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Marketing claims about the source, safety and effectiveness of personal care products and their ingredients often aren't worth the labels they're printed on.

If the Environmental Working Group were to assign a book for parents and expectant parents, it would be “Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know.”

EWG News Roundup (1/24): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

This week, EWG scientists evaluated eight cleaning products recommended by the "Today" show to see how well they stacked up according to EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning.

Menstrual care products may be an important source of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, according to two new studies that add to the mounting evidence.

Recent tests indicate high levels of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in a brand of menstrual underwear called Thinx. The brand is advertised as "Organic Cotton Underwear" and touts its...

The Environmental Protection Agency's announcement that it will take long overdue next steps toward a drinking water standard for PFOA and PFOS, two of the most toxic fluorinated chemicals known as...

Three years into President Trump's administration, the Union of Concerned Scientists, or UCS, has taken an in-depth look at the impact on children's health. The findings are bleak.

Frequent use of cleaning products in the home may increase a baby's risk of developing asthma and chronic wheezing during early childhood, and could be an important area for respiratory health...

More carbon dioxide emissions come from transportation than from generating power, according to the federal Energy Information Administration. In 2017, transportation accounted for 29 percent of total...

On Thursday, EWG released an updated map that shows toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS are now confirmed or suspected at 678 military installations.

According to a New York Times story published today [link], contaminants such as mercury, lead and bacteria, and other banned ingredients, are showing up in an alarming number of imported personal...

It's no secret that pee finds its way into swimming pools. In fact, the typical residential pool contains about two gallons of urine. What's worse, there are other, more alarming contaminants lurking...

Farm bailout payments intended to offset the impacts of President Trump's trade war have instead flowed to more than 1,000 “city slickers” who live in the nation's largest cities, an EWG analysis of...

The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic has never been clearer. One in five American children are struggling with hunger. Thousands of food and farm workers have contracted COVID-19 and hundreds have...

For people who live near industrial animal feedlots, the stench, flies and day-and-night rumbling of trucks are more than a nuisance that impairs the use and enjoyment of their own property...

It's no secret that children love sweets – and that parents often try to limit the sugary treats their kids consume, because of the range of health concerns, not to mention dental bills, associated...

One of the nation's largest industrial agriculture operations is hiding behind a small family farm to try to avoid environmental oversight of a plan to clear-cut pristine Minnesota forestland for a...

Seven months into the Covid-19 pandemic, most states still have not issued mandatory protections for farmworkers, even as cases continue to rise, according to an updated EWG analysis of state...

More than 22 million American households now qualify for federal food assistance, according to the Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service ­– an increase of almost 3.4 million...

The White Earth Reservation, in Minnesota, where I was born and live, was created in 1867 by a treaty between the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the U.S. government. The original reservation...

Although not yet as pervasive as outbreaks at meatpacking facilities, COVID-19 is on the rise at America's food processing facilities. EWG's search of news stories published from March 14 to June 8...