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Cell Phones

Cell Phone Radiation Series - Part 5: Buy smart

"More public information can only be positive." So says Renee Sharp, director of EWG's California office, in response to news that San Francisco might become the first U.S. city to require retailers...
Research

Marks the Spot

A little-noticed urge in relicensing of nuclear reactors over the past four years will add 9,000 metric tons to the nation's inventory of high-level nuclear waste, prolonging storage problems through the middle of the century at reactor sites across the country, effectively transforming over a dozen power plants into long term nuclear waste dumps.
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
California

PG&E reports nuclear reactor welding leak at Diablo Canyon facility

Pacific Gas & Electric found damage to part of a reactor cooling system at the aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California, but it hasn’t yet answered key questions about the extent of the problem...
Diablo Canyon

EWG News Roundup (5/8): MultiState Duke Energy Watchdog Formed, Protecting Farm and Food Workers During Pandemic and More

EWG News Roundup (5/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Personal Care Products
Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Survey: Safer baby diapers are more important than ever

To clean up the baby diapers available in the marketplace, EWG surveyed more than 1,800 parents and caregivers to better understand what they know about diapers and what they want from these products.

Baby in diaper
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (4/28): Top Chefs Come to Washington, EPA to Gut Clean Water Rules and Regulatory Accountability Act Introduced in Senate

Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.

Toxic Chemicals

Plastic on your plate: EWG finds adults may ingest equivalent of up to 12 shopping bags a year

Adults may ingest up to 150,000 harmful plastic particles a year – equal to eating as many as 12 shopping bags annually, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis.
Person carrying plastic bag

The War on Cancer: Progress, But Still a Long Way to Go

In 1971, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act into law, beginning the U.S. "war on cancer." More than 45 years later, we've made a lot of progress, but it can be hard to feel like we...

Pregnancy today: A lesson in toxics

When I was pregnant for the first time, I was all about prenatal yoga, checking my baby's amazing developing body online, and comparing symptoms with friends. As it should be. What I wasn't doing was...

EWG applauds future leaders of environmental and public health advocacy

The Environmental Working Group just completed its latest summer as a partner in the Stanback Fellowship Program through Duke University, which provides undergraduate students for internships in...
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Farm Subsidies

Who gets all that farm aid?

Pioneer Press Published June 11, 2007 Downtown Minneapolis is a little low on farmland. But it turns out to be full of farmers.
Toxic Chemicals
BPA
Household & Consumer Products
Cookware & Food Containers

5 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Toxic BPA

No one disputes that bisphenol A, a toxic compound widely used to line food cans and other food packaging, is polluting people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found BPA in the urine of...

Conservation

Opposition via the Internet

On June 17, the Corps formally proposed to extend some wetlands permits for 5 years, and to add several new permits with the potential for significant environmental damage. One of the new permits...
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

EWG News Roundup (1/31): Revlon Launches Its First EWG VERIFIED® Product, Cleaning Recommendations from NBC’s “Today” Show, Missing PFAS Data and More

This week, EWG scientists evaluated eight cleaning products recommended by the "Today" show to see how well they stacked up according to EWG's Guide to Healthy Cleaning.

Cell Phones

Not-so-smart phones are high in radiation: What about yours?

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...
Toxic Chemicals
Children’s Health

Federal Agencies Investigate Safety of Crumb Rubber on Playgrounds

Three U.S. government agencies have teamed up to investigate the safety of widely used crumb rubber surfaces on playgrounds and playing fields. To date, safety studies of crumb rubber – tiny “crumbs”...

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals

EWG finds over half of people surveyed think tap water is unsafe

More than 50 percent of thousands of Americans surveyed by EWG say their tap water is unsafe and 40 percent won’t or can’t drink it. But even with widespread concern over tap water quality, nearly...
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Unpacking the ‘Clean’ Claims Made by 3 Beauty Boxes

I try to stay up to date on the latest beauty trends, especially when they involve products advertised as “clean” or “nontoxic.” Even before my internship with EWG's Healthy Living Science team, I...

EWG News Roundup (12/13): Key PFAS Provisions Left Out of Defense Spending Bill, EWG Map Shows 305 Military Sites Tainted With PFAS and More

EWG News Roundup (12/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Flame Retardants
Household & Consumer Products

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...
Energy
Renewable Energy
Fossil & Nuclear
Federal & State Energy Policy

Renewables, Not Natural Gas, Should Replace Shuttered Nuclear Plants

Across the nation, utilities continue to announce the planned shutdown of nuclear power plants. Early retirement of these crumbling, outrageously expensive and dangerous plants is long overdue. But...

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products
Toxic Chemicals

What is fragrance?

Glance at the label of nearly any personal care or cleaning product, and chances are it’s scented with one “fragrance” chemical or a combination of them.
Laundry detergent
Flame Retardants

Extinguishing Deca: A toxic flame retardant may flicker out

By Lisa Frack "This is the beginning of the end for brominated flame retardants." So said Richard Wiles, EWG senior VP for policy, upon learning last week that the major manufacturers of decaBDE have...
Energy
Fossil & Nuclear

Trump EPA To Scale Back Climate Rule To Pave Way for More Coal Plants

The Environmental Protection Agency will repeal an Obama-era climate change regulation requiring coal-fired power plants to install technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions, according to...