Toxic Chemicals Found in Minority Cord Blood
Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Rachel's Network have detected bisphenol A (BPA) for the first time in the umbilical cord blood of U.S. newborns.
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EWG News Roundup (10/9): Nitrate Contaminates Water in California’s Majority-Latino Communities, Members of Congress Rake in Farm Subsidies and More
This week EWG released an analysis showing that in California's majority-Latino communities, 5.25 million people drink tap water contaminated with nitrate at levels at or above the federal limit.
Probabilistic exposure and risk assessment for children who contact CCA-treated wood on playsets and decks and CCA-containing so
Statement by Jane Houlihan, Vice President for Research, Environmental Working Group on the probabilistic exposure and risk assessment for children who contact CCA-treated wood on playsets and decks...
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Across Generations
The unique bond between a mother and daughter starts in the womb and evolves over a lifetime, as each adapts and grows with the other in an elaborate interplay of nature and nurture. Shared bonds of common genetics and a common environment — their home, the air they breathe, and the food they eat — inextricably link daughters and mothers. Now, new laboratory tests of mothers and their daughters
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Taking from the Taxpayers
For decades taxpayers have provided subsidized water to California farmers at rates far below fair market value. When the amount of cheap water delivered to farmers was reduced during the severe drought of the early '90s to protect two species of endangered fish, a group of San Joaquin Valley water districts representing some of the nation's biggest farming operations sued the government for
EWG Comments on the California Air Resources Board Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan
Environmental Working Group is a research and advocacy nonprofit with considerable expertise in U.S. agriculture. We are perhaps best known in agriculture policy circles for our Farm Subsidy Database...
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.
Statement of Jane Houlihan on Cosmetics Safety
Statement of Jane Houlihan on Cosmetics Safety on the discussion draft of the ‘Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act' Legislation: Device and Cosmetic Safety before the Subcommittee on Health...
Wellness Chat: The Environment and Breast Health
We close out breast cancer awareness month with insights from one of the leading scientists in the field of breast cancer research, Ruthann Rudel.
FOREWARD
As we at EWG reflect on the accomplishments of another year – empowering people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment – we continue to be astonished by the growing community of consumers who use our work every day, the millions of people who have changed the trajectory of what we do, and how EWG has become a powerful force for change.
In 2021, EWG worked more closely
EWG Comments to the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors
Below and attached are comments EWG has submitted to the National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors on the NTP's efforts to investigate the effects of cumulative exposures to mixtures...
EWG’s News Roundup (9/29): Walmart Touts EWG VERIFIED®, Reasons Mount to Oppose EPA Chemical Safety Nominee
Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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Stolen Inventory (California)
A Bush Administration proposal to roll back Americans' right to know about chemical hazards in their neighborhoods would let California industries handle almost 1.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals a year without telling the public, according to an investigation of federal data by Environmental Working Group (EWG).
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In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water
In California's San Joaquin Valley, the nation's leading agricultural region, Latinos make up the great majority of farmworkers.
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Soaking Uncle Sam
Courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, a few hundred farms in Fresno and Kings counties annually get enough water to supply every household in Los Angeles, at pennies on the dollar of the price paid by urban water users. Now they're about to gain control of still more — even though they will need less in the future.
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...
EWG Urges EPA: Protect Public from Chromium-6 in Tap Water
EWG submits comments on EPA's IRIS program draft toxicological review of hexavalent chromium.
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Dishonorable Discharge
Under existing federal pollution control laws, the American people are kept in the dark about the vast majority of toxic pollution spewed into the environment by U.S. industry. Even the most comprehensive toxic pollution reporting system in the nation, the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), accounts for only about 5 percent of all toxic pollution of the environment each year (GAO 1991, EPA 1996c).
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PCBs in Farmed Salmon
These first-ever tests of farmed salmon from U.S. grocery stores show that farmed salmon are likely the most PCB-contaminated protein source in the U.S. food supply. On average farmed salmon have 16 times the dioxin-like PCBs found in wild salmon, 4 times the levels in beef, and 3.4 times the dioxin-like PCBs found in other seafood.
Consumer Guides
EWG’s guide to bug repellents
EWG has updated our guide to bug sprays and repellents to protect your family from bug bites, including those from ticks, mosquitoes and other critters. Use our guide to find the best bug spray and repellent for your family.
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Tap Water for 500,000 Minnesotans Contaminated With Elevated Levels of Nitrate
Drinking water for an estimated half a million Minnesotans is drawn from groundwater contaminated with elevated levels of nitrate, a toxic pollutant that is linked to cancer and is especially dangerous for infants, according to an EWG analysis of federal and state test data.
EWG News Roundup (3/3): Trump’s Budget Cuts, the Clean Water Rule and Neurotoxin in Hair Dye
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EWG News Roundup (8/27): Costly Algae Blooms, California Senate Spikes Lead Faucet Protection Bill and More
EWG News Roundup (8/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (4/17): Protecting Our Food and Farm Workers from COVID-19, the Case for Stimulus Investments in U.S. Tap Water Supply, and More
EWG News Roundup (4/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
