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What is GRAS?
Food and chemical companies are permitted to approve the use of new potentially harmful additives and other substances in snacks, drinks and more without the Food and Drug Administration’s review and...
EWG comments EPA on implementation strategies for EDSP
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the agency to strengthen the implementation strategies for the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, or...
EWG’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™: The Dirty Dozen™ is packed with fungicides that can disrupt human hormones
Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, released today.
Cancer-causing benzene found in some popular acne products
Valisure, an independent laboratory, has detected cancer-causing benzene in tests of acne treatments made with benzoyl peroxide. As a result, the company petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to...
EWG statement on DOD’s fiscal year 2025 budget request
The Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2025 budget request, released today, includes $1.6 billion in funding for DOD cleanup of contaminated sites. The sites include current and former military...
El 5 de marzo, los legisladores presentaron dos proyectos de ley que protegerían a los neoyorquinos de los químicos tóxicos en los alimentos. Entre ambos, prohibirían siete sustancias de los alimentos fabricados, distribuidos o vendidos en el estado y requerirían que las empresas hagan nuevas revelaciones sobre los químicos añadidos a los alimentos sin una revisión rigurosa.
New & Improved: Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011
The Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011, introduced June 24 by Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) has a simple aim: to give the federal Food and Drug Administration...
Get toxic dust out of your home this spring
Dust lurks in the corners of your home, underneath furniture and on the shelves. And where there’s dust, there’s the potential for toxic chemicals.
EPA sets bold new limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Today the Environmental Protection Agency finalized unprecedented new limits on the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS as a way to tackle drinking water contamination. The proposal targets six...
Think your Water Bottle is "BPA Free"? Better double check.
Is your reusable water bottle aluminum? In an effort to be more sustainable and protect my health, I made the switch from plastic water bottles to my reliable metal bottle that I carry with me every...
Ruffalo: PFAS drinking water standard delivers justice to poisoned communities
The following is the statement of Activist and Actor Mark Ruffalo on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new PFAS drinking water standard.
EWG statement on new California legal limit for chromium-6 in drinking water
Today California’s State Water Resources Board voted to finalize a new drinking water limit for hexavalent chromium, the notorious “Erin Brockovich” carcinogen.
U.S. Forest Service: Fracking Killed Trees
Chemical-laden wastewater generated by a natural gas hydraulic fracturing operation killed more than half a stand of trees in a field study at the Monongahela National Forest, according to a new...
Popular POM juice producer among California's leading users of paraquat
The Wonderful Company, California-based maker of the popular pomegranate juice POM, is the state’s second-largest user of paraquat – a toxic herbicide banned in over 60 countries – a new Environmental...
California consumer advocates call on lawmakers to stop utility tax hike on working families, retirees
Working families, retirees, disabled individuals and millions of others living in apartments or small homes in the state will face steeper monthly electricity bills if a proposed utility tax takes...
Best bang for your buck: Mascaras
It’s prom season, which means millions of teenagers across the U.S. will be getting done up for one of the most high school experiences. It’s a time for “promposals,” dancing and getting enough...
USDA should strategically expand list of climate-smart conservation practices
A top Department of Agriculture official is touting plans to expand the USDA’s list of climate-smart conservation practices eligible for $11.7 billion in federal funding – and the department should...
Cosmetics Industry To Disavow Hair Straighteners
Most people are - by now - well aware that overexposure to formaldehyde is unsafe. From the FEMA trailer fiasco (remember Katrina?) to the Obama administration's recent decision to classify...
California bill to protect children from lead exposure advances to Senate
On May 21, California Assembly lawmakers passed a bill to safeguard children’s health from the lasting and devastating effects of lead exposure through drinking water, an urgent threat in the state.
From baguettes to bombs: Surprising industrial uses of common food chemicals
What does bread have in common with explosives, industrial cleaners and photo-developing solution? You may be surprised to learn they’re all made with the same chemical ingredient.
Behind the science: ‘Big year’ for neonics as EWG calls for stricter EPA insecticide reviews
A rare window is opening for public health advocates to push the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink how it assesses the health risks of five neonicotinoids – insecticides that EWG and others...
EWG submits comments to USDA on the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program
EWG submits comments to the United States Department of Agriculture on the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program.
The House farm bill is bad news for children’s health and safety
There’s much to dislike about the House Republican farm bill – like taking food out of hungry childrens’ mouths while potentially exposing their bodies to more pesticides and supporting companies that...
Research
EWG: Despite strict use limits, toxic pesticide paraquat often mishandled
The toxic pesticide paraquat was often mishandled, violating safety requirements, dozens of times between 2017 and 2022, an EWG investigation finds.
