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5 Ways House Farm Bill Would Roll Back Protections from Pesticides
The negative health and environmental impacts of pesticide use and exposure are well established: They range from increased cancer risk, to damage to children's brains and nervous systems, to lower...
Kourtney Kardashian’s Appeal For Cosmetics Safety Reaches 590 Million People
Will the House Farm Bill Leave No Billionaire Behind?
There’s Toxic Antimony in Baby Bibs, Clothing, Toys and Games
With all of the chemicals that get put into consumer products, it can be difficult to protect our children from toxic hazards. Knowing what to look for and what kids' products contain harmful...
Check Your Home for Cancer-Causing Radon
You've installed smoke detectors and tested for carbon monoxide. But could another dangerous gas be sneaking into your home?
7 Farm Facts to Get Straight Before Farm Bill Debate
When the House considers the farm bill this morning, watch out for defenders of unlimited farm subsidies delivering misinformation.
The Real Farm Subsidy Scandal? USDA’s Legacy of Racial Discrimination.
Prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer receives farm subsidies, but this is not a real scandal. There is no “Nazi test” for farm subsidies – nor should there be.
9 Cellphone Safety Tips for Back to School
It's probably not news to you that cellphone use may be harmful to you and your kids. Studies have found a possible link between cellphone radiation and brain and heart tumors, not to mention a range...
Toxic Chemicals at School? 8 Important Questions To Ask
When my daughter was in preschool, she told me that instead of washing hands before lunch, the children used hand sanitizer. The thinking behind this was probably that hand sanitizer kills bacteria...
CVS Will Remove Harmful Ingredients From Sunscreens
CVS, one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, recently announced it will phase out two common sunscreen ingredients, oxybenzone and octinoxate, from many of its store-brand sun-protection...
For Decades, Polluters Knew PFAS Chemicals Were Dangerous But Hid Risks From Public
For nearly 70 years, chemical companies like 3M and DuPont have known that the highly fluorinated chemicals called PFAS build up in our blood. They've known for almost that long that PFAS chemicals...
Tonight’s Climate Town Hall: Crisis Demands Tough Questions, Honest Answers
Tonight's town hall is a forum for 10 Democratic presidential candidates to address the climate crisis. The crisis demands substantive treatment, like that given health care and immigration, not...
EWG News Roundup (9/6): Hurricane Dorian Threatens N.C. Factory Farms, Climate Crisis Takes Center Stage in 2020 Campaign and More
EWG News Roundup (9/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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.
Kraft-Heinz Rejects Effort To Get Phthalates Out of Mac and Cheese
Food corporation Kraft-Heinz just sent a clear message to parents: Your worries about phthalate contamination in our food chain isn't our problem.
Feds Seek to Gut Law Boosting Small-Scale Renewables
Since 1978, the federal Public Utilities Regulatory Act has boosted renewable energy by requiring big utilities to buy some power from small solar and wind companies. PURPA reduces the nation's...
EWG News Roundup (10/18): California Seeks To Reduce Lead From Daycare Facilities, Debunking PFAS Polluters’ False Claims and More
EWG News Roundup (10/18): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
USDA Bailout for Impact of Trump’s Tariffs Goes to Biggest, Richest Farmers
Farm bailout payments designed to offset the impacts of President's Trump's trade war have overwhelmingly flowed to the largest and most successful farmers, according to EWG's analysis of the latest...
Holiday Presents for Your Family: Gifts Without Guilt
Gift-giving is filled with minefields, but EWG's got your back, so you don't need to worry about inadvertently giving family members presents laden with toxic chemicals.
EWG’s Most-Read Stories of 2019 – And Some You May Have Missed
To Support Military Families, Congress Must Pass the PFAS Action Act
On Wednesday, I spent the day with retired military firefighter Kevin Ferrara. Like thousands of military firefighters, Master Sgt. Ferrara was trained at Chanute Air Force Base – a now-closed...
How EWG Scored the Cleaning Products Recommended by “Today”
Hydrogen: Another Nail in the Coffin for Dirty Energy
Wind and solar power, plus storage batteries, are rapidly pushing aside coal, natural gas and nuclear reactors as smart and affordable energy sources. Now hydrogen is emerging as the next disruptive...
EWG News Roundup (2/14): Trump EPA Fails To Protect Kids From Pesticides, Few Signs of Progress on PFAS and More
EWG News Roundup (2/14): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.