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5 Tips for Safer Cell Phone Use During the Covid-19 Pandemic
EWG News Roundup (11/13): What a Biden Presidency Means for Food and Toxics, Studies Show PFAS Harm Immune System and More
EWG News Roundup (11/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
PFAS Chemicals Harm the Immune System, Decrease Response to Vaccines, New EWG Review Finds
Toxic PFAS chemicals, notorious for contaminating drinking water supplies across the U.S., are harmful to nearly every human organ, and the immune system is particularly vulnerable. PFAS mixtures...
How Can the Biden Administration Fix America’s Broken Food System?
The staggering number of food and farm workers who have died from Covid-19 has laid bare the Trump administration's disastrous policies on food and farm issues.
How Will the Biden Administration Tackle ‘Forever Chemicals’?
No candidate for president has ever pledged to make the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS a priority – until now.
BPA Update: Tracking the Canned Food Phaseout
EWG News Roundup (10/30): EPA Extends the Use of Harmful Pesticide, DuPont Still Discharges PFOA and More
Why Are DuPont and Chemours Still Discharging the Most Notorious ‘Forever Chemical’?
The Big Bang of the nationwide “forever chemicals” crisis was the revelation in 2001 that PFOA, a toxic compound used to make Teflon, had contaminated the drinking water for 70,000 people near a...
Trump’s Ag Secretary Wants EU To Have Polluted Water, Too
President Donald Trump and his secretary of agriculture have a message for Europeans: We want you to drink polluted water too.
EWG News Roundup (10/23): Inside the FDA’s Failure To Ban Toxic Hair Straighteners, How the Supreme Court Could Dismantle Environmental Law and More
For Cancer Defense, the Future of Protein is Green
UPDATE: Little Progress from Trump’s EPA on Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’
Timeline: The FDA’s failure to regulate ‘Brazilian blowout’ hair treatments
‘Let’s Just Ban the Damn Ingredient’: Inside FDA Scientists’ Failed Attempt To Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Treatments
As reported by The New York Times today, newly released emails show that in 2015 and 2016, Food and Drug Administration scientists urged the agency to ban toxic formaldehyde in hair-smoothing products...
The End of Environmental Law as We Know It
The Senate will almost certainly vote next week to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Because of the way she sees the role of government, her confirmation could mark the end of...
EWG News Roundup (10/16): 200 Million Americans Likely Have PFAS in Their Water, Solar Conquers Coal and More
Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
As Algae Season Ends, the Toll: More Than 400 Outbreaks in 2020
Giant Potato Grower Threatens What’s Left of Our Land
The White Earth Reservation, in Minnesota, where I was born and live, was created in 1867 by a treaty between the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the U.S. government. The original reservation...
5 Things To Avoid in Your Personal Care Products If You’re Pregnant or Trying To Get Pregnant
If you're pregnant, or trying to become pregnant, it's likely you're considering how to limit your exposure to toxic chemicals. After all, you no longer have just your health to think about, you also...
Get Big or Get Out: How Trump’s Farm Bailouts Are Fueling Farm Consolidation
While visiting Wisconsin last year, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said farmers should “get big or get out.” The Trump administration's bailout program seems designed to do just that.