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Choosing a Safe Mattress for Your Baby's Crib
During the first few years of their lives, infants can spend most of their time sleeping or crawling in the crib. Choosing children's products that are good for air quality in the baby's room can be a...
Study: Phaseout of Teflon Chemical Has Likely Averted Thousands of Low-Weight Births and Saved Billions in Health Care Costs
The phaseout of a hazardous chemical formerly used to make Teflon has likely prevented thousands of low-weight births in the U.S. each year, saving billions of dollars in health care costs, says a new...
Nonstick Chemicals in Your Drinking Water
How many times a day do you drink water? Cook with it? Brush your teeth with it? Offer some to your children?
Is Fluoride in Drinking Water Healthy for Kids?
EWG recommends breastfeeding if possible for at least the first 12 months of life.
5 Ways to Avoid Artificial Colors in Food Targeted to Your Kids
Supermarket aisles and television commercials are full of brightly colored foods. These vibrant hues catch kids' eyes. But are they healthy?
How to Avoid Pesticides While Pregnant
Are you pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant? Now's the time to start limiting your exposure to pesticides.
Avoid These Common Sources of Lead Exposure
There is no safe level of exposure to lead, especially for kids.
How to Improve Air Quality at Your Child’s School
A healthy, resting adult takes 12 to 20 breaths per minute. Children, from school-age to preschoolers and younger, take many more. It's normal for a toddler to take twice as many breaths as an adult...
Kids Still at Risk From Rocket Fuel Chemical in Food and Water
In 2006, I sent samples of my breast milk and my infant son's urine to researchers investigating a rocket fuel chemical that can permanently harm the developing brains of fetuses and young children.
Despite EPA Knowledge of Health Hazards, Fracking Chemicals Remain Secret
The Environmental Protection Agency knows that dozens of the chemicals used in fracking pose health hazards. The agency not only allows their use, but also lets the oil and gas industry keep the...
World Health Organization Urges Farmers to Stop Overusing Antibiotics in Livestock
EWG’s News Roundup (11/17): Farmers Double Dip into Subsidies, California Leads on Clean Energy and More
In a new report this week, EWG discovered that a large swath of profitable farm operations are getting subsidized twice for one crop loss. In 2014 and 2015 these double dippers took advantage of...
Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses
Between 2014 and 2015, three federal farm subsidy programs paid farmers multiple times for the same loss in crop yield or decline in crop price.
Pruitt’s EPA Abandoning Duty to Protect Kids From Dangerous Pesticides
Five years is a long time in the life of a child – and for the child's parents. Five years can be a period of profound change, growth and development. But if Environmental Protection Agency chief...
Federal Study: Replacements for Hormone-Disrupting BPA May Be Just as Bad
Replacements for bisphenol A, a hormone-disrupting chemical in plastics and food containers, could be just as harmful or even worse than it, according to a new study by the National Toxicology Program...
Amid Pipe Wars, Researchers Wary of Plastic Pipes Leaching Chemicals
Over the next decade, U.S. cities and towns will spend an estimated $300 billion to replace aging water and sewer pipes.
Let's Talk Turkey: How to Decode Labels to Choose a Better Thanksgiving Bird
Study: Rocket Fuel Chemical Harms the Developing Fetus
Pregnant women's exposure to a rocket fuel chemical, which contaminates drinking water for millions of Americans, could harm the development of fetuses' brains, a new British study found.
EWG’s News Roundup (11/9): U.S. Fails in Climate Leadership, Tips on Avoiding Toxic Dust and More
On Tuesday, the U.S. earned the awful distinction of being the only nation on Earth to stand in opposition to the Paris climate accord. EWG was quick to call out the Trump administration for its...