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Your Game Plan for a Healthier Super Bowl Sunday

When it comes to eating holidays, Super Bowl Sunday comes in second only to Thanksgiving, with some reports suggesting that the average football fan consumes more than 2,400 calories during the game...

5 Things to Know About California’s Cleaning Products Disclosure Bill

Many of the supplies we use to clean and freshen our homes and workplaces contain ingredients that could harm our health or the environment. Some products use ingredients that have been linked to...

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Food Lobby Spends $101 Million in 2015 to Avert GMO Labeling

Big food and biotechnology companies and trade associations seeking to block labeling of food with genetically modified organisms through a rider in the end-of-the year federal spending bill have reported spending $75.5 million on lobbying from January through September of this year.

EWG News Roundup (2/17): Pruitt’s Emails, DuPont’s $671M Teflon Settlement and Lead in Lipstick

Today, in a near-partisan vote, Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency. It's no secret that EWG opposed him for the job.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 17)

After today's vote confirming Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a number of troubling questions remain as to his impartiality and his commitment...

Wellness Chat: The Importance Of Nutrition In Cancer Prevention

Wellness Chat is a new EWG series bringing you the latest news on cancer prevention through discussions with experts in the field. Today's guest: Jocelyn Weiss, Ph.D

Research

'Erin Brockovich' Carcinogen in Tap Water of More than 200 Million Americans

In the film "Erin Brockovich," the environmental crusader confronts the lawyer of a power company that polluted the tap water of Hinkley, Calif., with a carcinogenic chemical called chromium-6. When the lawyer picks up a glass of water, Brockovich says: “We had that water brought in ‘specially for you folks. Came from a well in Hinkley.”

Don’t Be Fooled by ‘Green’ Cleaners

Few things are more satisfying than walking into a clean home, but it is important to remember that clean doesn't always mean safe.

Despite New Safety Law, Chemicals in Cosmetics Still Not Regulated

In June, Congress passed sweeping legislation to update the way chemicals are used in consumer and industrial products. The new law aims to review old chemicals that are already in the marketplace and...

Data Show Farmers Must Do More to Protect the Environment, Public Health

Across the nation, Americans are seeing the price of farm pollution firsthand in contaminated drinking water, toxic algal blooms and pesticide-laden foods.

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California Policy Linked to Higher Flame Retardant Exposures

The new study by EWG and Duke University researchers shows that the exposures to the two chemicals were higher in Calif. than in a similar study done earlier in N.J.

Carmakers to Trump: Make America Guzzle Again

A week before the election, Reuters reported that new cars are more fuel efficient than ever: You might think carmakers would welcome this news of progress toward cutting the fuel emissions that drive...

Trump Thinks Asbestos ‘100 Percent Safe’

Our next president thinks asbestos – a carcinogen that kills up to 15,000 Americans a year, with no safe level of exposure – "got a bum rap."

Agency Charged with Drinking Water Safety Already Drowning, Mr. Trump

During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to residents of Flint, Mich., that the lead crisis that poisoned their drinking water “would have never happened if I were president.”

Mercury in Tuna Plummets As Coal-Fired Power Drops

A bit of good news for seafood lovers: Scientists at Stony Brook University recently reported a notable drop in mercury concentrations in bluefin tuna caught in the Gulf of Maine over the past decade.

California Cautions Cell Phone Users: Keep Your Distance

Under a court order, last week California public health officials released draft guidelines advising cell phone users to keep phones away from their bodies, use speaker phone and limit use.

No Rules? No Renewable Fuel

Midwestern politicians, such as Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, usually love mandates to blend more and more ethanol into our gasoline. In fact, Portman cites ethanol as one way to “lower gas prices and...

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 17)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on that development, along with other worrisome environmental and public health actions taken by the Trump administration.

Is Federal Crop Insurance Policy Leading to Another Dust Bowl?

As the southern Great Plains get hotter and drier, is federal policy that encourages farmers not to adapt to climate change leading to another Dust Bowl?

EPA Chief’s Big Test: Ban Pesticide Hazardous to Kids’ Brains

As one of his first major decisions as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt must rule by the end of this week on the safety of chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate pesticide...

Kids Are on the Frontline of Pesticide Exposure

Dozens of independent studies show that pesticides do profound damage to children's health, according to a report released this week (May 10) by the non-profit Pesticide Action Network.