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Mercury Falling

Scientists and government officials, including a blue ribbon panel of the National Academy of Sciences, are growing increasingly concerned about the health threat that mercury contamination of commonly eaten fish may pose to the delicate, rapidly developing nervous systems of fetuses, infants and young children.

No Coincidence: Camp Lejeune's Contaminated Drinking Water

Nearly 40 Marine veterans diagnosed with male breast cancer today urged President Obama to support legislation in Congress that would provide health care for those made ill by carcinogenic chemicals...
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Washington Post Wrong

On Oct. 4, The Washington Post had a scoop: According to a front-page story by Sally Squires, a new report by “top scientists from private groups and federal agencies,” advised pregnant and breast-feeding women to eat at least 12 ounces of fish a week “to ensure their babies' optimal brain development.”

What Does a Good Breakfast Cereal Look Like?

Breakfast cereals like Kellogg's Corn Flakes and General Mills' Cheerios have been breakfast table regulars for nearly a century. Many of us think of them as a healthy way to start the day. After all...

OUT NOW: EWG’s 2020 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

Nearly 70 percent of the fresh produce sold in the U.S. contains residues of potentially harmful chemical pesticides, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2020 Dirty Dozen™. Yet the dirtiest...

EPA Watchdog Probes Climate Pollution from Dirty Corn Ethanol

The federal Renewable Fuel Standard is supposed to promote fuels that emit less global warming pollution than gasoline. But it's done just the opposite, stimulating a boom in ethanol made from corn...

EWG Stands By Its Vitamin A Sunscreen Warning

Washington, DC – Environmental Working Group's review of a commentary on the safety of retinyl palmitate in sunscreens, published August 6 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, has...

EWG News Roundup (Oct. 21): Water Contamination, Food Policy and Conservation

Beginning this Friday, EWG will post news you can use – some of the recent media coverage featuring our content and spokespeople.

EWG’s Ken Cook Recognized by Mount Sinai’s Children’s Environmental Health Center

Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook will be the featured guest and honoree today (May 16) at the annual Greening Our Children event hosted by the Children's Environmental Health Center...

U.S. Pediatricians to Congress: Reform Chemical Policy Now

U.S. pediatricians are putting their considerable muscle behind the calls for Congress to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a failed federal law that has exposed millions of children...

With Water in Mind

Minneapolis Star Tribune Published September 18, 2006 The idea that agriculture has become a major source of pollution in the Mississippi River will startle many Midwesterners. But it's no surprise to...

Corn Ethanol: A Lump of Coal in Your Christmas Stocking

In 2007, corn ethanol was offered up as an environmentally friendly alternative to gasoline. But nearly seven years to the day since Congress put it in play, we're still not seeing the benefits. In...

Sunscreen series: Does sunscreen use prevent skin cancer?

Sunburns are inconvenient and sometimes painful, but they always seem to go away in a few days. Melanoma on quite the other hand, is not something that I want to mess with.

19 Best-Scoring Sunscreens for Babies and Kids

A few blistering sunburns in childhood can double a person's chances of developing serious forms of skin cancer in their lifetime. While a hat and shirt are the most effective at blocking harmful UV...

Support for overfishing?

Special to Enviroblog by Renee Sharp, Director, EWG California Office This week, EWG published a peer-reviewed paper on fishing subsidies that was almost four years in the making. Sound boring? Think...

EWG Comments on Ethanol Regulations

Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to reduce the amount of corn ethanol blended into gasoline is a small step in the right direction, EWG said in comments submitted to...

Where Does All That Corn Ethanol Come From?

In recent years, millions of acres of America's native grasslands have been plowed under to grow corn for ethanol to blend into gasoline. And new research is clearly pointing to the federal ethanol...

Two new bills target toxic food chemicals in New York

On March 5, lawmakers introduced two bills that would protect New Yorkers from toxic food chemicals. Between them, they would ban seven substances from food manufactured, distributed or sold in the...

EWG Comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on Glyphosate Exposure

Below and attached are comments EWG has submitted to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on the agency’s proposed No Significant Risk Limit for human intake of Monsanto’s...

Not so sweet: Study shows artificial sweeteners’ health harms

Whether it’s yogurt, bread, soda or thousands of other widely consumed products, your sweet treat might lead to a not-so-sweet health problem. If the label says “reduced sugar,” it could contain...

Plan to Add Fluoride to Southern California Tap Water will put 64,000 Kids at Risk

More than 64,000 children a day in Southern California will be exposed to an unsafe dose of fluoride when the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) begins adding fluoride to drinking water in October...

Are Artificial Sweeteners Safe for Your Child?

It's no secret that children love sweets – and that parents often try to limit the sugary treats their kids consume, because of the range of health concerns, not to mention dental bills, associated...

Kernel-nomics: Big Ethanol's Inflated Job Claims

By Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group Midwest vice-president. Growth Energy, a corn ethanol lobby group, is grossly exaggerating the economic benefits that a higher ethanol blend in the nation's...

The good glow: Stay safe with protective sunscreens this summer

Sunscreen helps reduce the risk of sunburns and long-term skin damage, but only one in four products offers adequate protection and does not contain worrisome ingredients, according to an EWG analysis...