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Feeding the kids and caring for the planet? Yes we can.

Luckily, she's been helping families convert that chaos (hungry kids, tired parents, no dinner!) into a more organized, pleasant, and healthy mealtime. When we stare blankly at the fridge, hoping for...

Rubber Ducky: You're so not the one

The first question we usually get asked about our book, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things, is: "What's up with the unusual title? A rubber duck? Dangerous?"

History of the war on cancer no longer secret

We here at Enviroblog loathe chemical waste. You regular readers may have caught that. Most people don't know enough about it, though -- about its sources and the nasty things it may be doing to our...

Government Should Help Poor, Not Rich

The Environmental Working Group joins other food, poverty and hunger groups calling for an increase in food stamp benefits.

Sunscreen or Sunscam?

Almost a year after consumer concerns pushed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to promise tougher sunscreen standards, an investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products finds that...

Surge in Uranium Mining Claims Spurs Concern for Drinking Water Safety

In response to the threat that surging mining claims along the Colorado pose to drinking water in Las Vegas, the General Manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), Patricia Mulroy, sent a...

EWG Warns Senate Over Rocket Fuel in Nation's Drinking Water

For almost 50 years, the federal government, defense contractors and the chemical industry have worked together to block public health protections against a component of rocket fuel that can disrupt...

Biofuels and Bad Weather: America’s Food-to-Fuel Gamble

With relentless rains, cold temperatures, and record floods pounding the Midwest, the nation's ill-conceived corn ethanol mandate appears headed into a perfect storm, helping to push food and feed...

Mining Threats to Grand Canyon and Crested Butte Halted

As pressure mounts to overhaul the antiquated 1872 Mining Law, two high-profile mining operations have come to a halt - one along the south rim of the Grand Canyon, and the other right above the...

Major Infant Bottled Water Company Provides Parents with Misleading & False Information About Benefits of Fluoridated Water

One of the nation's biggest infant bottle water companies – Nursery Water - is misleading parents with erroneous information on its website and advertising materials touting the safety and benefits of...

Government Report Focuses on Agriculture as 'Dead Zone' Culprit

Today the USGS released findings that show agricultural practices in 9 states contribute 75% of the nitrogen and phosphorous pollution to the “Dead Zone” in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the...

Chemical Exposures on the Job May Be Linked to Diseases in Nurses

A first ever national survey of nurses' exposures to chemicals, pharmaceuticals and radiation on the job suggests there are links between serious health problems such as cancer, asthma, miscarriages...

U.S. One-Year Olds Overexposed to Rocket Fuel Chemical

One of every 16 one-year-old children in the U.S. is exposed to the rocket fuel chemical perchlorate at levels above the government's safe dose, according to an Environmental Working Group analysis of...

Tonight: EWG’s Ken Cook to Debate GMO Labeling Initiative at Commonwealth Club

Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, will join other experts at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club at 6 p.m. tonight for a debate on California ballot initiative Proposition 37, to...

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Gas Gouge Calculator

Americans in 50 metro areas will pay $83 billion more for gasoline this year at $3 per gallon, compared to the prices they paid in February 2003 — and even more if prices continue to rise as expected, says a new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis that calculates the increased cost of gasoline per family in the 50 largest metro areas.

GAO: After Decades and Billions Spent On Voluntary Measures Agriculture Pollution Remains Unchecked

A new Government Accountability Office report recommends that Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency should toughen the federal Clean Water Act's approach to curbing pollution from...

200 Groups Call on Obama to Keep Campaign Pledge: Label GMOs

Congressional champions for GE labeling, led by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., held a press conference in support of a letter sent to President Obama. Congressional leaders were joined by Center for Food...

Chemical Company Sues California Over Flame Retardants

The chemical company Chemtura sued the state of California yesterday seeking to block new fire safety regulations that would permit furniture production without toxic flame retardants.

New EWG Guide Aims to Help Shoppers Avoid GE Food

A new shopping guide released by the Environmental Working Group today will help consumers find supermarket foods made without ingredients likely to be genetically engineered.

Proposed Nutritional Label Will Promote Healthier Diets

The long-overdue changes to the Nutrition Facts label announced today by First Lady Michelle Obama would improve Americans' diets and promote healthier eating, Environmental Working Group said in a...

Budget Proposal Includes Important Crop Insurance Reforms

The 2015 federal budget released by the White House this morning includes important and very welcome initiatives to reform the bloated crop insurance program, Environmental Working Group said in a...

Cosmetics Industry Reform Proposal Fails Public Health

Renee Sharp, research director at the Environmental Working Group said today that the cosmetics industry's legislative proposal to reform cosmetics law would deprive the federal Food and Drug...

California Moves to Remove First in a Series of Toxic Chemicals from Consumer Products

The state of California has launched an important initiative to protect its residents from exposures to toxic substances by calling on industry to find safer alternatives for three widely used...

House ‘Chemical Reform’ Bill Would Erode Protections for Health, Environment

Legislation proposed by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) to reform federal chemicals management law would leave the public at even greater risk of exposure to toxic substances than under the outdated...