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⚠️ You shouldn’t have to worry that your shampoo, cookware, or drinking water might harm your health. ☣️

🗣️ Tell Congress to put public health and safety before the profits of chemical companies!

📝 Take action here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-congress-from-gutting-chemical-safety-laws/
Take Action: Stop Congress from gutting chemical safety laws. Image Description: a woman at a store with her daughter, who is pointing at a bag of food.
January 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Today we reflect on the life and civil rights work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wishing you an MLK Day full of peace and reflection.

#MLKDay
Image description: statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with quote: "We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society.”
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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🚨 A new chemical industry-backed House bill would roll back key federal protections from toxic chemicals and weaken safeguards that protect our families. This bill is a chemical industry wish list disguised as “reform,” and it threatens our health, our environment, and our communities.
House majority introduces chemical industry-backed bill to weaken federal protections from toxic chemicals - Toxic-Free Future
The House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a bill that would weaken the nation’s chemical safety law—the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
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January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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A new report from System IQ provides a comprehensive assessment of how major chemical groups (including #PFAS) affect human health, ecosystems, and economic stability through the global food system.

Our CEO Kizzy Charles-Guzman was a contributor to this report. ceh.org/report-invis...
Report: Invisible Ingredients - Tackling toxic chemicals in the food system - Center for Environmental Health
A new report provides the most comprehensive global assessment to date of how four major chemical groups—phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides, and PFAS—affect human health, ecosystems, and economic stab...
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January 16, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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US grocers face $219 billion in financial risks from pesticides. Pesticides threaten biodiversity, climate, and companies’ bottom lines.

See how your grocer ranks on the Bee-Friendly Retailer Scorecard. #SaveTheBees

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December 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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250+ public health & enviro groups sent Congress a clear message: protect public health & reject the chemical lobby’s push to weaken #TSCA, our nation’s chemical safety law.

Read the letter and TAKE ACTION!

#PolluterProtectionAct #PFAS #phthalates
250+ groups urge Congress to reject chemical lobby push to weaken TSCA - Toxic-Free Future
Toxic-Free Future, Safer States, and more than 250 state, local, and national public health and environmental groups sent a joint letter to Congress this week, urging lawmakers to reject the chemical ...
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December 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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"It’s hard to see how EPA’s decision protects anyone’s health. It does, however, protect the big chemical corporations that make and use these chemicals."

Great article by our friends at @toxicfreefuture.bsky.social.
EPA sides with chemical industry on toxic phthalates, putting corporate interests ahead of families - Toxic-Free Future
EPA sides with the chemical industry on toxic phthalates, ignoring science and prioritizing corporate interests over families' health.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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We're proud to join @ewgofficial.bsky.social and other health orgs in supporting Indiana Rep. Julie McGuire to protect children from harmful chemicals in school food.
EWG statement on new Indiana bill to ban 13 harmful chemicals from school food
INDIANAPOLIS – On Jan. 5, Indiana Rep.
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January 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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🚨Health advocates are sounding the alarm as industry pushes to weaken TSCA, a law that keeps unsafe chemicals out of our homes, food, drinking water, and bodies. Congress must protect our health, not polluters.

Story by @thenewlede.bsky.social:
Hundreds of groups urge Congress not to weaken chemical safety law
Hundreds of environmental and health groups are urging Congress not to weaken the nation’s premier chemical safety law as Republican lawmakers signal a willingness to reopen the Toxic Substances Contr...
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January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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“What we saw with e-cigarettes is very similar to what we are now seeing with nicotine pouches. We found a bunch of different fruit flavors and also candy flavors like chocolate and caramel apple.”
Flavored Nicotine Pouches Raise Alarms as Teen Use More Than Doubles - Center for Environmental Health
A new report from the Center for Environmental Health argues that while youth vaping has finally dropped, the tobacco industry has simply shifted tactics.
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January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🍾

Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy 2026! 🥂
Happy New Year from CEH! Image: fireworks and celebratory flags
January 1, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Wishing a very Happy Kwanzaa to all who are observing this week!
Happy Kwanzaa from CEH! Image: Kinara
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all who are observing!
Merry Christmas from CEH! Image: ornaments
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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"What we saw with e-cigarettes is very similar to what we are now seeing with nicotine pouches. We found a bunch of different fruit flavors and also candy flavors like chocolate and caramel apple."

