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California proclaims October Children’s Environmental Health Month

State lawmakers are proclaiming October 2021 Children’s Environmental Health Month, aiming to raise awareness about the importance of cleaner air and water, safer food and healthier products to...

California aprueba el límite más estricto del país en cuanto a la filtración de plomo en los grifos

El martes pasado, el gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó una ley que establece el límite más estricto del país en cuanto a la filtración de plomo en los grifos de agua potable, con el fin de garantizar que los grifos y accesorios de plomería queden virtualmente exentos de plomo.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG study: Almost 42,000 sources of toxic 'forever chemicals' could be polluting surface or drinking water across the U.S.

A new study by Environmental Working Group scientists finds almost 42,000 potential sources of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS that could be polluting surface water or drinking water in...
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Regional Issues
California

Court of appeal rejects California’s blanket approval of pesticide spraying

In a major victory for health and environmental groups, California’s Court of Appeal has ruled that a statewide pesticide-spraying program violates the law by failing to study and minimize the threats...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Frightening food: The scary additives lurking in Halloween candy

Halloween is just days away, when children will dress up as ghosts, zombies and other scary creatures while they trick-or-treat.
Children trick or treating
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae

Hundreds of potentially toxic algae outbreaks have plagued water in 2021

Fall typically marks the end of the algae outbreak season for most of the U.S. This year, news reports of the potentially toxic blooms in bodies of water have soared to at least 476, an eight percent...
Cleaning Supplies

How EWG Grades Cleaning Products in its New Guide

It's that time of year again, when students everywhere try to figure out how well they need to do on the final exam to get an A for the term. Or maybe they're calculating what it will take just to...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
North Carolina

‘Forever chemical’ GenX more toxic than previously acknowledged, says EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency today announced that GenX, one of many “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, is hazardous at much lower exposures than the two notorious PFAS known as PFOA and PFOS.
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Pollution
Food & Farm Workers
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Forever chemicals from military bases may be lurking in agricultural water supplies

Farmers near military bases might be unknowingly contaminating their crops and livestock with water contaminated by the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, an EWG analysis finds.

EWG news roundup (10/29): EPA takes steps to address PFAS waste, $27 billion included in budget bill for climate-focused conservation and more

EWG news roundup (10/29): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG weekly news roundup
Research

Drinking water: New frameworks needed to account for multiple contaminants and protect public health

To make sure all communities have better and safer drinking water, EWG research strives to push federal agencies to increase public health protections and invest in drinking water infrastructure. Our recent work shows how important it is to update federal legal limits that make public health the priority. Drinking water in communities across the U.S. contains mixtures of contaminants – including
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Meat and Dairy Alternatives
Climate & Agriculture

‘Low carbon’ beef: As nonsensical as ‘low cancer’ cigarettes

The Department of Agriculture has approved a label designating “low carbon” beef, a statement as nonsensical as the Food and Drug Administration calling a cigarette “low cancer.”
Cute cow
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Food & Farm Workers
Family Health
Children’s Health
Regional Issues
California

32M pounds of toxic pesticides used in Ventura County, threatening farmworkers, families and more

More than 32 million pounds of toxic pesticides, including many linked to cancer and respiratory and developmental problems, have been used on Ventura County farm fields from 2015 to 2020, including...
Ventura county homes
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation

EWG testimony for the record to the House Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry of the House Agriculture Committee

Attached is EWG’s testimony to the House Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry of the House Agriculture Committee for their hearing pertaining to 2022 review of farm bill conservation programs.

EWG news roundup (2/4): Pesticides in Ventura County, cell phone radiation risks for male fertility and more

EWG news roundup (2/4): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup

EWG news roundup (12/17): California regulators poised to increase cost of rooftop solar, keeping skin healthy during winter and more

EWG news roundup (12/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
Water
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

PFAS: What the Defense Department’s inspector general found, ignored and obscured

The Senate’s homeland security panel will hold a critical hearing this Thursday on a shocking inspector general report that found the Defense Department failed to protect service members and their...

DoD and PFAS
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

Decades later, plumes of ‘forever chemicals’ from Defense installations still contaminate nearby wells

Decades after polluting their well water, the Defense Department is still providing water filters and bottled water to at least 47 communities it contaminated with the “forever chemicals” known as...
Food & Water
Food
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

FDA test results again downplay risks of ‘forever chemicals’ in food

The Food and Drug Administration’s release yesterday of tests for the presence of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in food once again downplays the risks the substances pose to consumers, with...
FDA building
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals

Lilial and fertility: EU bans toxic fragrance ingredient from personal care products

On March 1, the European Union’s ban of the fragrance ingredient butylphenyl methylpropional, or lilial, went into effect.
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Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

New Amazon Aware line of beauty products are EWG VERIFIED®

This week, Amazon announced its new line of Amazon Aware consumer products, including a number of beauty products that have earned the Environmental Working Group's highly sought EWG VERIFIED® mark.
Amazon aware logo
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Cereal offenders: potentially harmful ingredients in ‘healthy’ breakfast food

Many breakfast cereals claim to be a healthy way to start the day. Their boxes feature cute, colorful characters and catchy slogans that attract children, and their promise of a “complete” breakfast...
Child eating cereal
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Keeping harmful food additives off your Thanksgiving table

Many of the foods commonly found on the Thanksgiving table contain two additives that can increase your risk of cancer and cause hormone disruption.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Chromium-6

Coalition group comments to California DEIR for hexavalent chromium MCL

The Environmental Working Group, along with six other environmental health organizations, submitted comments to California's State Water Resources Control Board on the Draft Environmental Impact...