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California EPA Calls Foul Over Chemical Safety “Improvement” Act
Having lived and worked in California most of my life (and spent the last 12 years at EWG), I could not be more proud of my state’s long-time leadership in protecting public health and the environment...
When it Comes to Chemicals, How Safe is “Safe”?
Industrial chemicals are everywhere in daily life — in personal care products, furniture, household cleaners, toys, and even peanut butter. Because some chemicals once thought harmless have been...
Three Ways the Industry-Backed Chemical Bill Fails
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act introduced in May lacks key reforms considered critical during earlier Congressional efforts to protect people from dangerous industrial chemicals. The gold...
5 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Toxic BPA
No one disputes that bisphenol A, a toxic compound widely used to line food cans and other food packaging, is polluting people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found BPA in the urine of...
EWG’s News Roundup (2/23): Pruitt’s First-Class Travel, Air Pollutants in Your Home and More
To Protect Young Farmworkers, Calif. Rejects EPA Rollback of Pesticide Policy
Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency took steps that could lead to the repeal of health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides...
Does Your Cell Phone Case Raise Your Radiation Exposure?
I Call the Vote: A Farm Bill Litmus Test for the Food Movement
EWG News Roundup (4/20): Nonstick Chemicals in Drinking Water, Farm Pollution Throughout Midwest and More
EWG News Roundup (4/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Nonstick Chemicals in Your Drinking Water
How many times a day do you drink water? Cook with it? Brush your teeth with it? Offer some to your children?
How to Avoid Pesticides While Pregnant
Are you pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant? Now's the time to start limiting your exposure to pesticides.
The 23andMe Farm Bill?
Under current law, numerous loopholes in federal farm subsidy programs distribute the lion's share of farm subsidies to the largest and richest farms
How to Mix Your Baby’s Formula with Safe Water
One in every four American newborns consumes formula from birth. Around two-thirds of these babies drink some formula by the time they are three months old.
Male Exposure to Chemicals Linked to Longer Time to Conceive
It's well known that what a woman eats, drinks, breathes and puts on her body while she's pregnant or nursing can all affect her reproductive system and the health of her baby. But new research...
Why Children, Pregnant Women Should Eat Food with Fewer Pesticides
“For many children, diet may be the most influential source” of pesticides, said the Academy of Pediatrics in a landmark report published in November 2012.
How to Improve Air Quality at Your Child’s School
A healthy, resting adult takes 12 to 20 breaths per minute. Children, from school-age to preschoolers and younger, take many more. It's normal for a toddler to take twice as many breaths as an adult...
Nearly 28,000 Farmers Got USDA Payments for 32 Straight Years, Worth $19 Billion Total
What All Parents Should Know About Pesticides in Produce
How to Avoid Added Nitrates and Nitrites in Your Food
The Anti-Label Lobby
EWG News Roundup (6/29): Superbugs in Supermarket Meat, Senate Farm Bill Passes and More
EWG News Roundup (6/29): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.