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Tips for a Healthy and Safe July Fourth Holiday

This July Fourth weekend, be responsible and respect local public health ordinances and social distancing guidelines. Whether you're planning to stay at home to grill in your backyard, or heading to...

Flame Retardants

Healthy Home Tip 3: Avoid fire retardants

Are you trying to reduce your family's exposure to flame retardants? It's a good idea since they're associated with long-term health effects - especially in children whose developing bodies are more...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals

How ‘multitasking’ preservatives might help to make cosmetics safer

The lack of preservation in cosmetics has a notorious history – in just one instance, four women were almost permanently blinded in 1977 because the chemicals failed to keep their mascara clean and...
Research

How Much is Too Much?

Can you get too much of a good thing? When it comes to vitamin A, zinc and niacin, yes you can.
Food & Water
Food

Five Kid-Approved Tips for Healthier Valentine’s Day Parties

Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and let's face it: your kids will eat a lot of sugary treats come February 14. Thanks to school, team and neighborhood parties, many kids spend Valentine's...

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Cookware & Food Containers

Healthy Home Tip 6: (Still) skipping the non-stick

Even though I'm tempted by some of the new, post-Teflon "non-stick" cookware, I resist. They're just too new to know for sure if they're any safer. And there's a history in this country of replacing...
Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Food & Water

EPA Chief’s First-Class Travel in Crosshairs of GOP Investigation

The Republican chair of the House oversight committee is demanding the travel records of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Research

Is Northern Virginia a D.C.-Area Hot Spot for ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Tap Water?

Tap water samples from throughout Northern Virginia were contaminated with the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS at levels significantly higher than those previously reported for other parts of the Washington, D.C., metro area, according to tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group.
Household & Consumer Products

Healthy Home Tip 5: Another reason to wash those hands

With one case of kid flu and another serious case of coughing and sneezing in the house this week, our family is hand washing like never before. Parents included.
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Does Crop Insurance Expand the Racial “Subsidy Gap?”

Every American should be angry over the false claims being made against a fund designed to help black farmers who were the victims of long-standing discrimination by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

Household & Consumer Products
Children’s Health

Head back to school with EWG's green shopping tips

Every year around this time, the school supply list shows up in our mailbox. You know the one, where teachers tell you exactly what to bring on the first day to fill the new classroom with the...
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Algae
Children’s Health

Headed to a Lake This Summer? This Is How to Protect Your Kids from Toxic Algal Blooms.

Across the U.S., there is a growing epidemic of harmful algal blooms – also known as blue-green algae – polluting lakes, rivers and swimming holes, EWG reported this month.
Consumer Guides

EWG’s Top 5 Tips for Choosing Safer Cosmetics for Kids

From shampoo and lotion, to baby oil and body wash, we apply cosmetics or personal care products every day to our skin, hair and nails.
Personal Care Products
Sunscreen
Family Health

Staying safe under the sun: How melanin levels can significantly affect skin cancer risk

Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide and the most diagnosed cancer in the U.S. Recent research shows that melanin, a pigment found in hair, skin and eyes, can play a...
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Top Labor Day Tips to End Summer on a High Note

Whether you're planning a beach outing, pool party or cookout to mark the last days of summer, here are some tips for a safe and healthy Labor Day weekend.
Food & Water
Food

EWG for the Win: Tips for Your Healthiest Super Bowl Yet

The big game is right around the corner and millions of Americans are making winning game plans for a Super Bowl party packed with quintessential football fare. Super Bowl Sunday comes in second only...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies

Happy Tax Day! Do You Know How You’re Subsidizing Big Ag This Year?

As Americans finish up their taxes, it's worth reflecting on how those tax dollars are being spent to widen the gap between the haves and the have-nots in farming.

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Children’s Health

Protecting ‘Sephora kids’: How to keep tweens safe from harmful skin care and cosmetic ingredients

Earlier this year, the “Sephora kids” trend set TikTok ablaze. Now even summer camps are asking skin-care-obsessed tweens to leave their serums, cleansers and body sprays at home.
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Food
Food

How to Avoid 5 Food Additives that Harm Children’s Health

In a groundbreaking move this week, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Environmental Health warned of the risks chemical food additives pose to children's health.

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

EWG News Roundup (8/31): Trump’s Farm Bail Out, Back-to-School Tips and More

EWG News Roundup (8/31): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend:

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.

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Sunscreen
Household & Consumer Products

15 Tips to Keep July Fourth Celebrations Fun and Safe

ndependence Day celebrations are supposed to be enjoyable. We barbecue, picnic, swim, and gather with family and friends. The holiday weekend is all about fun in the sun.
Food & Water
Family Health

Making meals without microplastics: Tips for safer cutting boards

Depending on the type of cutting board you use, your home-cooked meals could be contaminated with an unlikely ingredient – microplastics – according to a recent study.
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Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Conservation
Food & Water
Water

Des Moines Just the Tip of the Iceberg for Iowa’s Nitrate-Contaminated Tap Water

In 2015, Des Moines Water Works sued upstream counties to reduce manure and fertilizer runoff into the city's drinking water supply, drawing attention to nitrate pollution. But nitrate contaminates...