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Much of EWG's work means warning you about potentially harmful chemicals in your water, food or consumer products. So we're glad to report some good news: Recent tests of San Francisco tap water...

Rumblings about health concerns from cell phone radiation are getting louder around the world — a sign that it's time to take them more seriously in this country.

The toxic chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a national crisis demanding national action.

The Environmental Protection Agency reportedly has decided not to set legal limits for the toxic fluorinated chemicals PFOA and PFOS in drinking water. The news is deeply disturbing, because an...

Each January, the Energy Department publishes a forecast of the nation's energy use from different sources for the coming year and beyond. The 2019 Annual Energy Outlook from the department's Energy...

News Roundup (2/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Across America, devastating hurricanes, hellish wildfires, deadly heat waves and other disasters have brought the climate change crisis close to home. In response, more than 100 cities, counties and...

EWG News Roundup (1/25): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Kids may be cute and wonderful, and their cheeks sure are soft, but they're also gross – at least some of the time. They seem to pick up every possible cold and virus at school, and hand washing is...

EWG News Roundup (1/18): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

You've tackled the more obvious sources of airborne pollutants in your home. Now it's time to poke around your home's behind-the-scenes spaces to eliminate them there as well.

Electric utilities often tout natural gas as a clean fuel – an essential weapon in the fight against global warming. Even if they admit the need to replace fossil fuels with solar and wind power...

EWG News Roundup (1/11): Here's some more news you can use going into the weekend

Last year the Trump administration's Energy Department announced the launch of a media campaign to counter what an official called “misinformation” about nuclear power. We haven't noticed an upsurge...

News Roundup (1/4): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Far more American children die working in agriculture than in any other industry, and thousands more are injured while working on farms, according to a recent little-noticed report by the...

Efficiency should be the core of national, state and local energy policy. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy estimates that, since 1990, advances in energy efficiency have supplanted...

“Lose weight.” “Exercise.” “Save money.” Those annual post-holiday, guilt-fueled mantras aren't only tiresome but are also usually doomed to fail. Eighty percent of resolutions fail just weeks into...

Another 12 months is just about in the books. It was full of moments that impacted health and the environment in a variety of ways. From clean water to Kavanaugh, from Pruitt to “poop lagoons,” EWG...

News Roundup (12/21): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.