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Ready to eat healthy? 5 ways to cut UPF in the New Year
You may have heard about the risks of consuming so-called ultra-processed food, or UPF.
Clean fragrance: Even more gift options for Valentine’s Day
Fragrance is having a moment, with booming sales driven by a new wave of enthusiasts. Whether for Valentine’s Day or any other time of year, the growing array of clean scent offerings can make for...
EWG report: Hazardous chemicals in cosmetics disproportionately impact Black women
Black women still face disproportionately higher health risks with the toxicity of personal care products marketed to them, a new Environmental Working Group analysis finds, almost a decade after EWG...
Watch "Bag It," Then Just Bag It
Plastic pollution: it's everywhere, from the gigantic garbage patch swirling in the Pacific Ocean to the cells of our bodies, a point EWG's President, Ken Cook, makes so well in this recent TEDx talk.
Transcript of EWG podcast ‘Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 25
In this podcast episode, EWG President and co-Founder Ken Cook talks with Dr. Ray Dorsey, a neurologist who co-authored the book, “Ending Parkinson’s Disease: A Prescription for Action.” Dorsey...
Nationally recognized clean energy champion joins EWG to lead California advocacy work, energy policy
The Environmental Working Group is excited to announce the appointment of Bernadette Del Chiaro as its California senior vice president overseeing the organization’s policy priorities in the state.
EWG Tap Water Database update shows hundreds of contaminants widespread in U.S. tap water
This year’s update to the Environmental Working Group’s Tap Water Database shows millions of Americans are drinking water tainted with harmful chemicals, heavy metals and radioactive substances. Many...
EWG statement on West Virginia bill advancing to ban harmful food dyes, chemicals
On March 5, the West Virginia Senate advanced a bill to ban seven harmful food dyes and two other toxic chemicals from all foods sold and produced in the state.
Transcript of EWG podcast ‘Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 39
In this podcast episode , EWG President and co-Founder Ken Cook talks with Will Westmoreland, a farmer from Missouri with 25 years of experience working on rural campaigns, elections and the land...
California bill to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products heads to governor
It would be a major public health move, getting PFAS out of cookware and more
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Fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ drives major source of farm greenhouse gases, but conservation can help
Millions of acres in four major Corn Belt states are used to grow "continuous corn” on the same fields year after year, requiring significant use of nitrogen fertilizer . This generates greenhouse gas emissions that are a major part of agriculture's share of U.S. climate pollution. Some conservation practices can help to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted when growing continuous corn
PFAS in drinking water: What you need to know
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to weaken national drinking water limits on the toxic “ forever chemicals ” known as PFAS. You may be asking: With federal safeguards at risk, how can I...
Why an effective water filter matters for your home
Using a home drinking water filter is one of the most effective ways to reduce exposure to harmful contaminants, from the “ forever chemicals ” known as PFAS to arsenic, lead and more. Tap water...
Newsom’s veto of PFAS ban for cookware, other products puts millions of Californians at risk
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill 682, which would have banned the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from consumer products, is a deeply disappointing setback for health and...
Under new law, USDA changes school lunch
In mid-December, as millions of American school children were eagerly anticipating their holiday break of sleeping late and no homework, President Obama signed into law the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids...
Big Food launches misleading ‘transparency’ front group to block state food safety laws
WASHINGTON — A new food and beverage industry front group launched this week and despite its name, it’s anything but transparent. The organization calls itself Americans for Ingredient Transparency...
Halloween horror led to stricter food safety law, but more progress is needed
In the fall of 1950, a Halloween nightmare unfolded. Something in candy was making kids sick with severe diarrhea and abdominal cramps . The event was a wake-up call for the Food and Drug...
Transcript of EWG podcast ‘Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 26
In this podcast episode, EWG President and co-Founder Ken Cook is joined by Hillary Peterson, the founder of True Botanicals, a skincare company offering products without problematic ingredients. The...
EWG statement on FDA food chemical safety announcement
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that the Food and Drug Administration will explore revising the system that lets companies introduce chemicals into the food supply...
Sen. Lautenberg Introduces Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
Once again, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) is leading the effort to try to contain the constant onslaught of dangerous industrial chemicals on our bodies.
California lawmakers introduce landmark bill to phase out harmful UPF from school meals
On Wednesday, California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) introduced a first-in-the-nation bill, A.B. 1264, to phase out “particularly harmful” ultra-processed food, or UPF, from school meals...
EWG testimony to the Virginia Legislature on bill to ban synthetic food dyes in schools
The following is January 14, 2025 testimony from Scott Faber, the Environmental Working Group’s senior vice president for government affairs, to the Virginia Legislature’s K-12 Education Subcommittee...
Obama Must Ensure Safe Gas Drilling
By Dusty Horwitt, EWG Senior Counsel President Obama contends that natural gas drilling can help meet his goal of reducing U.S. imported oil consumption by a third by 2020. Yet, in a welcome change...
