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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...
The new year is the perfect time to revamp your fragrance collection. But traditional perfumes often hide ingredients
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...
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...
New Year, fresh start ✨
If a home refresh is on your 2026 to-do list, start with these EWG Verified®
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...
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 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)...
Honoring Environmentalist and Philanthropist Richard Goldman
Richard Goldman, who died in San Francisco Monday (Nov. 29) at the age of 90, was a pioneer environmentalist and philanthropist who believed passionately in the power of the individual.
European Union Stands Up for Infants
Just a week after a few members of Congress buckled to chemical industry interests and blocked language that would have banned BPA from baby bottles and sippy cups, the European Union is showing the...
Polluting babies? It just takes a phone call
Raw political power was on display last week in the U.S. Senate. The "world's greatest deliberative body" had just completed two years of negotiations over legislation to safeguard the nation's food...
On Turkeys: Arsenic In, Arsenic Out
By Lisa Frack, with Sonya Lunder and Rebecca Sutton, PhD There's a lot to think about when you're buying that Thanksgiving turkey: how many pounds for the number of guests, how far in advance you need...
On BPA: Protecting the Bottom Line Over Public Health
Thanks to the tireless work and dogged determination of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and her tremendous staff, there was a deal this week -- after months of negotiations -- to include some...
Encourage California to Green its Cleaners - and its Air
Good news: There's a surprising silver (er, green) lining to California's infamous smog problem.
Why do blowouts take so long to fix?
Blowouts can be as diverse as a shredded rear tire on a busy interstate, BP's infamous spew of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, or, we've recently learned, a hair-straightening concoction from California...
Anything gross in YOUR beauty products?
Enviroblog readers are fully aware that there are toxic chemicals in personal care products, and many turn to EWG's Cosmetics Database to find less toxic products.
Katy Farber: The Toxic Chemicals in Me
Having written about toxins in toys, vitamins, children's products, and food for two years on my blog, Non-Toxic Kids, well, I needed to put up or shut up, to say it simply.
Test your knowledge of cosmetics safety: 8 myths debunked
The new Story of Cosmetics video explains why personal care products in the United States contain untested and downright dangerous ingredients.
Farm Subsidies 101: For eaters, not policy wonks
There's a lot of talk these days about healthy food, sustainable farming, organics, and buying local. A lot.
Transcript of EWG podcast ‘Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 39
In this podcast episode , EWG President and co-Founder Ken Cook talks with Will Westmoreland, a farmer from Missouri with 25 years of experience working on rural campaigns, elections and the land...
California bill to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products heads to governor
It would be a major public health move, getting PFAS out of cookware and more
Research
Fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ drives major source of farm greenhouse gases, but conservation can help
Millions of acres in four major Corn Belt states are used to grow "continuous corn” on the same fields year after year, requiring significant use of nitrogen fertilizer . This generates greenhouse gas emissions that are a major part of agriculture's share of U.S. climate pollution. Some conservation practices can help to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted when growing continuous corn
PFAS in drinking water: What you need to know
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving to weaken national drinking water limits on the toxic “ forever chemicals ” known as PFAS. You may be asking: With federal safeguards at risk, how can I...
