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Asbestos

More health problems for asbestos victims?

Researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered a possible link between asbestos and autoimmune diseases such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.
Research

K-Beauty Trends: Serums, Essences and EWG’s Best Bets

Like K-Pop music and spicy fried chicken, skin care and beauty products from Korea are flooding the American market. U.S. sales of K-beauty products, as they're called, have increased by almost 300 percent in the past two years alone.
Woman putting moisturizer on banner
Research

The "Farm Crisis" Myth

There's a lot of doom and gloom in the air about the state of the farm economy. As commodity prices continue to fall from the historic highs of the last few years, advocates for the agriculture industry have been claiming that growers will have a hard time making ends meet. The House Agriculture Committee has held hearings to “focus on the farm economy,” inviting witnesses from Big Ag to declare

Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Women's Health
Children’s Health

Trump Must Make Safe Drinking Water for Children, Pregnant Women a 'Huge' Priority

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged that providing “crystal clear, clean water” to all Americans will be a top priority of his administration. To make good on his promise, he should adopt the...

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EWG News Roundup (1/6): Kids and Sugar, Avoiding Pesticides and Toxic Teflon

EWG's research on the serious sugar problem in many kids' cereals, published between 2011 and 2014, received renewed attention this week in the media. Other widely covered EWG projects included our...

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Jan. 13)

With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration only a week from today, questions on what environmental policies he will put in place during his first 100 days in office, as well as who he will pick...

Research

Off the Books II: More Secret Chemicals

Code names for untested chemicals, secret production amounts reported by unnamed companies, discharges of undisclosed amounts of pollutants – these occurrences are not the fantastical inventions of some Dr. Seuss book. These are realities currently allowed under the federal Toxic Substances Control Act, commonly referred to as TSCA, which became law in 1976.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

Kids’ Health at Risk Under Trump’s EPA

Last week's confirmation hearing for President Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency underscored the agency's foremost responsibility: protecting the health of America's children...
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Jan. 27)

As President Trump's first week in office comes to an end, a number of startling decisions that could have serious implications for public health and the environment have already come out of the White...

Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Food

Your Game Plan for a Healthier Super Bowl Sunday

When it comes to eating holidays, Super Bowl Sunday comes in second only to Thanksgiving, with some reports suggesting that the average football fan consumes more than 2,400 calories during the game...

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

5 Things to Know About California’s Cleaning Products Disclosure Bill

Many of the supplies we use to clean and freshen our homes and workplaces contain ingredients that could harm our health or the environment. Some products use ingredients that have been linked to...

Research

Food Lobby Spends $101 Million in 2015 to Avert GMO Labeling

Big food and biotechnology companies and trade associations seeking to block labeling of food with genetically modified organisms through a rider in the end-of-the year federal spending bill have reported spending $75.5 million on lobbying from January through September of this year.
Midwest
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (2/17): Pruitt’s Emails, DuPont’s $671M Teflon Settlement and Lead in Lipstick

Today, in a near-partisan vote, Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency. It's no secret that EWG opposed him for the job.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 17)

After today's vote confirming Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a number of troubling questions remain as to his impartiality and his commitment...

Wellness Chat: The Importance Of Nutrition In Cancer Prevention

Wellness Chat is a new EWG series bringing you the latest news on cancer prevention through discussions with experts in the field. Today's guest: Jocelyn Weiss, Ph.D

Research

'Erin Brockovich' Carcinogen in Tap Water of More than 200 Million Americans

In the film "Erin Brockovich," the environmental crusader confronts the lawyer of a power company that polluted the tap water of Hinkley, Calif., with a carcinogenic chemical called chromium-6. When the lawyer picks up a glass of water, Brockovich says: “We had that water brought in ‘specially for you folks. Came from a well in Hinkley.”

Don’t Be Fooled by ‘Green’ Cleaners

Few things are more satisfying than walking into a clean home, but it is important to remember that clean doesn't always mean safe.
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Despite New Safety Law, Chemicals in Cosmetics Still Not Regulated

In June, Congress passed sweeping legislation to update the way chemicals are used in consumer and industrial products. The new law aims to review old chemicals that are already in the marketplace and...

Midwest
Midwest
Midwest
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Data Show Farmers Must Do More to Protect the Environment, Public Health

Across the nation, Americans are seeing the price of farm pollution firsthand in contaminated drinking water, toxic algal blooms and pesticide-laden foods.

Research

California Policy Linked to Higher Flame Retardant Exposures

The new study by EWG and Duke University researchers shows that the exposures to the two chemicals were higher in Calif. than in a similar study done earlier in N.J.
Energy

Carmakers to Trump: Make America Guzzle Again

A week before the election, Reuters reported that new cars are more fuel efficient than ever: You might think carmakers would welcome this news of progress toward cutting the fuel emissions that drive...

Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
Household & Consumer Products

Trump Thinks Asbestos ‘100 Percent Safe’

Our next president thinks asbestos – a carcinogen that kills up to 15,000 Americans a year, with no safe level of exposure – "got a bum rap."

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

Agency Charged with Drinking Water Safety Already Drowning, Mr. Trump

During the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump pledged to residents of Flint, Mich., that the lead crisis that poisoned their drinking water “would have never happened if I were president.”
Toxic Chemicals
Mercury
Food & Water
Food

Mercury in Tuna Plummets As Coal-Fired Power Drops

A bit of good news for seafood lovers: Scientists at Stony Brook University recently reported a notable drop in mercury concentrations in bluefin tuna caught in the Gulf of Maine over the past decade.