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EWG News Roundup (8/3): Nonstick Chemicals Contaminate Drinking Water, Americans Urge EPA to Ban TCE and More
EWG News Roundup (8/3): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Comments for Public Meeting on "International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulations (ICCR) Preparations"
Comments for the public meeting on "International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulations (ICCR) Preparations" by Jane Houlihan, Vice President for Research, Environmental Working Group; Washington, DC...
Schools Reopening: Let’s Make This a Catalyst for Change
Every day it seems there's a new email from school with a change of plans, or news reports about studies of COVID-19, children and schools that are far removed from the reality in the U.S. It's even...
Protein predicament: Health concerns about protein bars
Protein bars might not immediately come to mind when you think of unhealthy foods, but some aren’t as beneficial as they seem. Many bars sold today contain large amounts of ultra-processed ingredients...
Rocket fuel in your drinking water? We got just the man
This post is written by Enviroblogger Alex Formuzis. He is away from his computer today so I've posted it on his behalf.
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 3)
This week, the Republican-led Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee suspended rules and decorum to railroad President Trump's EPA nominee, Scott Pruitt, through the committee, setting up a...
EWG petitions FDA to ban two toxic additives in popular Halloween candy
Halloween is here and consumers are buying up massive quantities of candy to hand out to trick-or-treaters – or to eat themselves.
The Real Farm Subsidy Scandal? USDA’s Legacy of Racial Discrimination.
Prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer receives farm subsidies, but this is not a real scandal. There is no “Nazi test” for farm subsidies – nor should there be.
Straighten This: Government Warns of Health Risks from Hair Straighteners
By Lee Ann Brown, EWG Press Secretary Straighten your hair? Better read this - and start loving those curls! The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a health hazard alert...
Falling Crop Prices Mean Big Payouts
The bait-and-switch pulled off by the agriculture committees of Congress in the 2014 farm bill – using 80 percent of the savings from ending direct and countercyclical farm subsidies to gin up a suite...
Spring Clean Your Cosmetics: Go without these 6 ingredients
Thankfully, one can interpret spring cleaning in many ways. Some weed overgrown gardens, others dust every square inch of the house. I like to clear out my pantry and cook a mix matched feast with...
The macro issues of microplastics
The snap of a coffee lid, the pop of a chip bag opening, the crinkle of an empty wrapper – all ways that we use plastic before discarding and forgetting about it. But we’re reminded of the pollution...
Five Things You Don’t Know Your Kids Are Eating
As parents, we do the best we can to give our children a healthy diet. We read ingredient lists, shop conscientiously, pack healthy lunches and cook meals at home whenever possible. But big holes in...
New EWG research finds many North Carolina factory farms are at risk of flooding
A new Environmental Working Group geospatial analysis finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they...
EWG News Roundup (2/22): Safe Levels of Exposure to PFAS Keep Getting Lower, Federal Agencies Seek Volunteers for PFAS Testing and Safer Sunscreens on the Way
EWG News Roundup (2/22): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG news roundup (4/8): 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, contaminated tap water tops list of public’s environmental concerns and more
EWG news roundup (4/8): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG news roundup (10/29): EPA takes steps to address PFAS waste, $27 billion included in budget bill for climate-focused conservation and more
EWG news roundup (10/29): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Beauty and the Beast: Fix Broken Cosmetics Law with Real Reform, Not Loopholes
Federal law on cosmetics and other personal care products is badly broken and has not been updated for nearly 80 years.
Chemicals and contaminants linked to cancer can be found in food, water and many other everyday products. However, no category of consumer products is subject to less government oversight than cosmetics and other personal care products.
EWG News Roundup (4/20): Nonstick Chemicals in Drinking Water, Farm Pollution Throughout Midwest and More
EWG News Roundup (4/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Money Where Our Mouths Are
Food and agriculture policy always comes down to money: how federal dollars will be prioritized and spent.
Senate Hearing Focuses on EWG's Chromium-6 Study
Environmental Working Group's recent national study that detected widespread drinking water contamination by carcinogenic chromium-6 was the subject of intense discussion this morning at a well...
EWG tests find four water filters that effectively remove ‘forever chemicals’ from home taps
New laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found four water filters that reduce the detected “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in sampled drinking water by nearly 100 percent...
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Men's Health
Most men know by now that good lifestyle choices – such as exercising regularly, eating a healthy diet, not smoking and drinking in moderation – make a big difference in staying healthy. Men may too often ignore these sensible recommendations, but it's not because they're not aware of them.
