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Right now, parents who want to avoid exposing their kids of phthalates have to carefully monitor the toys and children's products their young ones have access to. But when the initiative signed into...

This is not about celebrities. If this was about celebrities, people would say "What do they know?" and "Their job is to entertain, they should just stay out of politics" and "Who do they think they...

Have you ever undressed to shower while on vacation and thought, "Gee, I really wish I didn't have to go to all the trouble of putting this underwear back in my luggage"? No? Me neither. But just in...

Well, biting your nails is never a good habit to pick up, but now it could be down right dangerous for a certain segment of the population in China Taiwan -- specifically those who use nail polish. A...

A little light reading for your Wednesday.

I’m warning you now: read this post and you may find yourself humming a particular song for the rest of the day. Science News has an article this week about human exposure to flame retardants (PBDEs...

As Amanda said, I did go to amazing teach in, Confronting the Global Triple Crisis - Climate Change, Peak Oil, Global Resource Depletion & Extinction, held this weekend in DC. The teach in featured...

In the minutes following the attacks on the World Trade Center, the paramedics, firefighters and others who risked their lives to save others weren’t thinking about the chemical content of the dust...

It's no secret that diacetyl, the chemical that gives butter-flavored microwave popcorn it's buttery-ness, has caused serious and sometimes fatal lung disease in workers in flavoring and popcorn...

When few in America really understand what's at stake in the farm bill, and junk food is trying to run away with the subsidies again, what's a wholesome apple to do? Ask for your help, is what. You...

I went through a phase, around second grade, when all I would take for lunch was peanut butter and jelly (creamy, and mint jelly, please. The green kind. Yes, I did get made fun of). My little sister...

Researchers at the University of Illinois have concluded that antibiotic resistance created by the nearly ubiquitous use of antibiotics on large-scale hog farms is being transferred between organisms...

That babies are being born with man-made chemicals in their bloodstreams isn't news in these parts, but the results of two studies released this month indicate direct physical effects from prenatal...

D.C.'s Water and Sewer Authority put out a warning this month that unsolicited tap water testing kits were being left at the doors of residents in at least one neighborhood. Those who filled the...

Although the revelation that over 1 million pounds of suspect seafood from China was allowed into the country is woefully late, better late than never.

The U.S. government should require labeling and warning systems for products containing bisphenol A (BPA) and the phthalate DEHP, according to researchers at the nonprofit Environment and Human Health...

Two months ago, EWG Founder Ken Cook quipped that the Bush administration's food policy amounted to "hope for good weather." By then, EWG analysts were already hard at work on a report examining the...

How do we know when chemicals are safe enough? When they're safe for kids. This edition of Mixed Greens takes a look at the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act. Plus, the latest from EWG's research team. Mixed...

Okay, there were just too many interesting stories today. I couldn't pick one. Here are a handful, round-up style. In the Midwest, raw sewage, animal manure, fuel and agricultural chemicals are...

Some countries are finding an alternative solution for the lack of farms to fulfill their agricultural needs: they are renting the land from other countries! The new idea has many benefits. It helps...

In 2002, when EWG was first to report that state scientists estimated airborne dust and soot causes more deaths of Californians each year than AIDS, homicide and traffic accidents combined, the press...

Breast cancer survivor Sheryl Crow testified this week before a U.S. House committee supporting the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. The bill would provide $40 million annually for five...