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Landmark Study: People in Highly Polluted Areas at Greater Risk of Cancer
Americans who live in highly polluted areas are likely at greater risk of developing cancers, especially breast and prostate cancers, according to a new study from the University of Illinois at...
Will Chemical Safety Law Be Better?
In the coming months, congressional negotiators will try to reconcile two bills aimed at fixing the nation's broken and outdated chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act. As we've made...
Cock-a-doodle-do! Crowing About False Farm Bill Savings
The House Committee on Agriculture, in a recent letter to the budget committee, boasts of being “proud to have made a significant contribution to deficit reduction with the passage of the (2014) farm...
Organic Within Reach
Maryland County Bans Lawn Pesticides — or Does It?
The Montgomery County, Maryland, Council has passed an ordinance banning what it calls “cosmetic pesticides” on private lawns. The devil, however, is in the details. The term “cosmetic” means...
UC Berkeley Scientist Developing Method to Identify Chemicals That May Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Megan Schwarzman, an environmental health researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, has come up with a novel approach to screening synthetic chemicals and pollutants for their potential to...
In Chemical Reform Law A Hidden Bailout for Monsanto’s Pollution
As the New York Times reported today, federal lawmakers may be about to give Monsanto a multi billion-dollar break. H.R. 2576, The TSCA Modernization Act, is a bill designed to update our nation's...
Nationwide Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for Stronger Cosmetics Regulation
Americans overwhelmingly want the government to ensure the safety of the personal care products they buy, according to a new national poll released today by the Mellman Group and American Viewpoint.
The Crop Insurance Industry’s Top Seven Whoppers
The crop insurance industry must be getting desperate. The federal crop insurance program from which this industry profits handsomely is coming under increasing scrutiny. The industry's claims to...
Looking For Healthier Cosmetics? Shop EWG VERIFIED®!
The shampoo you buy at your local drug store must be free of toxic chemicals and safe to use, right? Wrong.
Growing Organic
What Do These Regulatory Rollback Champions Have in Common? Anti-Consumer Donors.
Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., have two things in common.
Crying Wolf
The congressional budget deal signed by President Obama in early November includes a cost-saving measure that trims the profits taxpayers guarantee the crop insurance industry. The guaranteed rate of return of these companies would drop from 14.5 percent to 8.9 percent, saving $3 billion over the next 10 years.
Trump’s Full-Scale War on Food
President Trump is waging a full-scale campaign to roll back decades of progress toward making America's food safer, healthier and more clearly labeled.
Pollution Linked to Lower Odds of Surviving Cancer
Where you live and the quality of the air you breathe can decrease your odds of surviving cancer, according to new research from the University of California, Irvine.
Apply Sunscreen Early and Often, Plus 6 Ways to Layer Skin Protection
By now it's probably second nature to slather on the sunscreen when you're hitting the beach, hanging out by the pool or heading to a Sunday afternoon ballgame.
Crop Insurance
Chemical Companies’ ‘Voluntary’ Clean Ups Are Little More Than Corporate Spin
Last week Chemours – a DuPont spinoff company that inherited liability for some of its parent's nastiest toxic messes – announced "voluntary actions" to clean up and eliminate pollution from a highly...
Why We Don’t Rate Tanning Products in the Guide to Sunscreens
In EWG's 2017 Guide to Sunscreens you may have noticed that our scientists did not evaluate tanning products. We rate a number of sunscreens with bronzers that can give you the appearance of a tan...
When Asbestos is Found in Tween Makeup, It’s Time Congress Acts
When asbestos is found in products children put on their bodies, enough is enough.
Bees at Risk From Neonicotinoid Insecticides
EWG and 122,210 of our supporters are demanding the agency restrict all non-essential uses of neonicotinoids immediately, and take rapid steps to protect the pollinators from these toxic chemicals.
To Save $10 Billion, Cut Subsidies for Big Ag, Not Nutrition for Kids and Seniors
Want to save the taxpayers $10 billion?
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Worried About Contaminants in Your Drinking Water? Skip Bottled Water and Opt for a Home Filter.
Since the release of EWG's National Tap Water Database just over a week ago, this question has been popping up a lot: “What now? Should I switch over to bottled water?”
