Caroline Cox, Author at Center for Environmental Health

Victory- Methyl Iodide Pulled from Use on Strawberry Crops!

Mar 21, 2012Caroline CoxEnvironmental Justice, Food, Tips

“WOW!!! We did it!” Yesterday Arysta Life Sciences announced the “immediate suspension of product sales for all formulations of the fumigant MIDAS® in the United States.” Midas is the brand name for methyl iodide, the hazardous pesticide that...

Would A Coke By Any Other Color Taste As Sweet?

Mar 20, 2012Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Legal Action

I haven’t had a Coke in years. My parents kept a soda-free kitchen, so as a young child I didn’t know what Coke tasted like. Once at a birthday when I was nine or ten I was handed a paper cup full of Coke. I took a sip (expecting it to be a treat that I...

Honey Love

Feb 15, 2012Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Tips

I love honey. A little honey on a bowl of oatmeal is just about a perfect breakfast as far as I’m concerned. And a little honey on pancakes is just as good. If you’re like me, when you think about honey you think about beehives surrounded by flowers and industrious...

Don’t Take the Bait!

Nov 17, 2011Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, General Insights

When my kids were little, one of their favorite holiday stories was about a starving mouse who ate the (leather) organ bellows in a church and in doing so ruined the traditional holiday service. But miracles do happen, and the children’s choir, who had been...

You and I vs. Money

Jun 29, 2011Caroline CoxFood, Tips

You may never have heard of Arysta LifeScience, the largest privately-held agrochemical company in the world. You’re more likely to have heard of Arysta’s most infamous product, methyl iodide. It’s a frighteningly toxic pesticide that has just been...

Standing Up for Safe Strawberries

Apr 21, 2011Caroline CoxFood

My sister is an organic farmer in southern California. Sometimes she grows strawberries, and I have occasionally had the incredible privilege of eating freshly picked strawberries for Christmas dinner. Those strawberries are a piece of paradise, but my sister’s...

Eco-Tip: How to Reduce BPA in our Bodies

Mar 31, 2011Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Food, Tips

It’s likely that you’ve heard of BPA, a toxic chemical that damages genes and disrupts our hormones. If you’ve tuned in to the alphabet soup of toxic chemicals, you may also have heard of DEHP, another toxic chemical that causes cancer and interferes...

Schwarzenegger Terminates Science, Law in Approving Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide

Jan 11, 2011Caroline CoxFood

When the California Department of Pesticide Regulation acted last month to approve use of the strawberry pesticide methyl iodide, the department gave a thumbs up to use of a cancer-causing pesticide an expert panel had said was too dangerous for use. Dr. John Froines,...

Government Agency Chooses Money Over Health: Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide Methyl Iodide Approved in CA

Dec 2, 2010Caroline CoxFood

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation just announced its decision to approve the use of the cancer-causing strawberry pesticide methyl iodide. Ignoring the recommendations of expert scientists, and the concerns of thousands of Californians, this agency has...

Say No to Cancer-Causing Strawberry Pesticide!

Nov 30, 2010Caroline CoxChildren's Health, Environmental Justice, Food, Laws & Regulations, Uncategorized

You may remember last May when many of you (actually over 50,000 people around the state) helped us tell Governor Schwarzenegger that we didn’t want the dangerous pesticide methyl iodide approved for use in California. The primary use of this cancer-causing...