CEH Research Manager Caitlin Moher discusses our new report: www.ijpr.org/podcast/the-...
Flavored nicotine pouches raise alarms as teen use more than doubles
Caitlin Moher is the Research Manager at Center for Environmental Health and author of the report. She offers insight into the investigation findings.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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‼️ We're excited to share our new logo design & color palette that reaffirms our organization's commitment for a safer, healthier future.

Read about how we honored our past while looking toward our future to arrive at our new look: https://ceh.org/cehs-new-logo-what-does-it-all-mean/

#NewProfilePic
CEH Logo: a butterfly with starburst in the center.
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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❗ CEH in the News!

Thanks to @bloomberglaw.com for covering our work to hold Eurochem, one of the world’s largest fertilizer producers, accountable for chemical data reporting.

Story by @patrizzuto.bsky.social:
Fertilizer Producer Sued for Alleged Failure to Report Imports
Eurochem North America Corp. violated the nation’s primary commercial chemicals law by failing to report to the EPA billions of pounds of imported chemicals, an environmental group alleged in a compla...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Today we filed a lawsuit against Eurochem, one of the world’s largest fertilizer producers, after our investigation uncovered its failure to report billions of pounds of chemical substances imported into the United States to the U.S. EPA.
CEH Sues Fertilizer Giant Eurochem for Failure to Report Billions of Pounds of Chemicals to the EPA - Center for Environmental Health
Today CEH filed a lawsuit against Eurochem, one of the world’s largest fertilizer producers after investigation uncovered its failure to report billions of pounds of chemical substances imported into ...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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The 1st night of Hanukkah begins at sundown tonight!

Wishing a very Happy Hanukkah to all who are observing! 🕎
Happy Hanukkah from CEH! Image: Menorah
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#UNEA7 🌍 is ending in #Nairobi with only a handful of agreed resolutions and a failed attempt at multilateralism. The most constructive parts happened on the sidelines, including events and actions 🙌 about the #PlasticsTreaty.

Read our statement here: www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/12/12/u...
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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♻️ The #ReusableRevolution is here! 🌎

Our Green & Clean Procurement Coordinator Ben Schleifer recently joined a panel of reuse experts to talk about our work to help schools convert to reusables and teach kids to be conscious consumers.

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December 12, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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“It is nothing personal, just that these fruit products are illegal in California."

The smoke shop clerk is right. It is illegal to sell fruit and candy flavored nicotine products in California. But 45% of the California stores we visited sold us flavored nicotine pouches illegally.
"No receipts for fruit flavored nicotine products. That would incriminate me." -Smoke Shop Clerk to CEH Secret Shopper. Image: a partial receipt for $25.00
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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❗ Important reminder: There is no safe level of lead.
The FDA Just Added 9 More Pans To The Throw Away List As They May Contain 'Significant' Levels Of Lead
Toxicologists weigh in.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Thanks to your support, we raised $51,450 on #GivingTuesday!💚

Now that we surpassed our goal, a generous donor is TRIPLING all gifts through this weekend! Donate here: ow.ly/sstg50XArCh

Thank you for fighting the good fight with us. 🫶🏽
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December 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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“I am deeply concerned about the rise of nicotine pouch use among youth. Just like e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches come in ‘fun’ flavors and are an even more discreet way to consume nicotine with the potential to hook adolescents." [email protected]

📖 Read our new report: CEH.org/deception
A Candy Shop of Deception. New report uncovers 125% increase in nicotine pouch use by youth. Image: a child in a candy store, juxtaposed with brightly colored nicotine pouches sold at a smoke shop. What the Doctor Says. “As a physician, I am deeply concerned about the rise of nicotine pouch use among youth. Just like e-cigarettes, nicotine pouches come in ‘fun’ flavors and are an even more discreet way to consume nicotine with the potential to hook adolescents into long-term nicotine addiction and harm their brain development—inhibiting the ability to control attention and learning, mood, and impulse control.” -Dr. Vin Gupta, CEH Board Member, Public Health Physician, Professor, and Health Policy Expert
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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"As a national public health watchdog, we will not stand by while another wave of young people is targeted." -Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO of CEH

📖 Read our new report on the concerning rise of nicotine pouch use among youth: ceh.org/deception
CEH Has Fought Big Tobacco for the Past 10 Years. CEH secured the first legally-binding agreement that forced JUUL to end its marketing to teens in 2019. “We all know young adults who became addicted to nicotine before they were even out of middle school. Now nicotine pouch companies are using the same tactics to hook a new generation: flavors, youth marketing, and easy access. As a national public health watchdog, CEH will not stand by while another wave of young people is targeted.” -Kizzy Charles-Guzman, CEO of CEH
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM