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EWG’s News Roundup (1/19): Toyota Won’t Work with Pruitt, Rodan + Fields Caught Misleading Shoppers and More

EWG News Roundup (1/19): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Chemical Policy
Sunscreen

FDA Bows to Industry Pressure, Delays Sunscreen Rules

Under pressure from two cosmetic industry groups, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to delay for six months implementation of pending regulations on how sunscreens are labeled and marketed.
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Study Links Childhood Cancer and In-Home Pesticide Use

A new study by Harvard researchers provides disturbing evidence that children's exposure to household insecticides is linked to higher risks of childhood leukemia and lymphoma, the most common cancers...

Water

Help EWG Bottled Water Research (and win a prize!)

"Purified by equatorial winds." "Pure as the driven snow." "Resonates with the energy and frequency of well-being." Your ... bottled water?

Mercury in light bulbs

I am a careful shopper. Very careful. Unlike most Americans, I read labels -- even the fine print on my shampoo that says what type of preservative they are using. Heck, it's what I do for a living...
Cell Phones

Not-So-Smart Phones: Some New Favorites Rank High in Radiation

Among the flood of new smart phones, the Motorola Droid, Blackberry Bold, and Google Nexus One rate high marks from tech reviewers for performance and features. But the reviews and ads don't mention...
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

The Many Hazards of Toxic Algae Outbreaks

This summer, EWG is tracking outbreaks of potentially toxic algae across the U.S. We have been startled to find that these outbreaks are erupting everywhere: from the East Coast to the West Coast...
Food & Water
Water
Household & Consumer Products
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

New tests find toxic 'forever chemicals' in bedding, yoga pants and other textiles

Two new reports find detectable levels of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in consumer textile products like bedding, tablecloths and sportswear.
Pile of textiles
Research

Boondoggle

The so-called “prevented planting” component of the federal crop insurance program is wasting billions of dollars while encouraging growers to plow up wildlife-sustaining wetlands in the iconic Prairie Pothole Region of North and South Dakota.
Research

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.
FDA building
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Trump’s EPA Kills Funding for Children’s Environmental Health Program

The Environmental Protection Agency is cutting off its funding of a network of research centers that focus on the risks to children from toxic chemicals and industrial pollution.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

Every Parent Concerned About Their Kids’ Health Should Read This Book

If the Environmental Working Group were to assign a book for parents and expectant parents, it would be “Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know.”
Children’s Health
Food & Water

Feeding Antibiotics to Healthy Animals Risks Children’s Health

The influential American Academy of Pediatrics, which numbers 64,000 pediatricians, has added its voice to the growing movement of public health professionals who are demanding an end to the dangerous...

Toxic Chemicals

New study links microplastics to serious health harms in humans

A recent study suggests the presence of microplastics may increase the risk of heart attack or other cardiovascular problems among people with heart disease. The tiny plastics were found to double the...
Microplastics
Research

Survey finds use of personal care products up since 2004 – what that means for your health

A new Morning Consult survey reveals the average adult uses 12 personal care products a day, from shampoos to soaps and deodorants to lipsticks and more. And EWG finds the products could be made with 112 unique chemical ingredients, including some that may pose health risks.
Man applying cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (11/3): Greener Homes, Taxpayer Dollars Flow to Industrial Farms and More

EWG's News Roundup (11/3): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

More to flame retardants than PBDEs

If you follow these things, you've probably heard of the flame retardant chemicals PBDEs. They're in many electronics (possibly even that computer screen you're reading right now), and in the foam in...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Food & Water
Food
Food

Farm Bill Pickpockets

Earlier this summer, advocates for the fruit and vegetable industry touted their “commitment to increasing fresh fruit and vegetable consumption for tens of thousands of students.”
Toxic Chemicals
Energy

EPA Watchdog Investigating Potential Enforcement Failure of Critical Pollution Monitoring Program

The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog is launching an investigation over whether the agency has failed to enforce a critical program that tracks toxic spills into the environment.

BPA
Children’s Health

Labor camps? Fine. But BPA crosses the line.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has never taken steps to get BPA out of children's products, and just last fall the U.S. Senate dropped legislation to restrict BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups...
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

What Happened to “Waterproof” Sunscreens?

In 2011, the Food and Drug Administration ruled that sunscreen companies were no longer allowed to assert that their products were “waterproof” or “sweatproof” because these claims exaggerated the...

Food
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Calif. Bill Would Be First to Ban Teflon-Like Chemicals from Fast Food Wrappers

Legislation introduced today would make California the first state to ban perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, from fast food wrappers and takeout containers.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Energy
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/24): EWG’s 2019 Guide to Sunscreens, EWG Board Member Michelle Pfeiffer Lobbies for Safe Cosmetics and More

EWG News Roundup (5/24): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Food & Water
Food
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture

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We combine peer-reviewed research, data analysis and groundbreaking consumer tools with expert communications and advocacy to bring about changes in policy, consumer demand and market behavior. These...