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The Senate is About to Pass a Bill That Could Keep Asbestos and Other Deadly Chemicals Legal
Attack on Food Safety Rules Is Life or Death Issue for Allergy Sufferers
Food allergies don't just cause hives or breathing problems – they can also kill. That's why the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act, or RAA, moving through Congress should be called the License...
Federal Rules Help Farmers, But Farm Lobbyists Want to Block Them
Farm lobbyists often complain that farmers face overregulation. In fact, farmers are largely exempt from most environmental and public health regulations, including rules designed to protect drinking...
EWG News Roundup (5/12): N.C. Lawmakers Favor Big Pork Over Public Health, Trump Threatens Paris Climate Agreement and Senators Take on Chemicals in Cosmetics
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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...
Who's Watching the Oil and Gas Industry in California?
California's well-earned reputation as the nation's greenest state, with cutting-edge policies mandate fuel efficiency and renewable energy, hides a surprising fact: California also produces the third...
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...
Buyer Beware: What’s Really in That 'Healthy' Cereal?
EWG News Roundup (5/5): Salty School Lunches, Rocket Fuel in Food, and N.C. Factory Farms
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Six Questions About Cellphone Radiation and Your Health
In April, the city of Berkeley, Calif., won a major decision in a federal appeals court, allowing the city to go forward with its ordinance requiring cellphone retailers to provide consumers with...
The Scariest Trump Appointee You’ve Never Heard Of
The Trump administration just appointed a chemical industry bigwig to a high-level chemical safety position at the Environmental Protection Agency as Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of...
May 2017: Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month
EWG News Roundup (4/28): Top Chefs Come to Washington, EPA to Gut Clean Water Rules and Regulatory Accountability Act Introduced in Senate
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EPA Seeks Ideas to Gut Clean Water Rules, But Citizens Speak Up for Public Health
Anti-Consumer Lobby Gave Big to Senator Pushing Regulatory Accountability Act
Corporate political action committees, trade associations and individuals lobbying to gut basic consumer protections gave $3.3 million to the 2016 campaign of Sen. Rob Portman, sponsor of a bill that...
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 21)
Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.
EWG News Roundup (4/21): Animal Waste and N.C. Property Rights, Pressure on 1,4-Dioxane
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News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 14)
Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.
Study Shows Monsanto’s Roundup Can Harm Fetuses
5 Ways to Reduce Toxic Exposures in Your Home
If you have small children in the house, are pregnant or are trying to conceive – or simply want to stay healthy – you are probably looking for ways to avoid toxic chemicals at home and outdoors...