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Staying healthy this Fourth of July
Independence Day is almost here, with the potential for fun, sun and fireworks. While preparing for barbecues, beach days and get-togethers with family and friends, keep in mind a few health and...
EWG news roundup (6/24): Triple-dipping farm subsidies, 'neonic' pesticides may harm children’s health and more
EWG news roundup (6/24): Here’s some news you can use going into this weekend.
Johnson & Johnson Takes a Big Step in the Right Direction
This week marked a huge victory for consumers. Johnson & Johnson, global manufacturer of such well known health and personal care products as Johnson's Baby Shampoo, unveiled plans to reformulate many...
Fact versus fiction: ‘Forever chemicals’ hazardous substance designation is not a ban
If the Environmental Protection Agency designates the two best studied “forever chemicals” called PFAS as hazardous substances, manufacturers will not be forced to stop using them.
Keeping harmful food additives off your Thanksgiving table
Many of the foods commonly found on the Thanksgiving table contain two additives that can increase your risk of cancer and cause hormone disruption.
PFAS: What the Defense Department’s inspector general found, ignored and obscured
The Senate’s homeland security panel will hold a critical hearing this Thursday on a shocking inspector general report that found the Defense Department failed to protect service members and their...
Decades later, plumes of ‘forever chemicals’ from Defense installations still contaminate nearby wells
Decades after polluting their well water, the Defense Department is still providing water filters and bottled water to at least 47 communities it contaminated with the “forever chemicals” known as...
Coalition group comments to California DEIR for hexavalent chromium MCL
The Environmental Working Group, along with six other environmental health organizations, submitted comments to California's State Water Resources Control Board on the Draft Environmental Impact...
EWG news roundup (12/17): California regulators poised to increase cost of rooftop solar, keeping skin healthy during winter and more
EWG news roundup (12/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Cereal offenders: potentially harmful ingredients in ‘healthy’ breakfast food
Many breakfast cereals claim to be a healthy way to start the day. Their boxes feature cute, colorful characters and catchy slogans that attract children, and their promise of a “complete” breakfast...
Keep your kids safer in the sun this Fourth of July
This Fourth of July weekend is all about getting out in the sun. Picnics, barbecues and time at the pool are all great excuses to get little ones outside to play and exercise.
Calls grow for FCC to protect kids from wireless radiation
WASHINGTON – More than 22,000 people signed a petition delivered to federal regulators today calling for much tighter standards to limit children’s exposure to radiofrequency radiation emanating from...
Exposures add up – Survey results
A personal care product use survey of more than 2,300 people, conducted by EWG and a coalition of public interest and environmental health organizations, shows that the average adult uses 9 personal...
Congressional investigation finds U.S. crypto miners consume enough electricity to power Houston, cause bill spikes
The explosion of U.S. cryptocurrency mining operations and the electricity needed to power the computer-based financial transactions are hiking energy bills and greenhouse gases, according to a...
What are endocrine disruptors?
A class of potent chemicals is wreaking havoc by interfering with our hormone system. They’re called endocrine disruptors and they throw off the regular functioning of the hormone system, causing a...
Kids and plant-based proteins: Getting your children on board
Over the years, I have worked with many children, in homes and schools. All too often, parents and teachers complain that younger palates are limited to unhealthier choices, and that picky eating is...
EWG's 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Well, as we do each year, EWG released (on June 19) the latest Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce and as we suspected, eaters around the country are still concerned about high levels of toxic...
EWG applauds cryptocurrency energy use oversight provision in Senate digital assets bill
The Environmental Working Group today applauds Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), chairwoman of the Senate agriculture committee, Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), the ranking member, and Sens. Cory Booker (D...
California city water agencies fight legislative effort to set strict health safeguards for lead pipeline replacements
The Environmental Working Group is urging California lawmakers to pass a strong bill to ensure safe and quick replacements of lead-contaminated pipelines, and oppose a loophole allowing the work to be...
EPA must prioritize funds to meet PFAS ‘Roadmap’ deadlines
Environmental groups today sent a letter urging Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to prioritize funds for meeting deadlines in its “Roadmap” for tackling the “forever...
Sixty years since the chemical industry knew of its dangers, more and more is being uncovered about the scope and risks of the PFAS contamination crisis. Here is a curated list of resources that detail the explosive history of “forever chemicals.”
EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning: How did we do it?
What's in those bottles on top of my washing machine and under my sink? We've been asked that question thousands of times - especially by fans of EWG's Skin Deep database, who value our brand of...
Fast-food restaurants should ditch packaging coated in ‘forever chemicals’
Some fast-food restaurants are moving quickly to get the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS out of food packaging, but others have not committed to phasing them out.
Study finds new link between lead in private waters wells and juvenile delinquency
A first-time study of the link between early-life exposure to lead in private water wells and juvenile delinquency finds that children who get lead-laced drinking water from private wells have much...
