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You can probably imagine what it's like to work for EWG and be a parent. In a word: fraught. In two words: consumer paralysis. Maybe it's just because I'm new here. In time, I'll (hopefully) recover...

Most people don't think of going to a place of religious worship as a time when they're exposing themselves to the danger. However, it really depends where you worship. A recent study by a Thai doctor...

Good news of the day: The government is not always slow and ineffective. Bad news of the day: It is fast only when it want to be. One would think that if it takes the government over 30 years to set...

PCBs were banned in the '70s, but not before they had already done their damage. They're linked to problems with the brain, nervous and hormone systems, and although average levels in the human body...

Triclosan is an antibacterial chemical found in many products. Use EWG's Triclosan to identify and avoid this toxic chemical in dish soap, personal care and other antibacterial products.

Raise your hand if you want your food packaging – hamburger wrappers, french-fry bags, pizza boxes – coated with cancer-causing Teflon chemicals that pollute the bodies of unborn babies and Arctic...

Does your sunscreen work? Probably says so on the bottle, but don't be so sure. In this edition of Mixed Greens, we break down how to choose a better sunscreen based on EWG's updated 2008 sunscreen...

4 out of 5. That's how many sunscreens failed EWG's examination this summer season. Seriously -- 4. Out of every 5. That's WAY too many. I mean, I guess it could be because we set the standards so...

A recent New York Times article glowingly portrays the lucrative business of developing patented fragrance ingredients, likening these new and exclusive fragrance chemicals to patented active...

This edition of EWG's podcast Mixed Greens is all about food -- and it's dedicated to celebrity chef Tyler Florence. You can subscribe in iTunes or in a reader, or listen right here in your browser...

Every year, billions of gallons of fire retardants are dropped on forests across the nation. Those chemicals take their toxic toll, but then, so do forest fires. In fact, the National Interagency Fire...

We've been talking about this for years--chemical exposures do add up and can have adverse health effects, including chronic diseases and infertility. A new study, published in the British Medical...

If you've never been to the Grand Canyon, you might want to get there soon. The Forest Service has approved drilling for uranium at as many as 39 sites near the Grand Canyon’s south rim, and we have...

New USGS study cites Farms in 9 States Causing the Dead Zone Problem This week, the U.S. Geological Survey released a report showing that farms in just 9 states cause 75 % of the nitrogen and...

In this second edition of EWG's podcast Mixed Greens, we discuss the possible connections between plastics and obesity, the rocket fuel in our drinking water, and more! Give 'er a listen below, or...

In response to White House pressure, the U.S. EPA broke its own longstanding procedures for scientific and economic review of pollution reporting rules for thousands of factories nationwide in a bid...

Imagine you're a board member of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. The Valley has the dirtiest air in California, including four of the 10 smoggiest cities in the country...

"If you can't put it in your mouth," says Burt's Bees CEO John Replogle, "you shouldn't put it on your skin." Then, according to New York Times reporter Louise Story, he scoops out a fingerful of the...

The number 32 didn't mean much to me until today, when I read an op-ed by the amazing Jared Diamond in The New York Times. According to him: "To mathematicians, 32 is an interesting number: it's 2...

Nearly 10 years ago, when EWG and other California environmental groups were sounding the alarm over the dangers of methyl bromide and other airborne pesticides drifting from farm fields into schools...

A little light reading. . . Now that's my kind of gift guide. We've seen a lot of gift guides for children around these parts lately, and while that's certainly important, I haven't seen any great...

Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body. —Elizabeth Stone Being a parent, as I understand it, involves a...

Blood lead level considered "safe" by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: 10 µg/dL Blood lead level shown to have a negative impact on intellectual functioning: 5-9.9 µg/dL Child IQ at these levels...