EWG response to EPA's ANPRM of “Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category.”

The recent outbreak of cyclosporiasis, a food-borne illness, has shown we can’t count on the federal government to make sure our food is safe. 

States have always played a central role in the safety of...

Potentially harmful but commonly used chemicals were widely detected in urine samples of pregnant people, according to a new study. At least 45 individual of these chemicals were found in half of the...

Every week, federal investigators track between 17 and 36 foodborne illness outbreaks that can cause extreme sickness and even death. Industrial livestock farming, also known as factory farming, is a...

EWG’s recommendation

Avoid or limit foods containing BHA.

BHA has been classified as a possible carcinogen, or cancer-causing chemical. Studies have shown BHA to produce oxidative stress, which occurs...