Pesticides

- Pesticides are dangerous chemicals that can seriously harm people and the environment. CEH works for ecological solutions to pest problems and alternatives to pesticides. See why: the Top Ten Reasons Not to Use Pesticides.

- Click here to learn about pesticide use in rental housing. 

- See the letter CEH and other groups sent EPA, urging the agency to review increased pesticide risks due to climate change. 

- See the letter CEH and other groups sent the EPA, urging the agency to identify the so-called inert ingredients in pesticides (untested and often hazardous). For years the pesticide industry has claimed these ingredients are trade secrets.

- Learn about the hazards of one common pesticide, Roundup.

Did you know...Congress recently passed the first ever ban on lead in children's products. Click here to read more.

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Protecting Kids from Toxic Inhalants (1996-97)

Center for Environmental Health took legal action to combat toluene, a brain-damaging chemical found in aerosol spray paints and sealing compounds. Our work led to the reformulation of products that teens were inhaling.

See what else we've accomplished.