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Save your vacation with these best “bang for your buck” sunscreens

Whether you’re spending time this summer relaxing at the beach or sunbathing in your backyard, protecting your skin from the sun is important. Nothing ruins a nice day, let alone a vacation, like...
Sunscreens on store shelves.

Don't let the lights go out on environmental journalism

A few days ago two California-based environmental reporters for the Associated Press who had made major contributions to the issue and their profession were taken off the beat. In the entire state of...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

White House advances proposal to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

The White House today advanced a proposal to impose new drinking water limits on two of the most notorious toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Popular sweetener erythritol, found in Truvia, linked to heart risk, new study says

A new study finds a link between erythritol – a common artificial sweetener also used as a filler in stevia and monk fruit sweeteners and some keto products – and risk of harm to the heart and blood...
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Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
California

Feds cave to PG&E over license exemption for aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant

Ignoring long-standing precedents, statutes and regulations, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission today gave Pacific Gas & Electric the green light to operate California’s last remaining nuclear plant...
Diablo Canyon
Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

California could ban a toxic preservative lurking in pastries

Many people love a tasty treat like Casey’s Cinnamon Roll or First Street Sugar Cookies – but they might not know these pastries often have a toxic preservative baked in them. Now California lawmakers...
Plate of cinnamon rolls
California

Concerned about Drilling in New York? So are scientists.

New York is considering lifting its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, an oil and gas drilling technology in which large volumes of water, sand and chemicals are injected into the ground at high...
Food & Water
Food
Water
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Toxic Chemicals

HCPA and EWG launch coalition to support the EPA

The Environmental Working Group and the Household & Commercial Products Association have launched the Partnership for the Future of EPA to advocate for mission-critical resources for the Environmental...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California Assembly toxics panel advances landmark ban on chemicals in processed food

On Tuesday the California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials approved a first-in-the-nation bill to ban five harmful chemicals from candy, cereals and other processed...
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Chemical Policy

The Enemy Within: EPA's War with the White House

Since she assumed the position of administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency early in 2009, Lisa P. Jackson has done more than any previous EPA chief to reform how the government...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

EWG applauds Congress for tackling ‘forever chemicals’ in National Defense Authorization Act

he Environmental Working Group applauds Congress for including several provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2023 to tackle the toxic “forever chemicals” known...
Pesticides

Are Pesticide Sprayers "Health Experts?" Seriously?

New online videos from a chemical agribusiness front group show conventional growers straining to convince consumers that it's just fine to eat bug killers and weed killers.
Chemical Policy
Cosmetics

Tips for Teens: Reevaluate your makeup bag!

Did you know that your cosmetics could harm your health? Your makeup is probably laden with dangerous chemical ingredients that could potentially cause long-term damage. Are you having trouble getting...
Toxic Chemicals

Widely used soda, food artificial sweetener is possible carcinogen, WHO cancer research arm finds

A determination by top cancer authorities will rule that aspartame, a common sweetener in sodas and food, is “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” according to sources familiar with the expected...
Research

One-third of all crop insurance subsidies flow to massive insurance companies and agents, not farmers

The federal Crop Insurance Program is known for paying billions of dollars every year to farmers when they experience reductions in crop yield or revenue. But the Department of Agriculture program also sends billions of dollars annually – much of it taxpayer-funded – to a small number of crop insurance companies that service the policies. Many of these companies are owned by extremely wealthy
Corn field
Chemical Policy
Cosmetics

Teens Find Out the Real Story Behind Cosmetics

Hey teens! We know you probably wear make-up and use cosmetics everyday, but do you have any idea what's inside these products? Many personal care products may include dangerous chemicals that can...
Research

Outrageous costs, deadly dangers: The real risks of keeping Diablo Canyon open

If something costs tens of billions to keep, without any clear financial benefits to ratepayers but with the risk of nuclear catastrophe, prolonging it would be folly. But that’s what supporters of California’s aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant are pursuing by fighting to keep it open.
Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Hard to swallow: Aspartame risk highlights FDA chemical review loopholes

Consumers digesting the news that aspartame may be linked to cancer will probably develop heartburn once they learn about loopholes in the Food and Drug Administration’s food chemical safety system.

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Food & Water
Food
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals
California

California Senate Appropriations Committee advances groundbreaking bill to ban chemicals in processed food

On August 14, 2023 the California Senate Appropriations Committee released to the Senate floor a landmark bill to ban five harmful chemicals from candy, cereals and other processed food.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

PFAS in drinking water

What did the EPA announce? The EPA just posted the results of water tests for 29 per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, in over 2,000 public water systems that provide tap water to...

Food & Water
Food
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Freezer finds: Toxic chemicals in frozen meals may cause health harms

Frozen dinners can be helpful when you don’t have the time or energy to prepare a fresh meal – quick and easy, especially given their long freezer life. But some brands include toxic chemicals you don...
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Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Sunscreen
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health

What’s in your beach bag? Top-rated sunscreens and skin products this summer

It’s time to shake out your trusty tote from last summer – despite your best efforts, sand found its way into every crevice. And there’s stickiness from sunscreen that made its way onto the fabric...
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Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Phthalates

What are phthalates?

As you start your day, phthalates have joined your morning rituals. Your first dose happens the moment you pull back your plastic shower curtain and then lather up with shampoo and soap. You’re...

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Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Meat and Dairy Alternatives
Farm Subsidies

USDA livestock subsidies top $59 billion

The Department of Agriculture has spent at least $59 billion in subsidies for livestock and seafood producers since 1995, according to a new EWG analysis.
Cows