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Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 62
Menopause affects every woman who lives to midlife, and yet it is understudied and undertreated – a research gap that many attribute to medical bias. In today’s episode, Ken is joined by Dr. Lauren...
Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 67
A bill to ease Californians’ access to balcony solar, also called plug-in PV, just cleared the state Legislature and is now sitting on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk. If he signs the bill, SB 868...
Being in the game is one thing. Changing it is another.
Changing a baby's diaper...it can be more of a public service than anything else. I'll never forget when I did it on a non-stop flight from Newark, NJ to Japan with two young boys.
Toxic Waters: Hear it for yourself
Back in September we wrote here about a West Virginia family with really, really toxic tap water. We learned about the Hall-Massey family's tragic situation in the New York Times' excellent...
School cleaning supplies: Plenty toxic but very fixable
Baking soda, vinegar and plain soap are my cleaning supplies at home - plus a little elbow grease. I don't use conventional cleaners for a reason: I don't know what's in them (very weak labeling laws)...
Toxic chemicals and you: In search of 'safe'
140,321,493 searches have been requested on EWG's Skin Deep cosmetics safety database since 2004 - and counting. That's a lot of searches, by a lot of people seeking safer personal care products...
Healthy Home Tip 5: Another reason to wash those hands
With one case of kid flu and another serious case of coughing and sneezing in the house this week, our family is hand washing like never before. Parents included.
Peach & Pesticide Pie: a summer favorite?
Late summer produce harvest season is in full swing. Nothing should stand between you and all the peaches, berries, and tomatoes you can eat.
The greatest advertising trick of all time
We've studied bottled water a lot. You've probably seen our recent report on inadequate labeling (and our search tool for identifying better-labeled brands), and you might even have heard our...
Tell Del Monte: No more BPA!
Several months ago, EWG helped break news of a secret meeting convened at a fancy private club in Washington, where lobbyists from the chemical industry and food companies hatched a plot to mislead...
Sunscreen series: You've found the perfect sunscreen, now what?
By this point in the summer you've probably thoroughly researched and hunted down just the sunscreen you want. If you haven't, quick, it's already August! Read our sunscreen report and use our search...
Eden Foods: A BPA-Free Pioneer
No one is more pleased to see the hazards of Bisphenol A in the spotlight than Mike Potter, father of six, grandfather of four, and founder and president of Eden Foods.
Find your sunscreen in EWG's 2009 report
This week my family is vacationing, like many American families, and we're doing our best to play outside - a lot. Which, of course, means we're in the sun. And since we're from Oregon, our skin isn't...
About BPA: Do you feel lucky?
Clint Eastwood/Harry Callahan's pithy question rings in my head, every time I read the chemical lobby's defense of bisphenol A(BPA), a high-volume industrial plastics chemical.
EWG's Healthy Home Tip 1: Choose better body care products
Most people use around 10 personal care products every day with an average of 126 unique ingredients. The government's NOT protecting us. We'd like to believe that the government is policing the...
Beijing Games Had Worst Air Pollution Ever
Remember the Chinese government's draconian crackdown on air pollution before the 2008 Olympics?
It's practically summer: Quick, grab the (safe) sunscreen
Every year about this time we get a note from our preschool asking parents to either sign off on the school's sunscreen application regimen (their brand) or to bring your own. We've always brought our...
Help EWG Bottled Water Research (and win a prize!)
"Purified by equatorial winds." "Pure as the driven snow." "Resonates with the energy and frequency of well-being." Your ... bottled water?
Science update: More proof that BPA leaches from bottle to body
Whenever researchers find more evidence that a substance in common use is toxic, the chemical lobby's reflexive rejoinder is that there's still no proof it harms people, as opposed to cells in culture...
China-made toys contaminated with fire retardants
Special to Enviroblog by David Andrews, EWG Staff Scientist I have a 9 month-old son who is teething. It is nearly impossible to keep him from trying to chew on the TV, computer, remote, vacuum...
Not So Bulletproof
Special to Enviroblog by Don Carr, EWG Press Secretary The notion that proven and clean renewable energy technologies like solar and wind can be the driver for American energy independence took a hit...
Here come the plastics ambassadors!
Good news, everyone! The Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council and the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. are rolling out a new ' plastics ambassador' program. You'll be happy to...
Let's talk mercury with the experts: In S.F.
With all the recent talk about safe levels of mercury in fish, why not learn more about it from the experts? Join EWG and Earthjustice for a fascinating evening with Dr. Jane Hightower, author of the...