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Six tips to avoid phthalates after study highlights health harms, billion-dollar costs

A new study of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as phthalates found in everyday products like perfumes and toys adds to mounting evidence of their chronic health harms and potentially billions...
Father applying daughter's nail polish
Regional Issues
California

Southern California oil spill highlights folly of relying on dirty fossil fuels

Efforts to clean up the massive oil spill off southern California’s coast should avoid using toxic dispersants, warns the Environmental Working Group, given the harm caused by the federal government’s...
Offshore oil rig
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA moves closer to proper disposal of ‘forever chemicals’ wastes

The Environmental Working Group today recognized the Environmental Protection Agency for taking the first step needed to properly dispose of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation

Build Back Better bill includes $27 billion for historic climate-focused conservation efforts

The Environmental Working Group today applauds House and Senate leaders for including $27 billion in the budget reconciliation bill, to tackle a growing backlog of farmers who need help addressing the...

La EPA sigue sin actuar ante la contaminación química tóxica generalizada en el agua potable de Estados Unidos

Millones de personas en los Estados Unidos están bebiendo, sin darse cuenta, agua que incluye un cóctel tóxico compuesto por contaminantes relacionados con el cáncer, daños cerebrales y otros graves...
Research

State of American drinking water

For too many Americans, turning on their faucets for a glass of water is like pouring a cocktail of chemicals. Lead, arsenic, the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS and many other substances are often found in drinking water at potentially unsafe levels, particularly in low-income and underserved communities. From the lead contamination crisis in Flint, Mich., to widespread radium pollution in
Food & Water
Food
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Bill to ban ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging would eliminate major source of exposure

A bill introduced today in Congress would ban the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from food packaging, an avoidable source of exposure to the harmful substances.
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

Salon workers join environmental health groups to petition FDA to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners and treatments

Salon workers from around the U.S. today joined the Environmental Working Group and Women’s Voices for the Earth to petition the Food and Drug Administration to ban dangerous hair straighteners that...

EWG news roundup (6/17): Salon workers call upon FDA to ban dangerous Brazilian blowout treatments, utilities rush to cash in on Trump-era coal ash rule and more

EWG news roundup (6/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Duke Energy-backed energy bill in N.C. would increase fossil fuels, punish ratepayers

An environmentally and economically damaging power bill crafted behind closed doors by Duke Energy and North Carolina state lawmakers is now public, drawing swift condemnation from environmentalists...
Duke Low Income Energy Report
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

GAO: ‘Forever chemicals’ cleanup costs for Defense Department sites will increase ‘significantly’

A new Government Accountability Office report finds the expected cost of cleaning up the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from Defense Department installations will “likely increase...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Sunscreen
Family Health
Children’s Health

Amazon highlights EWG VERIFIED® products in Climate Pledge Friendly

The Environmental Working Group today is joining Amazon’s effort to fight the climate crisis by highlighting more sustainable products. The retailer is teaming up with EWG to feature cosmetics and...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Twelvefold increase in suspected industrial dischargers of ‘forever chemicals’

The Environmental Working Group today released new analysis that dramatically increases an earlier estimate of the number of manufacturers and users of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals
Pesticides

Study: Pesticides harm soil invertebrates but EPA fails to recognize impact

After reviewing hundreds of pesticide analyses, a recent study found that many pesticides approved for use in the U.S. and elsewhere are very damaging to soil invertebrates like earthworms, beetles...
Worms in dirt
Household & Consumer Products
Cell Phones
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health

Study: Wireless radiation exposure for children should be hundreds of times lower than current federal limits

A peer-reviewed study by the Environmental Working Group recommends stringent health-based exposure standards for radiofrequency radiation emitted from wireless devices for both children and adults...
Consumer Guides

EWG’s Guide To Healthy Cleaning: Tips for Greener Cleaning

Many manufacturers of household cleaners do not disclose their ingredients on product labels, making it virtually impossible for consumers to choose safer products. That’s why EWG developed the Guide to Healthy Cleaning, a resource that rates cleaning products on ingredient hazards, as well as disclosure.
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos

EWG comments to NTP to prioritize professional and domestic cleaning workers in their occupational and inhalation exposure program

The Environmental Working Group submitted comments urging the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Toxicology Program to include the exposures of professional and domestic cleaning workers...

EWG news roundup (4/23): EWG partners with EnergySage to promote solar, California lawmakers advance bill banning ‘forever chemicals’ in food packaging and more

EWG news roundup (4/23) Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Arsenic
Food Chemicals
Mercury
Lead

D.C. sues baby food company for misleading parents about its products’ safety

The attorney general of Washington, D.C., has filed a lawsuit against the nation’s second-largest manufacturer of baby food, Beech-Nut, for knowingly making false claims about the presence of heavy...

Baby eating food
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Regional Issues
California

Biden EPA moves to reverse Trump-era rollback of California’s strict tailpipe emissions standards

The Biden administration is moving toward again allowing California to set tighter auto tailpipe standards, reversing the Trump administration’s long battle with the state over its efforts to reduce...
Research

Background Information on Cyanazine

Cyanazine is sold by DuPont Chemical as Bladex, and has been in use since 1971. It is the fourth most widely used synthetic chemical pesticide in U.S. agriculture. An estimated 30-35 million pounds were applied in 1993 (Aspeline 1994), primarily on corn fields to control grasses and broad leaf weeds. Based on information reported by the EPA, the USDA, and others, the use of cyanazine appears to be
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Renewable Energy

Watchdog coalition to hold hearing on Duke Energy’s dismal record confronting the climate emergency

The Duke Energy Accountability Coalition’s People’s Commission will convene its second hearing on May 4 to shine a light on Duke’s policies and practices that resist clean energy solutions and rely...
Duke coal plant
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California announces bold public health goals for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water

Today the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, or OEHHA, proposed bold new limits to regulate the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in drinking water.

EWG news roundup (7/23): EWG calls for stricter wireless radiation standards, PFAS legislation advances on Capitol Hill and more

EWG news roundup (7/23): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup