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10 Household tips for cancer prevention

Don't forget that your environment also plays an important role in cancer prevention. Here are some simple actions you can take in and around your home to help reduce your family's risk of cancer.

Food & Water
Water

EWG comments to NIH/NIEHS request for information for the National Emerging Contaminant Research Initiative

EWG submitted comments to the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in support of the development of a National Emerging Contaminant Research Initiative.

EWG news roundup (7/9): Protecting California’s rooftop solar program, PG&E petition for $3.6 billion rate hike and more

In an op-ed published last Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle , EWG President and longtime Bay Area resident Ken Cook argued that state regulators should save California’s popular rooftop solar...

EWG weekly news roundup
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Sunscreen
Family Health
Children’s Health

Johnson & Johnson detects cancer-causing benzene in some spray sunscreens

On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson announced it is voluntarily recalling 14 sunscreen products from five different products lines after finding benzene, a known carcinogen, in some popular sunscreen...
Child being sprayed with sunscreens

EWG news roundup (7/16): Mapping PFAS industrial dischargers, EWG partners with Amazon to highlight clean cosmetics and more

EWG news roundup (7/16): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG weekly news roundup
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Landmark California law bans 'forever chemicals' in products for infants, children

In a major victory for consumers, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to protect infants and children from the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS by banning the compounds in cribs, playpens and...
Food & Water
Food
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California bans toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in food packaging and paper straws

Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that bans the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from paper, paperboard or plant-based food packaging, utensils and paper straws, effective January 1...
Takeout food

EWG news roundup (10/15): Calif. Gov. Newsom signs groundbreaking ‘forever chemicals’ bills, the FDA bans lead acetate in hair dyes and more

EWG news roundup (10/15): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead
Regional Issues
California

California lead pipeline replacements are welcome but lack vital health safeguards

Water utilities across California are taking the welcome step of replacing lead pipelines, a much-needed effort to get the known neurotoxin out of drinking water. But information obtained by EWG...
Personal Care Products
Sunscreen
Family Health
Children’s Health

EWG study: UVA protection of most sunscreens only a quarter of touted SPF

Many sunscreens offer just a quarter of their stated SPF protection against ultraviolet A rays that increase the risk of skin cancer, a new Environmental Working Group study finds.
Sunscreens on store shelves.

EWG news roundup (10/22): EPA rolls out PFAS roadmap, food additives to watch for this Halloween and more

EWG news roundup (10/22): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG comments California OEHHA on public health goals for PFOA and PFOS in drinking water

The Environmental Working Group, along with 19 environmental and public health organizations, submitted comments to California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment in support of the...
Cleaning Supplies

Just How "Green" is Walgreens?

Walgreens now sells a line of healthy home products called Ology! These new products are advertised as free of toxic chemicals, including ammonia, chlorine bleach, di- and tri-ethanolamines...
Research

Nitrate contaminates drinking water for almost 60 million people in cities across the country

Drinking water supplies for almost 60 million people living in major cities and other urban areas throughout the U.S. are contaminated with elevated levels of nitrate, according to a new EWG analysis. Nitrate is a pollutant linked to cancer and potentially dangerous for infants. Since nitrate in drinking water is commonly caused by agriculture, it is widely considered to be a rural, small-town
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Factory Farms
Farm Pollution
Food & Farm Workers
Farm Subsidies
Toxic Algae

EWG promotes two staff members to lead Midwest office, geospatial team

The Environmental Working Group has tapped two staff members for promotions to key leadership positions in the organization’s Midwest office, in Minneapolis
Farm
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA finds PFAS are more toxic than previously thought

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced that safe levels of exposure to PFAS – the levels at which harms might not occur – should be thousands of times lower than limits it first proposed...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California lawmakers advance bills to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in kids’ products, food packaging

California lawmakers are advancing legislation that would significantly boost efforts to remove the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from consumer products, with the state Senate poised to vote...

Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae

Lake Erie’s annual algae outbreak mostly threatens health of people in disadvantaged communities

A new Environmental Working Group analysis reveals that Lake Erie’s annual algae bloom problem, which releases the toxin microcystin into the water, may pose elevated health risks for the communities...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Chesapeake Bay fish

The groundwater of at least nine military installations close to the Chesapeake Bay is contaminated with high levels of the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to Department...
Photo of the Bay Bridge in Maryland
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EWG comments to EPA on tebuconazole

The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health risk assessment for the fungicide tebuconazole. EWG urges the EPA to better protect children...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG statement on 100-day deadline for EPA PFAS council recommendations

Today marks the 100-day deadline for an Environmental Protection Agency council to submit recommendations to Administrator Michael Regan for coordinating and accelerating remediation of the “forever...
Research

EWG water atlas reveals nitrate, phosphorous water pollution in four Upper Mississippi Basin states closely aligns with fertilizer use on cropland

The Environmental Working Group presents an innovative “water atlas” tracking phosphorous and nitrate pollution in four Upper Mississippi River Basin states.
Photo of a farm near a river
Research

Green light for hydrogen: Water and climate benefits can speed shift to clean energy future

Green hydrogen is emerging as a leading clean energy technology that can accelerate the transition from dirty, dangerous and water-guzzling power sources like coal and nuclear power to reliable, affordable energy that helps tackle the climate crisis.
Photo of green hydrogen plant
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
Defense Communities
Midwest

‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Great Lakes fish and residents

Groundwater from at least six Defense Department sites in the Great Lakes region is contaminated with high levels of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to DOD records obtained by...
Photo of Lake Michigan from Chicago