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EWG News Roundup (12/16): Michelle Pfeiffer Joins Board and EWG Sues FDA

Some of the biggest news to come out of EWG since its inception more than 22 years ago happened this week, and it wasn't a consumer guide or big policy win. Golden Globe winner, three-time Academy...

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

EWG News Roundup (9/27): ‘Forever Chemicals’ in California, Electric Cars Draw Ire of Big Oil and More

EWG News Roundup (9/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (7/16): Glyphosate in Hummus, States Failing Farmworkers During COVID-19 Pandemic and More

EWG News Roundup (7/16): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Is Your Bottled Water Worth It?

When you want to know what's in your tap water, look at your local water utility's website. You'll find the source of the water and any chemical pollutants remaining after treatment.
Research

EWG analysis: North Carolina’s factory farms are everywhere – even floodplains and other flood-prone areas

A new EWG geospatial analysis finds that, as of 2020, 156 of North Carolina’s swine and poultry factory farms are located in or just outside floodplains – 59 swine and 97 poultry facilities.
Chicken factory farm

EWG news roundup (4/15): Food industry (not FDA) approves new food chemicals, PG&E CEO made more than $50 million in 2021 and more

EWG news roundup (4/15): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup
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Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (9/13): Army Sites Plagued With PFAS, Trump Guts Clean Water Rule and More

EWG News Roundup (9/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

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.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (March 31): Pesticide Push-Back, the Clean Power Plan, Frozen Foods and More

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

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Ethanol Report 2012

Beware of higher ethanol gas. E-15 fuel could void warranties, damage small engines.

Grease thieves, corn oil and fraud: How biofuel scam artists bilked U.S. taxpayers of billions

One in a series of articles on “ None of the Above ” In June 2016, Dave Larson sat in his boss’ office at Triton Energy LLC, in Waterloo, Indiana, filling out a worker’s compensation form. The day...
Biofuels Blog
Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Glyphosate
Energy
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/17): Cover Crops Expand Across the Corn Belt, Billion Dollar Monsanto Ruling and More

EWG News Roundup (5/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Exposing Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water, Food, Toys – and People

A Timeline of EWG-Commissioned Laboratory Test
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Pesticides
Triclosan
Cleaning Supplies

EWG Comments to EPA on Draft Antimicrobial Rule

Download PDF version. Office of Pesticide Programs Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC 20460-0001 Regarding: Proposed Rule for Data Requirements for Antimicrobial...
Research

Pesticides in Baby Food

To determine the extent of pesticide contamination of baby food, we tested eight foods (applesauce, garden vegetables or pea and carrot blend, green beans, peaches, pears, plums, squash and sweet potatoes) made by the three major baby food producers that account for 96 percent of all baby food sales -- Gerber, Heinz, and Beech-Nut. All samples were purchased at retail from grocery stores in three
Research

Mother's Milk

In the first nationwide tests for chemical fire retardants in the breast milk of American women, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high levels of these little-known neurotoxic chemicals in every participant tested.

EWG Letter to EPA

Download PDF file. July 7, 2008 Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P) Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20460-0001 Regarding...
Research

Body Burden: The Pollution in Newborns

In the month leading up to a baby's birth, the umbilical cord pulses with the equivalent of at least 300 quarts of blood each day, pumped back and forth from the nutrient- and oxygen-rich placenta to the rapidly growing child cradled in a sac of amniotic fluid. This cord is a lifeline between mother and baby, bearing nutrients that sustain life and propel growth.