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Is your CBD latte safe? Don’t ask the FDA

The use of cannabidiol, or CBD, in food and drink has exploded since Congress legalized hemp production and delisted CBD as a controlled substance, in 2018. Today it’s added to lattes, tea, kombucha...

Latte with leaf art

EWG News Roundup (2/12): Black-Owned-Brand Filter Added to Skin Deep® Database, EWG Calls on EPA To Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide and More

EWG News Roundup (2/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Sunscreen

Summer's here: What are you doing to protect your skin?

Every year the time comes to replenish the family sunscreen supply. And every year I wait until EWG's sunscreen guide is out so I can make the right choices without a lot of fuss. Good news then, that...
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water
Food
Food

Eating Less, Better Meat: Yes We Can

I'm a vegetarian. But my husband's not. And – go figure – my kids aren't either. Which is exactly why I care about the meat I buy.
Sunscreen

"The EWG list of best sunscreens can't be beat in my opinion."

Late last week, news outlets began reporting that the Federal Communications Commission was considering revising its cell phone radiation testing methods - for the first time in 15 years. Early this...
Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Factory Farms
Farm Pollution
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Dramatic Satellite Photos Reveal Impact of Hurricane Florence on North Carolina CAFOs

Newly released satellite images show the devastating flooding contaminated by pollution from Hurricane Florence's pounding of the Carolinas, including waste from the hundreds of industrial-scale hog...
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Energy
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (11/1): PFAS Tainting Kentucky Water, Coal Giant Files for Bankruptcy and More

EWG News Roundup (11/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
BPA
Sunscreen
Water

Best of Enviroblog 2009: Top 10 posts

As the saying goes, another one bites the dust. Another year, that is. But before we leave 2009 behind for good - which many of us would happily do - let's take a quick look back at the 10 most...
Food & Water
Food
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Pumpkin spice surprise – the toxic chemicals lurking in ‘fragrance’

Background Starbucks introduced its autumn drink Pumpkin Spice Latte a few days earlier this year than last. Once that happens, we know we’re in peak pumpkin spice season. That coffee drink’s success...
Candles and pumpkins
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (4/21): Animal Waste and N.C. Property Rights, Pressure on 1,4-Dioxane

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

Research

Tone Deaf: The Facts Behind Duke Energy’s Low-Income Programs

In a November 2017 interview, Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy, said: “Affordability is really important, whether you are a consumer with low discretionary income or you’re an industrial company that’s competing against Georgia or China or Latin America. … So we can’t walk away from affordability.” 1 Duke elevated “affordable energy” as a priority in its 2018 sustainability report, 2 even pointing to
Duke Low Income Energy Report
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Sticky situation: Harmful food chemicals in chewing gum

Chewing gum has long been popular among people of all ages. It’s a convenient way to freshen your breath, curb cravings and relieve stress. But before you reach for that stick of gum, you may want to...
Child chewing gum
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (7/28): National Tap Water Database Unveiled, Chemical Industry Shows Influence at EPA and Fighting Bee-Killing Pesticides

Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water
Food
Food

Just About Everyone Has Something to Say About Meat

On July 18, EWG released a report on how the food we eat affects our bodies and the planet. We called it a Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change + Health. In it, we shared our findings about 20 popular...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics
Children’s Health

Simple Steps for Safer Face Paint

From spooky to adorable, face paint can put the finishing touches on a great Halloween costume.

Toxic Chemicals

Measuring your disease risk

A new website by Harvard School of Public Health lets visitors tally their risk for several types of cancer, as well as heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and stroke. Users input their age and...

EWG News Roundup (7/2): Enjoying a Healthy (and Safe) Independence Day, PFAS Provisions Added to Military Spending Bill and More

EWG News Roundup (7/2): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Nanomaterials
Household & Consumer Products
Cookware & Food Containers

Comments on EPA's Nanomaterial Case Study: Nanoscale Silver in Disinfectant Spray

EWG comments to EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment question a case study's failure to clearly present conclusions about the possible effects on people and the environment of nanoscale...

Consumer Guides

EWG's Guide to Sunscreens

Sunscreen safety ratings that help you make the right purchase.
Mother applying sunscreen to child
BPA

Listen up: EWG's Jane Houlihan talks BPA on FOX News

Since the U.S. Food & Drug Administration expressed "some concern" about BPA last week ('bout time), more and more people are wondering whether they should be concerned about it, how they're exposed...

EWG News Roundup (5/22): 2020 EWG Guide to Sunscreens, Johnson & Johnson End the Sale of Talc-Based Baby Powder and More

EWG News Roundup (5/22): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG’s 2021 gift guide

It’s hard enough to figure out the perfect gift for some people on your holiday shopping list. It can be more difficult when you factor in a desire to protect the health of your family and the...

Gift
BPA

Can EWG staff live a week without canned food? Can you?

In 2007 we tested canned food for BPA because the can linings contain the chemical, and we suspected it might leach into the food. And, as we all know now, it does.
Toxic Chemicals

Dr. Oz investigates early puberty in girls

Dr. Mehmet Oz begins a recent segment of The Dr. Oz Show by telling us in no uncertain terms that he's not happy about early puberty in girls - as a dad and a doctor.