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EWG’s quick and dirty guide to spring cleaning

LEER EN ESPAÑOL It’s that time of year when people jump on the idea of spring cleaning – getting rid of clutter and thoroughly scrubbing their living spaces. And that means hauling out the cleaning...
Spraying a counter
Conservation

EWG's climate- and nutrient-smart CSP practices list

Practice or enhancement code

Practice or enhancement name

E612133X1

Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings

E612D

Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings

E528O

Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality
Corn field

Part I: Nutrition

The general perception of the plant-forward food lifestyle is positive. But there’s evidence of barriers, including health concerns. So it is important to understand that evidence supports the nutrition adequacy of a whole foods plant-forward way of eating. We observe some deficiencies when energy intake is inadequate – in the vegan diet, compared to varied vegetarian diets, when a diet includes too many ultra-processed foods instead of whole foods. But generally there is consensus that if a plant-based diet is well planned and supported by supplements, when necessary, people can get the nutrition they need, whatever their age.
Plant based report

Part II: Life cycle

Food choice has a critical role to play in every stage of life and is one of the most important determinants of health outcome. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a well-planned whole foods plant-forward diet can meet “the nutrient needs and promote normal growth at all stages of the life cycle including pregnancy and lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adults, and for athletes.”
Plant based report
Personal Care Products
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Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
PFAS Chemicals

Frightful ingredients hiding in Halloween face paint

With Halloween around the corner, many kids will use face paint as the perfect finishing touch for their costumes. It’s a popular alternative to costume masks, which can obscure children’s vision on...

Child with Halloween facepaint on

EWG news roundup (10/28): Industry sidesteps EPA’s PFAS reporting requirements, face paint and food chemicals spark Halloween scares and more

EWG news roundup (10/28): ​​​​​​​Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
California

California’s middle-income residents outpace wealthy in rooftop solar installations in 2021

Middle-income and working-class Californians represented by far the largest block of the million-plus households in the state that installed rooftop solar in 2021, according to a new Lawrence Berkeley...

Governor Newsom Calls for a Windfall Tax to Put Record Oil Profits Back in Californians’ Pockets

September 30, 2022

Windfall profits on typewriter

Daily retail gas price tracker for the U.S.: Source U.S. Energy Information Agency

 
Gas prices rising in California
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
California

California’s latest rooftop solar proposal favors monopoly utilities over the competition – their customers

California regulators today proposed changing the state’s popular rooftop solar program largely to benefit monopoly utilities like Pacific Gas & Electric, making it more expensive for working- and...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG comments on the WHO proposed guidelines for PFOA and PFOS contamination of drinking water

The Environmental Working Group submitted comments on the flawed World Health Organization draft guidelines for allowable levels of PFOA and PFOS contamination in drinking water. In October, EWG also...

Food & Water
Food
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products

EWG’s 2022 gift guide

Choosing a gift for someone is challenging enough without the added worry of whether the item you’re buying is full of potentially harmful chemicals.

Gift

EWG news roundup (11/18): California’s disappointing rooftop solar proposal, EWG’s 2022 holiday gift guide and more

EWG news roundup (11/18): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
Research

Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields may affect heart health, new EWG analysis finds

Electromagnetic radiation in the radiofrequency range emitted by cell phones, tablets and other wireless communication devices is absorbed by the human body and may affect heart health, according to a new EWG analysis.
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Skin Deep and Healthy Home Tips Across the Web

News coverage of EWG topics including cosmetics and household toxins appeared across the web from sites including the Los Angeles Times, Shine by Yahoo!, and Prevention. EWG released a statement on a...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Women's Health
Toxic Chemicals
Phthalates

Hiding in household products: Study links phthalates to uterine fibroids

A new study finds exposure to the harmful class of chemicals known as phthalates poses particular risks for women. These substances lurk in many household items people use every day, including...
Person applying perfume

EWG applauds Hochul for enacting first-in-U.S. freeze on cryptocurrency mining

The Environmental Working Group today applauds New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, for signing into law a bill that places a two-year pause on cryptocurrency mining in the state. It’s the first...
Crypto mine
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead

Thousands of sippy cups and bottles recalled due to lead poisoning hazard

On November 23, the baby product company Green Sprouts issued a voluntary recall of more than 10,000 stainless steel bottles and sippy cups because of lead poisoning concerns.
Child drinking from sippy cup
Farming & Agriculture
Factory Farms
2,4-D
Regional Issues
North Carolina

New EWG research finds many North Carolina factory farms are at risk of flooding

A new Environmental Working Group geospatial analysis finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they...

EWG news roundup (12/2): Lead recall of stainless steel bottles and sippy cups, factory farms in North Carolina at flood risk and more

On Thursday, EWG released a new geospatial analysis that finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they...

EWG weekly news roundup
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG applauds North Carolina court denying Chemours’ motion to dismiss ‘forever chemicals’ lawsuit

A Superior Court in North Carolina on Thursday denied a motion by the chemical giant Chemours to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the company over its years of releasing the “forever chemicals” known...
Energy

EWG testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety on the impacts of crypto-mining

Attached is EWG’s testimony for the record to the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate and Nuclear Safety hearing on the air, climate and environmental impacts of...
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

Runaway farm subsidies, not SNAP spending, are the real problem

Some people think the biggest problem facing legislators updating this year’s farm bill is that we’re spending too much on feeding too many hungry people.

Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Setting the record straight on EWG’s funding and Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

In what has become an annual ritual, in recent weeks the 2023 EWG Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™has been the target of attacks on social media by uninformed people and groups. We trust our...