Center for Environmental Health

This is an endemic problem that’s been swept under the rug and never addressed. It speaks to the many areas that we need government to be active in. Consumers can’t figure it out on their own. -Tracy Woodruff, Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment (UCSF) Important #WorldCancerDay read via The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com//he/baby-food-metals-arsenic.html

The water we drink, the air we breathe, the food we eat, the products we use, and the places where we live, learn, work, and play should not make any of us sick... or cause cancer. Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide, and as rates rise even higher, scientists, health professionals and advocates are increasingly pointing to environmental causes. These exposures are often disproportionately high in Black, Brown, Indigenous and low income communities. A healthier future, one without cancer-causing chemicals in our environment, is possible. See more

WE'RE HIRING! Want to join our team of activists devoted to protecting families from toxic chemicals? Open positions: Science Director Communications Director EDCs Food Program Coordinator... Community Health Cases Manager Apply here! https://ceh.org/about/jobs/

In the news! Read up on how we're joining Advance Carolina, Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape Fear, Democracy Green, Haw River Assembly, & Toxic Free NC, to call for a judicial review of the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane, found in North Carolina drinking water. Story via Coastal Review Online here: https://www.coastalreview.org//groups-seek-review-of-epa-/