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NDAA can protect service members by requiring safer cleaning products at DOD

Congress can improve health protection for military service members, their families and civilian workers at Department of Defense facilities by passing the fiscal year 2025 National Defense...

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products

Prime day: Eco-friendly and nontoxic deals

Escaping plastic and chemicals can seem impossible – the world is producing more single-use plastic than ever at 139 million tons, according to some reports. And an estimated 97 percent of Americans...
Prime day
Personal Care Products
Family Health
Women's Health
Toxic Chemicals

Multiple metals detected in tampons, new study finds

Sixteen potentially harmful metals can be found in tampons sold by over a dozen unique brands, a new study finds, highlighting concerns about exposure for people who use them.

Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Clean slate: Choosing better stain removers for a healthier home

Summer is officially here, and with it the joys of children playing outside, exploring and – inevitably – getting dirty. These outdoor activities are good for kids’ health and development, but they...
Stain
Farming & Agriculture
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

New EWG report finds toxic pesticide spray risks near thousands of elementary schools

More than 4,000 elementary schools across the U.S. are located within spitting distance of farm fields where toxic pesticides are likely sprayed, a new Environmental Working Group analysis shows.
Food & Water
Food

Salad bars surge in D.C. schools

Local bok choy and baby spinach, a mesclun mix with mandarin oranges and broccoli florets topped with Asian chicken strips. No, it's not the lunch menu at Chez Panisse, the influential organic...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals

What is TCE? Learn about this notorious chemical and the EPA’s proposed ban

The Biden Environmental Protection Agency proposed a long-overdue ban on most uses of trichloroethylene in October. But what is this chemical and why is it concerning?
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals

Tap water of more than 19 million Americans polluted by ‘Civil Action’ carcinogen that EPA is poised to ban

A new interactive map details where drinking water supplies for more than 19 million Americans are contaminated with trichloroethylene, or TCE – a cancer-causing industrial solvent made notorious by...
Personal Care Products

It’s no-shave November, not no-care November: Caring for your facial hair

For millions of men all over the country, it’s the hairiest time of the year. Whether they’re growing mustaches for Movember or leaving their facial hair untouched for No Shave November it’s safe to...
Man adding lotion to beard
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Toxic Chemicals

Safer storage: Avoiding microplastic concerns while managing holiday leftovers

As the holidays approach, our kitchens are warming with festive feasts for friends and loved ones. The joy of preparing and indulging in holiday delicacies is often followed by the challenge of...
Person microwaving leftovers
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Ignoring NuScale blunder, Duke Energy set to squander hundreds of millions on non-existent small nuclear technology

Unfazed by the termination of NuScale Power’s multimillion-dollar wasteful Utah small nuclear reactor, or SMR, project in early November, Duke Energy is pushing ahead with a plan to waste potentially...

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

EWG recognizes Congress for taking steps to address ‘forever chemicals’ in NDAA

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Working Group applauds Congress for including several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2024 to tackle the toxic “ forever...
Family Health
Toxic Chemicals
BPA
PFAS Chemicals
Phthalates

Sweater weather worries: What to know before you layer up

As temperatures drop and holiday shopping kicks into high gear, it’s time to talk about the many chemicals that might lurk in the clothes filling your gift bags.

Family making holiday cookies

Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 45

In this podcast episode, EWG President and co-Founder Ken Cook talks with Matt Randolph, aka Mr. Global. Randolph has more than 33 years of experience in the oil and gas sector, including his work as...

EWG Verified® eye make up

The holiday season calls for a little extra sparkle, minus the questionable ingredients ✨👀

We’ve rounded up a few EWG Verified® eye

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Lead
Food & Water
Water

Progress: Less lead allowed in water pipes

On Jan. 4, President Obama signed into law theReduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act. The law will reduce the amount of lead allowed in faucets and plumbing fixtures to a tiny fraction of the old...
Personal Care Products
Sunscreen
Family Health
Women's Health
Children’s Health

FDA proposes approval of long-sought sunscreen ingredient bemotrizinol

WASHINGTON – A milestone was reached today that could finally bring U.S. consumers access to the type of modern, more effective sun protection used abroad for decades: The Food and Drug Administration...

Mother applying sunscreen to child

EWG Verified® fragrances

The new year is the perfect time to revamp your fragrance collection. But traditional perfumes often hide ingredients

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Food
Ultra-Processed Foods
Food Chemicals

EWG testimony before the Indiana House Committee on Education on HB 1137, to ban 13 harmful food chemicals from being served at schools

Good morning. My name is Scott Faber and I am testifying this morning on behalf of the Environmental Working Group. I am also an adjunct professor of food law at Georgetown University Law Center...

Food
Ultra-Processed Foods
Food Chemicals

EWG statement on Indiana bill to ban 13 harmful chemicals from school food

INDIANAPOLIS – On Jan. 22, the Indiana House passed a bill , introduced by Indiana Rep. Julie McGuire (R-District 93), to protect school children in the state from harmful food chemicals. If enacted...

EWG Verified® cleaning products

New Year, fresh start ✨

If a home refresh is on your 2026 to-do list, start with these EWG Verified®

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
PFAS Chemicals

EWG statement on EPA’s plan to end animal testing

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it is moving forward to end mammalian animal testing. The planned phaseout revives a policy proposed under the first Trump...
Pesticides
Food

Big Ag's "Celery Calculator" Lowballs Pesticide Risk

Big agribusiness is up in arms over The Dirty Dozen, Environmental Working Group's list of fresh fruits and vegetables that are most likely to carry pesticide residues.
Food

Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands

At least 5,000 Americans - most of them young children, the elderly and the sick - die every year from eating contaminated food, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...