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Where are your child's crayons? In a drawer, a shoebox, a backpack or an arts and crafts kit? Wherever they are, they're probably among your child's favorite playthings.

By now most of us know to wear sunscreen at the beach or during other outdoor activities. But some people mistakenly think wearing sunscreen makes them immune from sunburn, which can lead to skin...

In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration ruled that sunscreen companies were no longer allowed to assert that their products were “waterproof” or “sweatproof” because these claims exaggerated the...

As a research intern at EWG, I've investigated sunscreens to learn more about how they work and the claims that companies make. I wondered why I'd been told to put sunscreen on a sunburn, even after I...

Rates of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are growing. More than ever, you need to shield your skin from harmful ultraviolet rays. One way to do that is to wear sunscreen.

As the July 4th weekend approaches, EWG has added more than 30 new products to our 2015 Guide to Sunscreens! Twenty-one made our Best Beach & Sport Sunscreens and Best Moisturizers lists because they...

More than 50 years after a landmark study confirmed the lethal effects of asbestos exposure, we still don't know exactly how many people asbestos kills.

Plastics are cheap, useful and ubiquitous. They're also made almost entirely from mixtures of synthetic chemicals that don't occur in nature.

Many people think asbestos exposure is a thing of the past, but today, it remains a deadly public health concern.

Do you pack sandwiches for lunch or grab a hot dog at a BBQ? These foods may contain added chemicals you should know about: nitrates and nitrites.

Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) doesn't seem to understand his own anti-GMO labeling bill. During a hearing on a new version of H.R. 1599, Pompeo argued that his bill – which critics have called the DARK...

Parents do a lot of research before they buy a car seat. They want to know, how does the seat perform in crash tests? What's its safety record? How will it protect my child in case of collision?

The new version of H.R. 1599 is a radical overreach that does not simply deny consumers the right to know what's in their food or how it is grown. The new version of legislation dubbed the Deny...

With all of the chemicals that get put into consumer products, it can be difficult to protect our children from toxic hazards. Knowing what to look for and what kids' products contain harmful...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a phase-out of a harmful class of ingredients to reduce the amount of damaging trans fat in your family's food.

Nitrogen from fertilizers and manures washed off farmland costs Americans $157 billion a year in damages to human health and the environment.

News that the world's cancer experts are taking a fresh look at 2,4-D has farm organizations worried.

Last year, our 25-year-old classmate was diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. Her illness came as a shock. “Isn't melanoma a disease of older people?” we said to ourselves.

Do you think the federal government couldn't order something worse for the environment than the Keystone XL oil pipeline? Think again.