CEH works to hold corporations accountable for their use of toxic chemicals that endanger public health. We challenge corporations to stop polluting or to lower the toxicity of their consumer products. We motivate change by outreach, education, and when necessary, legal action under California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act (otherwise known as “Proposition 65”). Examples of CEH’s successful lawsuits include getting metal plating companies to stop emitting dangerous chemicals into surrounding low-income neighborhoods, and forcing drug companies to take the lead out of their baby diaper rash cream.
Click the indented links at the left under Eliminating Toxics to learn
more about Center for Environmental Health's work on eliminating
toxics.
Did you know... that over 1,000 materials, many known or believed to be carcinogenic or reproductive toxins are used to make electronic products? And did you know we are only recycling about 12% of all electronics? See what CEH is doing to help.
Center for Environmental Health forced major manufacturers of children's playground equipment to stop using arsenic-based wood preservatives, which expose children to dangerous toxins after only a few days of use. See what else we’ve accomplished in our first 10 years.