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Some BB and CC Creams Can Reduce Toxic Exposures
A new analysis by Environmental Working Group of 100 BB (beauty balm) and CC (color corrector or complexion corrector) creams concludes that they may expose users to fewer toxic chemicals than the...
California Finalizes Stronger, Healthier Fire Safety Rules
Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to revise regulations that led manufacturers to add large amounts of toxic fire retardants to foam furniture sold in California “is a public health victory for all...
Shopping For Cosmetics? Take EWG’s Skin Deep App
Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep App is here! EWG's popular online consumer guide to more than 78,000 personal care products is now available as an App for the iPhone and Android.
EWG Seeks Records on White House, EPA Retreat on Chemical Safety Initiatives
he Environmental Working Group has submitted Freedom of Information Act requests to the White House to learn whether industry improperly influenced the government's decision to drop two proposals to...
House Hearing on Chemical Safety Bill Showcases Doubts
A hearing at the House Energy and Commerce environment subcommittee yesterday surfaced deep doubts about a chemical industry-backed bill introduced earlier this year in the Senate to update the nation...
EWG Calls on House to Embrace Real Chemical Policy Reform
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act proposed in the Senate “fails to protect public health and the environment and allows chemical companies to keep conducting business as usual, which is the reason...
EWG's “Dirty Dozen” list of hormone-disrupting chemicals
EWG and the Keep A Breast Foundation today released a guide to educate consumers about some of the most problematic hormone-altering chemicals that people are routinely exposed to. EWG parntered with...
State “Clean Up” Plan Could Leave 24 Million Californians Exposed to Potent Carcinogen
Walmart Plans to Curb Risky Chemicals in Store Items
Today's announcement by mega-retailer Walmart that it will require suppliers to limit or eliminate some chemicals from products it sells shows that consumer awareness of toxic exposure risks is...
White House Bows to Chemical Companies
At the behest of the chemical industry, the Obama administration today backed off its effort to regulate a handful of widely used and highly toxic substances found in many consumer goods.
EWG’s Cook Scores Industry-Backed Chemicals Bill
Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today that toxic chemicals “are polluting people's bodies – our blood, our fatty tissue and even...
EWG’s Guide to Better Bug Repellents
As Americans confront Lyme disease, West Nile virus and other serious bug-borne diseases, Environmental Working Group's new guide helps consumers find more effective, less toxic bug repellents.
EWG Urges Congress To Require Safety Tests of New Chemicals
Heather White, executive director of the Environmental Working Group, told a House hearing today that under current law chemical manufacturers can market new chemicals without giving federal...
California Environment, Law Enforcement Officials Warn Senators About Federal Chemicals Bill
Over the last several weeks, officials of the three state agencies charged with protecting California residents from toxic chemical exposures have issued stark warnings about legislation recently...
Poison in the Pipeline: The Toxic Risk of Keystone XL
Independent lab tests of a sample taken from a tar sands oil spill earlier this year in Arkansas detected several highly toxic chemicals, according to a new report by Environmental Working Group...
EWG Establishes Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Technology and Digital Mobilization
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Environmental Working Group, the nation's leading environmental health research and advocacy organization, has established its own “genius” award to honor...
Wave of Opposition to Senate Chemicals Bill Swells from Public Interest Groups, Legal Scholars
Dozens of public interest organizations and legal scholars today sent letters to Congressional leaders expressing their unified opposition to the industry-backed Chemical Safety Improvement Act...
California Official Says Senate Chemical Safety Bill Would ‘Cripple’ State’s Toxics Controls
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has warned Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, that the Chemical Safety Improvement Act...
EWG President Ken Cook Remembers the Life and Work of Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Environmental Working Group President and co-founder Ken Cook issued the following statement on the passing of Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) whose long and distinguished career protecting the...
Canada plans strong sunscreen warnings
The Canadian government has proposed sunscreen rules much stronger than those governing U.S. sunscreens. Because numerous companies are major players in both the Canadian and United States markets, if...