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Why Does the Energy Department Downplay the Future of Renewables?
The Myth of ‘Clean’ Natural Gas
Electric utilities often tout natural gas as a clean fuel – an essential weapon in the fight against global warming. Even if they admit the need to replace fossil fuels with solar and wind power...
California’s Fracking Fluids Tell a Bigger Story
Although hydraulic fracturing for oil has gone on for decades in California and half a million Californians live within a mile of a fracked well, the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal...
UPDATE: ‘Erin Brockovich’ Carcinogen in 250 Million Americans’ Drinking Water
EWG’s News Roundup (8/25): Monsanto Takes Swipes at Science, EPA Chief Nuzzles Up to Big Ag
Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Atrazine: A Harmful Weedkiller Taints Tap Water for Millions in U.S.
Flame Retardant Chemicals Harm Conception and Pregnancy
Flame retardants found in everyday consumer products such as furniture could decrease a woman's fertility, and ability to conceive and have a healthy delivery, new research from the Harvard T.H. Chan...
How to Breathe Safer as California Wildfires Rage On
Big Food Companies Spend Millions to Defeat GMO Labeling
Toxic Chemicals in Your Child’s Car Seat
Parents do a lot of research before they buy a car seat. They want to know, how does the seat perform in crash tests? What's its safety record? How will it protect my child in case of collision?
FDA-Approved Food Packaging Exposes Babies to Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical
Perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel, may be harming your baby's development – and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing it to happen, even in the face of clear health hazards.
Five things you should know about GMOs
Beware Mosquitoes, Even Into Fall
Eight people have died this year from Eastern equine encephalitis, a disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, five to 10 cases of the...
In Ohio, Shady Front Groups Fight Dirty To Attack Grassroots Campaign Against $1 Billion Nuke/Coal Bailout
An ugly political war is raging in Ohio, pitting consumer and environmental advocates against big utilities and dark-money front groups that want to make electricity customers pay more than $1 billion...
In the Southeast, ‘Public Energy Enemy No.1’ Has Lots of Company
EWG and our allies have branded Duke Energy as Public Energy Enemy No. 1 for its short-sighted strategy of continuing to build expensive, polluting coal and natural gas plants instead of fully...
Reverse Osmosis Water Filters: When Are They a Good Choice?
Filtering your drinking water is a good step to take to protect children's health from pollutants in tap water.
EWG News Roundup (10/25): 2019 National Tap Water Database, Nonstick Chemicals Taint Louisville Drinking Water and More
EWG News Roundup (10/25): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
New Studies Show PFAS in Artificial Grass Blades and Backing
Parents and communities have long worried about the health risks of chemicals in synthetic turf made from rubber tires, which can be contaminated with heavy metals and chemicals linked to increased...
EWG News Roundup (11/1): PFAS Tainting Kentucky Water, Coal Giant Files for Bankruptcy and More
EWG News Roundup (11/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
California Continues Its Leadership in Protecting Kids From Environmental Hazards
October was Children's Environmental Health Month in California, a designation made by state legislators to raise awareness about the importance of cleaner air and water, safer food and healthier...
‘Forever Chemicals’ in Over 500 N.J. Water Systems and Sources – More Than 1,000 Contamination Sites Nationwide
The toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been detected in almost 200 New Jersey drinking water systems and groundwater sources, according to the latest state and federal data compiled and...
FOIA Data Show Thousands Exceed Payment Limit for Trump’s Farm Bailout
Nearly 3,500 farms have received more than $125,000 each in bailout payments intended to offset the impacts of President Trump's trade war, according to an EWG analysis of Department of Agriculture...
Top 8 Farm Subsidy Loopholes
Our farm safety net is already so filled with loopholes that the top 3 percent of farms – or about 60,000 farms – receive roughly 40 percent of all farm subsidies.
EWG News Roundup (11/15): Deadly Cleaning Products, Trump EPA’s ‘Unlawful’ Action on Chemical Safety
EWG News Roundup (11/15): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
