This law couldn't come fast enough, considering that the California Department of Pesticide regulation found traces of PFAS on 37% of non-organic produce in California, including 80% of California strawberries and grapes as well as 90% of California nectarines, peaches, and plums!

A special thanks to the members of CEH's online advocacy community who wrote their California representatives to protect California produce from PFAS! We couldn't do this great work without you.

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Under the new law, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation must track pesticides containing PFAS in its publicly accessible database and monitor how these pesticides are used over time.

09/28/2026

Great news for parents, babies, and toddlers in California: Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB1901 into law, which requires diaper manufacturers to disclose the ingredients used in diapers. We're proud to have championed this safety bill from its inception into law.

Recent tests have found some diapers containing volatile organic compounds and phthalates, which can cause hormone disruption, reproductive, and developmental harm. Babies are especially vulnerable to potential harms from exposure to chemicals in diapers because they experience near constant skin-to-diaper contact for years at a time. They also have thinner, more permeable skin in the first place.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law requiring companies to disclose all intentionally added ingredients in diapers, giving parents more transparency on products their babies depend on.

09/24/2026

ICYMI: A diverse coalition of members of Congress, state leaders, and food safety advocates from across the country came together last week to speak out against the so-called “FRESH Act” — proposed legislation that would roll back 100+ state food safety laws. This industry-backed bill would make it easier for companies to add new chemicals to our food with less government oversight.

There’s a real concern this bill may pass through Congress due to the deep pockets of the food industry. We all came together for a rally to show Congress that public health and food safety should come before the bottom lines of the largest food companies in the world.

09/22/2026

Inside the leaked emails that reveal industry's plan to kill California's single use plastic and recycling laws: https://archive.is/yaLyd

08/19/2026

Breaking News: Receipts are about to get safer! We just signed settlement agreements with 163 companies for exposing consumers to the endocrine disruptor BPS in paper receipts.

The 163 companies we signed settlements with for exposing consumers to BPS in receipts make up 7% of the US’ retail market! This signals an unprecedented shift towards health and environmental safety in every industry that hands out paper receipts.

When we got BPA out of receipts, companies have just switched from paper with one phenol to another. This time we’ve committed Domtar Paper (the only producer of the US' thermal paper) to exclusively offer phenol-additive free paper in CA and end this toxic shell game.

It only takes touching a receipt for 10 seconds to exceed the exposure threshold for BPS, which a hormone-disrupting chemical that mimics estrogen and can affect the normal functioning of the body, impacting metabolism, growth, development, and reproduction.

Getting BPS out of receipts isn’t just a win for public health, it’s also a win for recycling streams, which are contaminated by receipts with BPS that pose environmental risks. Recycling streams are safer now that there will be receipts made without phenol-additive free paper.

CEH’s settlements will protect consumers and workers from hormone disruption, recycling systems from contamination, and spur the creation of a new phenol-additive free receipt paper.

07/31/2026

📢 LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! 🗣️

While is coming to a close, let's all do our part to make sure that we live as plastic-free as possible throughout the year!

07/23/2026

We're proud to be one of the organizations defending one of our nation's most important chemical safety laws, the Toxic Substances Control Act.

250 organizations have a message for Congress: Put people's health before chemical industry profits.

Congress must reject industry efforts to weaken our nation's chemical safety law. Instead of listening to industry lobbyists, lawmakers should hear from the people living with the consequences of toxic chemical exposure every day, including impacted communities, veterans, workers, and health professionals.

Americans deserve stronger protections from toxic chemicals linked to cancer, reproductive harm, and other serious health concerns—not dangerous rollbacks that put corporate polluters first.

Read our statement at the link in comments.