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Dear Super Committee: What to Cut, What NOT to Cut

Lobbyists for polluting industries and opponents of environmental regulation have been tripping over one another to come up with self-serving lists of targets for the Congressional Super Committee as...
Food & Water
Food
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

What is titanium dioxide?

Titanium dioxide is a food additive that can be found in over 3,000 different products in EWG’s Food Scores database.

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Toxic Chemicals
Phthalates
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Your best air freshener isn't an air freshener

A quick spritz of air freshener may seem like a simple way to kill funky odors. Unfortunately, that pleasing smell is just more indoor air pollution.

Dos proyectos de ley nuevos apuntan a los químicos tóxicos en los alimentos en Nueva York

El 5 de marzo, los legisladores presentaron dos proyectos de ley que protegerían a los neoyorquinos de los químicos tóxicos en los alimentos. Entre ambos, prohibirían siete sustancias de los alimentos fabricados, distribuidos o vendidos en el estado y requerirían que las empresas hagan nuevas revelaciones sobre los químicos añadidos a los alimentos sin una revisión rigurosa.
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Cleaning Supplies
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Get toxic dust out of your home this spring

Dust lurks in the corners of your home, underneath furniture and on the shelves. And where there’s dust, there’s the potential for toxic chemicals.
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

What is sodium benzoate?

Sodium benzoate is a preservative found in fruit juices, fermented foods, sauces and some pancake syrups.
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California consumer advocates call on lawmakers to stop utility tax hike on working families, retirees

Working families, retirees, disabled individuals and millions of others living in apartments or small homes in the state will face steeper monthly electricity bills if a proposed utility tax takes...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

How Michigan Reduced Industrial Discharges of PFAS

At least 2,500 industrial facilities across the nation could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water, according to an updated EWG analysis of government...
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EWG’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™: The Dirty Dozen™ is packed with fungicides that can disrupt human hormones

Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, released today.
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Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Chromium-6
Regional Issues
California

EWG statement on new California legal limit for chromium-6 in drinking water

Today California’s State Water Resources Board voted to finalize a new drinking water limit for hexavalent chromium, the notorious “Erin Brockovich” carcinogen.
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products

Pucker up for less: Lipsticks that won’t break the bank this Valentine’s Day

The right lipstick could be the cherry on top of your Valentine’s Day celebration. Whether you’re getting ready for a dinner date or looking for the perfect gift for your partner, lipstick may be the...
Lipstick shopping
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Ruffalo: PFAS drinking water standard delivers justice to poisoned communities

The following is the statement of Activist and Actor Mark Ruffalo on the Environmental Protection Agency’s new PFAS drinking water standard.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA sets bold new limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Today the Environmental Protection Agency finalized unprecedented new limits on the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS as a way to tackle drinking water contamination. The proposal targets six...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Behind the science: ‘Big year’ for neonics as EWG calls for stricter EPA insecticide reviews

A rare window is opening for public health advocates to push the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink how it assesses the health risks of five neonicotinoids – insecticides that EWG and others...

Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

USDA should strategically expand list of climate-smart conservation practices

A top Department of Agriculture official is touting plans to expand the USDA’s list of climate-smart conservation practices eligible for $11.7 billion in federal funding – and the department should...
Fields
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

From baguettes to bombs: Surprising industrial uses of common food chemicals

What does bread have in common with explosives, industrial cleaners and photo-developing solution? You may be surprised to learn they’re all made with the same chemical ingredient.
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health

Best bang for your buck: Mascaras

It’s prom season, which means millions of teenagers across the U.S. will be getting done up for one of the most high school experiences. It’s a time for “promposals,” dancing and getting enough...
Mascaras
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

EWG submits comments to USDA on the Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program

EWG submits comments to the United States Department of Agriculture on the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Technical Assistance Provider and Third-Party Verifier Program.
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers
Farm Subsidies
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

The House farm bill is bad news for children’s health and safety

There’s much to dislike about the House Republican farm bill – like taking food out of hungry childrens’ mouths while potentially exposing their bodies to more pesticides and supporting companies that...
Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead
Regional Issues
California

California bill to protect children from lead exposure advances to Senate

On May 21, California Assembly lawmakers passed a bill to safeguard children’s health from the lasting and devastating effects of lead exposure through drinking water, an urgent threat in the state.
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Food & Farm Workers
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EWG: Schools near pesticide spray zones could lose health protections

Thousands of schools are located near farms across the U.S. where pesticide may be sprayed, , an EWG analysis finds. But some members of Congress want to block state and local safeguards that protect...
Food
Food Chemicals
California

Something to scream about: Harmful chemicals in ice cream and popsicles

Summer is fast approaching, and this time of year no duo is more iconic than hot, sunny weather and frozen, creamy desserts or tart, icy popsicles. But many people don’t realize that a sugar rush or a...
Ice Cream
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Factory Farms
Regional Issues
California

EWG: In California, source of much U.S. produce, almost 1,000 factory farms are near crop fields and their irrigation sources

Almost all of California’s factory farms are very close to water sources that are used to irrigate crops, creating the risk of foodborne illnesses, a new Environmental Working Group investigation...
Animal feeder operation in California