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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
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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
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

Defense Department delayed PFAS cleanup, ignored health risks, Inspector General says

The Defense Department responded too slowly to the threats posed to military service members by the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS and is failing to track the health risks facing military...
Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead
Regional Issues
California

California protects kids with lead testing for child care drinking water

California regulators today launched their most health-protective program to test drinking water for lead in licensed child care facilities, issuing new guidelines that also require significant...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

On protecting consumers from toxics in cosmetics, U.S. lags at least 80 countries

U.S. efforts to promote consumer safety by regulating chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics are falling further behind the rest of the world, according to a new EWG analysis.
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health

Why food prices are rising – and how to save money on groceries

If you suspect your grocery bill is getting pricier, it’s not your imagination.

Checkout at grocery
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Congressional defense bill tackles 'forever chemicals' with funding boost, policy reforms

The final version of Congress’ National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2022 includes $517 million in funding to clean up the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, and critical policy...
Toxic Chemicals

Chemical Industry to Parents: Avoid Lead, Tail Pipes and Choking

This is rich. The chemical industry has produced a new "health information" website titled Kids + Chemical Safety that mentions hardly any chemicals or any of the voluminous body of peer-reviewed...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Shell Games and Paper Farms

The leaders of Congress' Agriculture Committees continue to deliberate the next farm bill in secret, and the conventional wisdom now is that direct payments may see cuts or be entirely banished in the...
Toxic Algae

Algae Bloom Photos

Algae blooms occur when blue-green algae – which are actually microscopic organisms called cyanobacteria – feed on the chemicals in fertilizer and animal manure that have run off farm fields into water and mixed with sunlight and heat.
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Conservation
Food & Water

Our Soil and Water Needs a Safety Net Too

For just a little while, it looked like a great day for Iowa agriculture and the environment. On Aug. 30, delegates to the Iowa Farm Bureau annual policy conference in Des Moines passed a historic...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

We Already Gave at the (Insurance) Office

At a time when the agriculture economy is white-hot, sending government checks to mega-farms that don't need the money is indefensible. But that hasn't kept leaders of the agricultural community from...
Energy
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Corn Lobby Gets Darwinian on Advanced Biofuels

By Craig Cox and Sheila Karpf The corn lobby has persistently sold misguided subsidies and mandates for corn ethanol as a bridge to the "next generation" of so-called "advanced" biofuels. The...