Will Trump’s EPA Protect Americans from Toxic PFAS Chemicals?
The toxic chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a national crisis demanding action.
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Don’t Want to Eat Pruitt’s Pesticide? Here’s What to Avoid
Last week Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt stuck to his long-standing practice of ignoring science, disregarding data that shows the pesticide chlorpyrifos could harm kids'...
For Consumers, Being Clean Is as Important as Coming Clean
More than ever, Americans want to know everything about our food, cosmetics, cleaners and other everyday products we bring into our homes.
EWG News Roundup (3/8): Why Organic is ‘Cleaner,’ Teflon Chemicals Taint Military Sites and More
EWG News Roundup (3/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG’s News Roundup (1/12): Radioactive Tap Water, Iowa’s Farm Runoff and 12 Months of Trump
EWG News Roundup (1/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG’s News Roundup (12/8): Farm Subsidies for Lawmakers, Coal’s Fingerprints on Bailout Plot Exposed and More
EWG's News Roundup (12/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (7/5): Lead Contaminates California Schools, Billions To Bail Out Nuke Energy and More
EWG News Roundup (7/5): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Coal States’ Futile Bids To Prop Up a Dying Industry
The U.S. coal industry is dying, and the Trump administration's schemes to keep it alive through taxpayer subsidies have likewise hit a dead end. But that's not stopping coal states' increasingly...
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Water Treatment Contaminants:
Across the nation, chlorine, added as a disinfectant to kill disease- causing microganisms in dirty source water, is reacting with rotting organic matter like sewage, manure from livestock, dead animals and fallen leaves to form toxic chemicals that are potentially harmful to people.
It’s Time To Regulate Industrial Discharges of PFAS
Fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, harm to the reproductive system, and harm to the immune system.
Unpacking the ‘Clean’ Claims Made by 3 Beauty Boxes
I try to stay up to date on the latest beauty trends, especially when they involve products advertised as “clean” or “nontoxic.” Even before my internship with EWG's Healthy Living Science team, I...
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Farming in California
The federal Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) program, though tiny compared to the billions that flow to growers of commodity crops such as corn and soy, is one of the government's most important efforts to promote cultivation and sale of fruits, nuts and vegetables.
PFAS and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity: An EWG Fact Sheet
The toxic fluorinated per-and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS are a class of thousands of environmentally persistent synthetic chemicals that have been used since the 1940s. They are added as...
Big Oil Schemes To Crush the Electric Car Market
The U.S. electric vehicle market is exploding – up 81 percent last year over 2017. That's got the oil industry worried, and Big Oil is scheming to kneecap the EV boom.
Most Corn on the Cob Isn't GMO
The corn shoppers find on supermarket aisles and at farm stands is called “sweet corn” because it contains more sugar than its ancestor, field corn. People eat sweet corn fresh on or off the cob...
DARKer Act Blocks State and Local GMO Safety Rules
The anti-labeling DARK Act sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kans.) is now also an anti-environment, anti-farmworker and anti-public health bill. The latest version could rip more than 100 laws from...
Don’t Let The DARK Act Sneak Through Congress
Some lawmakers are trying to slip the darkest part of the DARK Act onto the must-pass spending bill Congress will consider.
EWG News Roundup (10/26): More Kids’ Foods with Monsanto’s Roundup, Eating Organic Helps Prevent Cancer and More
EWG News Roundup (10/26): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (11/2): Weed Killer Packs Bigger Punch Than Vitamins in Kids' Cereal, Groundbreaking Cellphone Radiation Study and More
EWG News Roundup (11/2): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
What Bill Nye Got Right About GMOs
Twitter was buzzing this week that Bill Nye the Science Guy – every elementary school's favorite scientist – has changed his mind about GMOs.
Congress Lauds Biotech Benefits – but at Children’s Expense?
School children in districts represented by some members of the House subcommittee that oversees biotechnology could soon be at increased risk of being exposed to a toxic weed killer, a recent EWG...
EWG Applauds Rep. Pallone for Oversight of Imported Cosmetics
EWG today applauded House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for demanding new data from the Food and Drug Administration on the safety of imported cosmetics.
California Moving to Boost Lead Poisoning Prevention Programs for At-Risk Kids
An estimated 60 percent to three fourths of lower income children in California don't get the lead poisoning tests required by state and federal law. In response, state lawmakers are taking steps to...
Efficiency: The Low-Profile Core of a Smart Energy Policy
Solar panels and wind turbines get the headlines, but efficiency – designing appliances, electronics, cars and buildings to use less energy – is also an important part of the story of the clean energy...
