Search

Areas of Focus

Expand All
Areas of Focus
 

Displaying 2977 - 3000 of 7921

Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

Why is EWG talking about cryptocurrency and climate change?

Climate change affects almost every aspect of our life. EWG is talking about cryptocurrency because how the industry generates new cryptocurrency and validates those transactions can significantly...

Crypto mine

EWG news roundup (3/25): Federal crop insurance linked to climate crisis, the meaning of EU ban on controversial cosmetic ingredient and more

EWG news roundup (3/25): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

EWG: EPA must do more to prioritize ‘forever chemicals’ spending

The Environmental Working Group today thanked President Joe Biden for making the toxic forever chemicals known as “PFAS” a priority in his fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Environmental...
Faucet with running water
Food & Water
Food
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

What are PFAS chemicals?

The ‘forever chemicals’ in 99% of Americans

Hundreds of everyday products are made with highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS. They build up in our bodies and never break down in the environment. Very small doses of PFAS have been linked to cancer, reproductive and immune system harm, and other diseases.

For decades, chemical companies covered up evidence of PFAS’ health hazards. Today

Frying pan over fire
Food & Water
Food
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Protect yourself from PFAS

PFAS contaminates public drinking water systems serving at least 19 million people in 49 states. This interactive map from EWG and the Social Science Health and Environmental Health Research Institute shows where PFAS has been detected in drinking water.
Hands at a concert
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

What are PFAS? Defining per- and polyfluoroalkyl ether acids

What are “forever chemicals”?
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

It’s time to reform the Conservation Reserve Program – but not for the reason you might think

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was right to reject efforts this week to allow farmers to plow up lands enrolled in the Agriculture Department’s Conservation Reserve Program, or CRP, to grow more...

Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
Chemical Policy

EWG statement on EPA proposal to ban ongoing uses of asbestos

Today the Environmental Protection Agency announced that it is proposing a rule to ban ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos. This is also the first rule the agency has proposed under the revised Toxic...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals

Gallup: Contaminated drinking water tops list of public's environmental concerns

Polluted drinking water is the leading cause of U.S. adults’ concerns about the environment, according to a new nationwide survey by Gallup of more than 1,000 people from every state and the District...
Girl drinking water
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Family Health
Women's Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Why does EWG release its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ each year?

With its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, released almost every year since 2004, EWG’s goal is to educate the public about pesticides on popular fruits and vegetables, so consumers can make...

Child eating apple
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

EWG speech at AEI on climate and agriculture

EWG Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Scott Faber delivered the following remarks before the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, April 12, 2022.

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Women's Health
Toxic Chemicals

Addressing misinformation on the internet about EWG’s ratings systems

A recent viral social media post about a Bath & Body Works air freshener makes inaccurate and misleading allegations about EWG’s product ratings systems.
Research

Climate crisis-linked extreme weather in the Midwest shows why the Crop Insurance Program urgently needs reform

Farmers both contribute to the climate crisis – they’re responsible for producing at least 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions – and they can also be devastated by its harmful effects, with extreme weather commonly destroying crop yields.
Flooded barn
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Duke Energy reports just over 5 percent electricity from wind and solar in 2021, despite clean energy claims

Duke Energy claims its growth of renewable energy sources “soared” in 2021, but the company generated just 5.4 percent of its electricity from wind and solar last year, according to a report the...
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

EWG, others urge New York Senate to pass two-year pause on fossil-fuel intensive bitcoin mining

The New York State Assembly passed legislation on Tuesday that would impose a two-year pause on new “proof of work” cryptocurrency mining operations in the state that rely on electricity from fossil...
Crypto mine
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Family Health
Women's Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EPA to suspend all uses of widely used weedkiller over risks to fetus, thyroid function

The Environmental Protection Agency intends to suspend all future uses of a toxic weedkiller that scientific research has shown to cause harm to the developing fetus and problems associated with...
Food & Water
Food

Type 3 Diabetes?

I try to maintain my health with the long game in mind, in the hope that one day I'll be able to enjoy my golden years - physically and mentally. Of course, there are a lot of miles to travel between...
Research

Explosion of Unregulated Factory Farms in Maumee Watershed Fuels Lake Erie’s Toxic Blooms

The Maumee River, overloaded with fertilizer and manure, is the single largest source of the phosphorus that triggers blooms of toxic algae in Lake Erie. Over half of the manure in the Maumee River watershed comes from an exploding number of unregulated factory farms, a new EWG and Environmental Law & Policy Center investigation reveals.
Research

Double trouble: Wisconsin's land and water are inundated with pollution from animal manure and excess farm fertilizer

A new investigation by the Environmental Working Group and Midwest Environmental Advocates finds that in nine Wisconsin counties, farmers are overapplying both commercial fertilizer and animal manure to their cropland, causing a crisis of land and water pollution from the chemicals nitrogen and phosphorus.
Truck applying manure
Food & Water
Food
Food Chemicals

Is your CBD latte safe? Don’t ask the FDA

The use of cannabidiol, or CBD, in food and drink has exploded since Congress legalized hemp production and delisted CBD as a controlled substance, in 2018. Today it’s added to lattes, tea, kombucha...

Latte with leaf art
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

CDC finds high levels of ‘forever chemical' PFHxS in blood

High levels of a “toxic forever” chemical used in firefighting foam have been found in the blood of residents of a West Virginia community near an Air National Guard base.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG: At least 1,500 U.S. textile mills likely dischargers of ‘forever chemicals’

The Environmental Working Group has identified more than 1,500 textile mills that may be releasing the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that are responsible for contaminating drinking water...
Textile mill
Energy
California

Drilling Rigs: Not So Pretty In Pink

I almost spilled my coffee the day I clicked the link in my morning email to an article in the Norman, Okla. newspaper headlined, "Drilling rig to raise awareness of breast cancer."
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Greener Holiday Dishwashing with EWG

Having guests around during the holiday season? Inviting them to hang out in your kitchen? Setting out munchies? Cooking an entire humongous festive holiday meal Feeding hordes of kids on break or...