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In 2001, attorney Robert Bilott filed a federal class-action suit against DuPont for polluting the drinking water of more than 70,000 people in and around Parkersburg, W.Va., with PFOA, a Teflon...

EWG News Roundup (7/19): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Through tax breaks, funding for research and development, and other federal government programs and policies, American taxpayers subsidize the spectrum of energy sources: oil, natural gas, coal...

You may know that many conventional oat cereals contain troubling amounts of the carcinogenic pesticide glyphosate. But another toxic pesticide may be contaminating your kids' breakfast.

EWG News Roundup (7/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

President Trump's tariffs are a disaster for American soybean farmers, effectively cutting off access to China, their largest market. The Department of Agriculture's bailout program has not helped...

Fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, harm to the reproductive system, and harm to the immune system.

It's that time of year: Mosquitoes and ticks are out in full force, and so are all the latest bug repellent products claiming to keep them at bay. So what bug repellent ingredients do EWG scientists...

The U.S. coal industry is dying, and the Trump administration's schemes to keep it alive through taxpayer subsidies have likewise hit a dead end. But that's not stopping coal states' increasingly...

EWG News Roundup (7/5): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Every day more toxic nonstick chemicals are being discovered in our water, food and homes.

Per-and polyfluorinated substances, known as PFAS, are often characterized as “emerging contaminants.” However, ask the residents living in the communities polluted by decades of unregulated...

Just when carbon emissions must be rapidly slashed to combat the climate crisis, in coming years some of the biggest U.S electric utilities will move more slowly to cut carbon pollution, according to...

After repeatedly floating specious bailout schemes, Energy Secretary Rick Perry now admits the federal government has no legal authority to prop up aging nuclear power plants. But in the past three...

Over the Fourth of July holiday, many of us love to beat the heat in a favorite lake, pond or river. But this year, vacationers from coast to coast will have to look out for a potentially record...

EWG News Roundup (6/28): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Two University of California, Berkeley alumnae recently succeeded in convincing the entire UC system to suspend its use of the cancer-causing pesticide glyphosate in its landscaping. If they can do...

Congress now has an opportunity to accelerate the urgently needed transition to renewable energy with a nationally coordinated effort. Today Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) filed legislation to require all...

EWG today applauded House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for demanding new data from the Food and Drug Administration on the safety of imported cosmetics.

Thirty states, from Hawai'i to Vermont, have adopted renewable energy standards that require utilities to produce more and more energy from wind and solar.