Organizations Filed Purposes:
The Center for Environmental Health protects people from toxic chemicals and promotes business products and practices that are safe for public health and the environment.
Litigated to Protect People from Toxic Chemicals and Heavy Metals:CEH initiated new litigation against 85 companies. Many of these cases relate to cancer-causing hexavalent chromium in leather gloves and shoes and will lead to legal agreements in 2020.Continued a project to ascertain whether companies are complying with the terms of their legal agreements with CEH on lead in fashion accessories. Tested 1,812 products and found 346 violations. Partnered with environmental justice advocates in Paramount, CA to help them hold companies legally accountable for emitting carcinogenic hexavalent chromium into the air, and get the resources needed for home air filtration systems.CEHs legal agreements have set strict limits on the amount of toxic chemicals in products including: candy, molasses, veggie chips, potato snack foods, moringa powder supplements, and curry sauces. CEH completed successful legal action against 31 companies that have been exposing people to harmful chemicals, including reproductive toxicants and carcinogens.CEH reached the first legally binding, court-enforceable settlement with vaping company Juul that compels them to stop marketing their toxic products to young people.
Shifted the market away from harmful endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in Food:Tested for harmful fluorinated chemicals in more than 100 disposable foodware products. We updated our popular web-based database with 46 additional products. Notably, two products were reformulated to no longer use fluorinated stain/water resistant treatments. Presented on EDCs in disposable foodware at 12 formal conferences or webinars. Developed resources to help businesses and schools procure safer foodware free from harmful EDCs. CEH completed a small biomonitoring project measuring glyphosate levels in parent and child pairs from across the country. The study found that child body burdens were higher than in their parents in 75% of the pairs and was featured by several media outlets
Promoted Healthier Products in the Built Environment:CEH developed model technical specifications on healthier carpet and resilient flooring, and a shopping guide of compliant flooring products and shared these resources with institutional purchasers. Engaged with 22 institutional purchasers to pledge to preferentially purchase furniture free of five toxic chemicals (flame retardants, fluorinated stain/water resistant treatments, antimicrobials, polyvinyl chloride-PVC, and formaldehyde). This represents a shift in over $120 million in annual purchasing power towards healthier furniture. Partnered with the states of Oregon and Washington to detoxify their prison manufacturing industries, protecting both incarcerated workers and staff, as well as those who use the products being manufactured.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michael Green | Executive Dir. | 40 | $182,858 |
| Patricia Clark | Dir Fdn Corp Rel | 40 | $110,303 |
| Caroline Clark | Program Director | 40 | $105,598 |
| Miya Yoshitani | Board Member | 4 | $0 |
| Matt Petersen | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Eliza Nemser | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Bobbi Dunphy | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Dorsey | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Cecil D Corbin-Mark | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Kalila Barnett | Board Member | 2 | $0 |
| Arlene Rodriguez | Secretary | 2 | $0 |
| Marni Rosen | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Kathy Gerwig | Vice Chair | 2 | $0 |
| Monica Silva-Guterez | Board Chair | 2 | $0 |
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