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Breathe Easy: Healthier Indoor Air in Cold Weather, Part 2

Once you've tackled your home's entryways and living room, you've already taken significant steps toward improving your indoor air quality. Now you may be ready for an even bigger challenge: the...

Gifts Without the Guilt: 11 Things To Give Your Kids for the Holidays

You shop for fruit and veggies with the EWG Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists and use only EWG VERIFIED® mascara. Yet when the time comes to shower your kids with holiday gifts that are good for...

Breathe Easy: Healthier Indoor Air in Cold Weather, Part 1

In much of the country, winter means you can't let fresh air into your house. But without it, the quality of the air inside your home goes down.

Waterkeeper Alliance and EWG Investigation Finds Hurricane Florence Flooded Poultry Operations Housing 1.8 Million Birds

The heavy rains and high waters after Hurricane Florence flooded 35 industrial poultry operations in North Carolina housing an estimated 1.8 million birds, according to a new investigation by...

Five Tips To Protect Kids from Cellphone Radiation During Holiday Travel

If you're traveling this holiday season, chances are your kid will have a device in his or her lap for at least part of the trip. Don't feel bad. We get it. Traveling with kids is harder than lifting...

A Kardashian’s Appeal for Safer Kids Products

When we first told Kourtney Kardashian that the law which regulates the ingredients in personal care products – which also means children's care products – had not been updated in 80 years, she was...

EWG Analysis: Trump’s Farm Bailout Payments Flowing to City Slickers

Farm bailout payments intended to offset the impacts of President Trump's trade war have instead flowed to more than 1,000 “city slickers” who live in the nation's largest cities, an EWG analysis of...

Salmonella Outbreak Raises Concern About Thanksgiving Turkey

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, news of a salmonella outbreak in turkey is a serious concern.

Cities Oppose House Scheme To Block Local Pesticide Controls

Cities across the nation are fighting a provision in the House of Representatives' version of the federal farm bill that would block cities, counties and school districts from restricting the use of...

Five Healthy Meats for Your Holiday Table (Plus Two To Avoid)

We know you want to choose the most humane, good-for-you, good-for-the-environment foods for your family holidays.

Dangerous Levels of Mercury Found in Skin Creams Purchased on Amazon, eBay

Today, 51 environmental and public health groups, including EWG, called on Amazon and eBay to remove illegal skin care products containing dangerous levels of mercury.

Smoke Is a Big Health Risk as California Wildfires Rage On

Deadly wildfires continue to blaze in Northern and Southern California. Dozens of people are dead, hundreds more missing and entire communities have been destroyed.

Billionaires and Beach Bums Should Not Receive Farm Subsidies

Farm subsidies should help farmers, not billionaires and beach bums, right?

A Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer May Be in Your Tap Water. Here’s What to Do About It

As a child, I thought anybody who refused to drink tap water was just too picky. But once you learn about the array of potentially harmful chemicals in U.S. tap water, you realize it's smart to...

The Future of Energy Is Blowing in the Wind

In 2009, a study in the research journal Utilities Policy concluded that wind and other sources of renewable energy would “never be able to contribute significantly to electric power supply.” What a...

EWG’s Stress-Free Thanksgiving Menu

As we head into the holiday season, the marathon task of preparing a Thanksgiving dinner or even just one dish to contribute as a guest – may be stressful. To help you combat the inevitable stress...

Eating an Organic Diet May Reduce Your Cancer Risk

Frequently eating a variety of organic foods may significantly reduce your risk of developing cancer, according to a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...

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