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A healthy, resting adult takes 12 to 20 breaths per minute.

When you drink a glass of water, you expect it to be clean and pure, not contaminated with invisible toxic chemicals. But nationwide testing has found that 6.5 million Americans in 27 states are...

Hair straightening sessions are injuring clients and making stylists sick, so why are they still offered in salons across the country?

If you're a chemical industry spin doctor trying to discredit the scientific evidence on the dangers of a compound that contaminates the drinking water of millions of Americans, Thursday was a bad day...

How many times a day do you drink water? Cook with it? Brush your teeth with it? Offer some to your children?

An article published today in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine by two of the nation's most respected experts on pesticides and children's environmental health calls for the Food and...

Some chemicals in household dust may lead to obesity, according to a new study by a team of scientists from Duke University and Boston University.

Clean water is vital to sustaining life. Why aren't we protecting it?

Although hydraulic fracturing for oil has gone on for decades in California and half a million Californians live within a mile of a fracked well, the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal...

When choosing the right school for their children, many parents ask about class sizes, the community, learning objectives and schedules.

We know there is a link between exposure to cleaning products and respiratory problems. But could unborn babies be at risk from their mothers' exposures even before they've taken their first breaths?

As the oldest sister, I'm often tasked with making lunch and snacks for my brothers. So I get why parents dread the summertime food-prep hassle. Keeping the kitchen stocked to satisfy kids' appetites...

When President Obama stepped off Air Force One in Kenya last month, he could automatically enjoy the right to know what is in his food... a right Americans don't have in the U.S.

Janet Keating has spent a lifetime as an activist, defender and organizer. Keating, executive director of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, began her career in 1983, as a volunteer with a...

This summer as an EWG research intern, I've helped develop EWG's Food Scores. The database and mobile app help consumers make healthier, cleaner grocery store purchases by rating food on a scale with...

The Boston Globe ran an editorial yesterday (August 3) supporting a bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representative to block states and the federal government from requiring foods to be...

Parabens are a class of chemicals used as preservatives in food, industrial products and personal care products, but most widely prevalent in cosmetics and personal care products. Nearly everyone is...

We live in the age of plastic. Every year we make plastic stuff in amounts that equal the weight of the entire human population, and enough of it is thrown away to circle the Earth four times. More...

Will consumers view a GMO label on food packages as a “warning?"

The news last week that Campbell Soup Company will remove artificial colors and flavors from its product lineup is just the latest indication that big food companies are increasingly paying attention...