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Green Chemistry: Breakthrough or bureaucratic dead end?
This analysis was written by EWG Executive Director Richard Wiles and Senior Analyst Renee Sharp. This session the California Legislature considered no less than eight bills that would have banned or...
Getting the kids to school: Step away from the car, mom
In a city where boxbikes and xtracycles (photo, right) are becoming the norm, it's hard to admit that we drive our kids to and from school every day - alone. Especially when there are so many...
Starbucks' massive water waste
There are few things that we can all do without in life. And then, there are some that we definitely can’t do without. Like water. Water has become major a human rights, environmental, and public...
Thanks, Calvin, for focusing the nation on children's health
Yesterday was our 80th annual National Child Health Day. In 1928, President Calvin Coolidge issued the nation's first proclamation to promote children's health - prompted by labor unions and women's...
Poisonous pastime
Since the U.S. banned lead from gasoline and paint in 1978, there has been increasing recognition that even the smallest amounts of lead are extremely hazardous to human health. Basically, scientists...
To swim or not to swim: childhood asthma and indoor swimming pools
Over the last few decades, enthusiasm for indoor swimming has been on the rise, as aquatic swim programs for babies and toddlers grew in popularity and swimming has become mandatory in many school...
What's your personal body burden?
Most of us don't have the money to pay for a personal body burden analysis. And even if you do, you might be among those (like me) who would really rather not know. I do read about other peoples'...
Are Californians more flame retardant than the rest of us??
A study released today by Silent Spring Institute finds higher concentrations of toxic PBDEs in California residents, raising concerns about the unintended effects of furniture flammability laws on...
Gambling with lethal cargo
Sandra Schubert is the Environmental Working Group's Director of Government Affairs There were 1,203 train accidents in the first six months of 2008, and 13 of them resulted in the release of...
How green is Arnold? [UPDATED]
[UPDATE} Monday aternoon, Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill discussed below. This year only one chemical ban bill made it through the California Legislature to Gov. Schwarzenegger's desk: Senate...
Heinz conference mobilizes women to fight environmental health threats
Jane Houlihan, the Environmental Working Group's vice president for research, and development associate Jocelyn Lyle joined more than 2,000 women at this week's Heinz Women's Health and the...
Consumers to FDA: Be there or be square
While the federal Food and Drug Administration dithers about whether to ban bisphenol A (BPA), a plastics chemical and synthetic estrogen, from U.S. food packaging, increasing numbers of Americans are...
Relax, it's baby safety month
Thanks to Nature's Child for reminding me that September is Baby Safety Month at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). I feel a little safer now, don't you? So it's no secret that I'm less...
Toxic cosmetics in teenage girls
The cosmetics industry is not sparing anybody from the toxics chemicals in personal care products and our new report just proves the point even further. We tested the blood of 20 American teenage...
Ask EWG: Rewind
As with all blogs, there's a wealth of information hidden from view, just waiting to be rediscovered. And Enviroblog is no different. Our series, Ask EWG, gets to the heart of readers' real, day-to...
Rocket fuel, yet again
Enviroblog readers are very familiar with the health risks posed by perchlorate, a thyroid hormone disruptor and rocket fuel chemical that contaminates water supplies of millions of Americans in 28...
Don’t ask, don’t tell at the EPA
The chemical industry, public health-oriented scientists and environmentalists may be on the same page a couple of times a century. In a good century. Those who attended yesterday's House subcommittee...
Who's minding the store? Not the FDA.
Understandably, this week's news media and the blogosphere are brimming with financial news. And BPA stories. Other than generally being very bad news, these two topics might seem worlds apart. But...
Protecting our society from toxic chemicals: Why is common sense so uncommon?
Anyone who has ever sewn a curtain or a Christmas stocking knows this simple rule: “Don’t cut too close to the margin.†Otherwise, a small mistake, a tiny miscalculation, and the entire task is...
Clean the sink and change the world
We believe that the small act of scouring the sink can be part of the giant act of changing the world. That's Shaklee Corp. CEO Roger Barnett's manifesto for how consumer products, from cleaners to...