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EWG News Roundup (1/8): EWG Calls for President Trump’s Removal From Office, PFAS Detected in 100 Ohio Water Systems and More

EWG News Roundup (1/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Trump’s EPA Ignores Hidden Carcinogen Lurking in Cosmetics

The Trump administration's proposal to study 1,4-dioxane excludes exposures from personal care products – even though an EWG analysis found that thousands of shampoos, soaps, lotions, sunscreens...

For “Organic” Cosmetics, Find the Seal

Looking for organic cosmetics? Lots of companies add the word “organic” to cosmetics and other personal care products.

Six tips to avoid phthalates after study highlights health harms, billion-dollar costs

A new study of the endocrine-disrupting chemicals known as phthalates found in everyday products like perfumes and toys adds to mounting evidence of their chronic health harms and potentially billions...
PFAS contaminates public drinking water systems serving at least 19 million people in 49 states. This interactive map from EWG and the Social Science Health and Environmental Health Research Institute shows where PFAS has been detected in drinking water.

EWG Issues Guide to Men’s Environmental Health

Toxic substances in drinking water, food, food packaging and personal care products, as well as exposure to the sun's harmful UV rays, have all been linked to serious health problems that affect many...

EWG News Roundup (10/30): EPA Extends the Use of Harmful Pesticide, DuPont Still Discharges PFOA and More

EWG News Roundup (10/30): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (1/10): Trump Threatens To Derail PFAS Action, California Fails To Test Infants for Lead and More

EWG News Roundup (1/10): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (2/26): Trump’s USDA Sent Farm Subsidies to Richest Farmers, Environmental Racism in America and More

EWG News Roundup (2/26): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG news roundup (7/29): Mapping Western Lake Erie Basin AFOs, billions of dollars in landmark Senate deal to fight climate crisis, and more

EWG news roundup (7/29): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

No more tears......just cancer causing chemicals

Baby products should not contain toxic ingredients, according to common sense as well as 40 + organizations lead by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) co-founded Campaign for Safe Cosmetics.

A Pro-Industry EPA Could Undermine New Chemical Safety Law

By releasing the first 10 chemicals to be reviewed under the new federal chemical safety law, the Environmental Protection Agency reminds us of what's at stake – and how decisions made by the incoming...

EWG news roundup (5/28): Little progress on cleanup of ‘forever chemicals’ at military bases, a healthy and safe Memorial Day and more

EWG news roundup (5/28): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

True Horror Stories Of Cosmetic Dangers

People will go to great lengths to be “beautiful,” and cosmetics companies know it. It was not until 1938 that Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, which gave the FDA power to act...

For Safe, Nontoxic Personal Care Products, Look Beyond the Pink Ribbon

EWG, breastcancer.org and breasthealth.org discuss potentially harmful ingredients in personal care products and why it's important to choose based on the contents, rather than the packaging.

Major Corporations Take Key Steps to Put Consumer Health First

Yesterday marked a major victory for American consumers as mega-retailer Walmart announced a Sustainable Chemistry initiative that takes an important step toward protecting the health and wellness its...

EWG News Roundup (11/22): Mark Ruffalo, EWG Demand PFAS Action; Trump ‘Bails Out’ Rich Farmers Again and More

EWG News Roundup (11/22): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Consumer Pressure Leads Avon To Phase Out Antibacterial Chemical

Washington, D.C. – The decision by Avon, one of the world's largest beauty product manufacturers, to remove the antibacterial chemical triclosan from its products is “the latest example of how...