EWG applauds Senate bill to close food chemical safety loopholes
EWG applauds Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) for today introducing legislation to ensure the safety of food chemicals by closing regulatory loopholes.
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California Assembly passes bill to track and report toxic ‘forever chemicals’ sold, distributed or imported to the state
The California Assembly today advanced Assembly Bill 2247, a measure to collect and report on the products and substances sold in and brought into California that contain the toxic “forever chemicals”...
EWG news roundup (1/28): EWG’s crop insurance database, ‘forever chemicals’ in various textiles and more
EWG news roundup (1/28): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Pesticide peril: Toxic threats to farmworkers and families in Ventura County
A toxic threat is facing many parts of California’s Ventura County, where everyone from farmworkers to families could be at risk from increased exposure to harmful pesticides.
Más de 32 millones de libras de pesticidas tóxicos, entre ellos muchos relacionados con el cáncer y los problemas respiratorios y de desarrollo, se han utilizado en los campos de cultivo del condado de Ventura entre 2015 y 2020, incluyendo cerca de las escuelas y los hogares, según un análisis pionero de los datos de pesticidas de California realizado por Environmental Working Group.
Poll: Voters overwhelmingly oppose California plan to crush popular rooftop solar program
Sixty-four percent of California voters oppose a power-industry-backed plan by the state’s Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, to crush a popular rooftop solar program by ending incentives and...
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Alexis Temkin, Ph.D., Toxicóloga (EWG)
Olga Naidenko, Ph.D., Vicepresidenta de Investigaciones Científicas (EWG)
Sarah Porter, Directora Geoespacial (EWG)
"El condado de Ventura, en California", así comenzaba un reportaje en The Washington Post de agosto de 2015, "es el lugar absolutamente más deseable para vivir en los Estados Unidos".
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Sunscreen - Lessons Learned From a Trip to the Beach
It's fair to say that I'm not a beach person. My hair is pale blonde and my skin is the color of a marshmallow, if it had freckles. I have nightmarish memories of being covered head to toe in...
EPA takes important steps to curb ‘forever chemicals’ in water, but more needed
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced several new actions to address discharges of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS into lakes, rivers, streams and other sources of drinking water...
EWG news roundup (4/29): EPA to suspend all uses of toxic weedkiller, Duke Energy seeks to stifle clean energy in N.C. and more
EWG news roundup (4/29): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
This cancer-causing chemical may be lurking in your bread
Many packaged baked goods are made with flour that may contain potassium bromate, an additive linked to cancer. The chemical is added to flour to strengthen dough and allow it to rise higher, benefits...
Cleaning Industry: Simple Steps to Improve Your Grades
Since we released the new online EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning, with ratings of more than 2,000 different products, many consumers and several companies have asked us why some products get low...
Tackling the rising climate costs of American food and farming
Even if the U.S. stopped burning fossil fuels tomorrow, rising greenhouse gas emissions from food and farming could make a climate catastrophe unavoidable.
What effect do melanin and sunscreen have on vitamin D levels?
Why do people with heavily pigmented skin often have lower levels of vitamin D, and how does sunscreen play a role? These are questions researchers are trying to answer.
Stifling solar: Duke Energy’s long war against North Carolina clean energy
Duke Energy is asking North Carolina utility regulators to approve a plan that could stifle the growth of renewable solar power in the state while hiking ratepayers’ bills – the latest in the monopoly...
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In the Mississippi River region, billions of dollars spent on crop insurance payouts could have been used instead to retire over 300,000 acres of frequently flooded fields
The almost $1.5 billion in federal crop insurance indemnities sent to farmers in the Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area for flooding damage between 2001 and 2020 could have instead taken more than 300,000 acres of frequently flooded farmland out of production.
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For decades, the FDA knew toxic 'forever chemicals' were dangerous but continued to allow their use
As far back as the 1960s, animal studies showed the chemicals caused harm even months after exposure ended and industry studies showed they could migrate from paper and paperboard food packaging into food.
Toxic Fire Retardants Are Everywhere in Homes, New Studies Find
Harmful fire retardant chemicals are turning up in everything from furniture to dust in American homes, researchers report in two new studies being published today (Nov. 28), a finding that...
For decades, the FDA knew ‘forever chemicals’ were harmful but failed to act
The Food and Drug Administration has understood since 1966 that the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS could increase cholesterol and cause liver lesions, E&E reported today.
Why is cancer-causing benzene widespread in personal care products?
Benzene is a sweet-smelling, petroleum-derived toxic chemical classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a known human carcinogen – and now it’s being detected in many personal care products...
Most of DOD sites with ‘forever chemicals’ contamination exceed EPA health levels
At least two-thirds of the 389 Defense Department sites in the U.S. where the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS have been detected in groundwater are contaminated with levels above new health...
Study shows fracking can pollute
A new water quality study near gas drilling operations in northeastern Pennsylvania counters natural gas industry claims that gas and hydraulic fracturing chemicals can't seep into the drinking water...
EWG news roundup (7/15): Many DOD sites with ‘forever chemicals’ exceed EPA health levels, Texas crypto mines paid to shut down and more
EWG news roundup (7/15): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Making healthier food choices part of a busy daily routine
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