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After intense lobbying by the chemical industry, last week the Environmental Protection Agency signaled plans to delay or scrap proposed bans on some uses of the drinking water contaminant made...

Mixtures of chemicals commonly found in consumer products are more likely to increase breast cancer risk than the same chemicals individually, according to a new analysis. But safety tests by...

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Kids are more vulnerable to damage from the sun than adults. A few blistering sunburns in childhood can double a person's lifetime chances of developing serious forms of skin cancer.

Children are exposed to brominated and organophosphate flame retardants from nap mats at child care centers, but switching to mats without the chemicals reduces kids' exposures, according to a new...

More than 60 nations have banned all uses of asbestos. Shockingly, the U.S. isn't one of them. The nation's new toxics law gives the Environmental Protection Agency the power to completely ban the...

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On Tuesday, Kourtney Kardashian joined EWG President Ken Cook on Capitol Hill to brief reporters and congressional staffers about EWG's #BeautyMadeBetter campaign.

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New federally funded research links low doses of bisphenol A with a sharp increase in breast tumors in laboratory animals.

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On Wednesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed the first state law to ban toxic fluorinated chemicals in food packaging, such as microwave popcorn bags, pizza boxes and fast-food wrappers.

In a groundbreaking move, California has proposed that carpets and rugs containing the stain-resistant fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS should be considered a priority product under the state's...

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Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt just released his list of “accomplishments” as he marks his first year as administrator of the agency.

The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, is thought to be the first to assess occupational or domestic cleaning product exposure as it relates to the...

In his first year as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has spent almost a quarter of a million dollars on first-class seats, military and charter jets, a private phone...

The full-page ad on the back of this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is supposed to be funny.