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Cosmetics

Support the 2010 Safe Cosmetics Act. It's Urgent.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should have the authority it needs to regulate cosmetics and personal care products - so that you can trust that what you're buying is safe for you and your...
Cosmetics

The (shocking) story behind cosmetics

Have you ever counted how many cosmetics or personal care products you use in a day? Chances are it's nearly 10.
Pesticides

Strawberry Lovers, Take Action

Methyl iodide: it's listed as a human carcinogen, is considered a neurotoxin and has been linked to late-term miscarriages. Now the state of California is poised to let farmers spray it on the state's...
Pesticides

Dr. Weil on EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned medical expert on natural health and wellness, tells why and how he uses the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists from EWG's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides. As he says, "We should...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

Preventing Cancer: 9 Practical Tips for Consumers

By Jane Houlihan, EWG Senior V-P for Research Four of every 10 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, and two of every 10 will die of it. But there are some things you can do to...
Chemical Policy
BPA

Have a Coke and a Smile? Maybe Not.

Do big corporations care about what large blocks of their shareholders have to say about company practices? I don't know. I've never worked for one.
California

On Propaganda: Fracking Fun for the Very Young

The natural gas industry has lost much support among adults who live in communities where fracking has left the water undrinkable and home values plummeting, but all is not lost.
California

Fracking Hearing: Standing room only and plenty contentious

Following up on last week's contentious hearing in Washington, Pa., the U.S. Energy department has scheduled two all-day sessions for Tuesday, June 28, and Wednesday, July 13, to listen to people...
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Factory Farms
Arsenic
Chemical Policy

Arsenic Found in... Chicken

Did you think you were eating a carcinogen along with your favorite chicken sandwich last week? Probably not, but a new Food and Drug Administration study has found arsenic in chickens treated with 3...
Toxic Chemicals
Children’s Health

U.S. Pediatricians to Congress: Reform Chemical Policy Now

U.S. pediatricians are putting their considerable muscle behind the calls for Congress to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a failed federal law that has exposed millions of children...
BPA

Common cosmetics ingredient can harm sperm

Exposure to butylparaben, an ingredient common in personal care products, has been associated with DNA damage in men's sperm, according to an important new study led by John Meeker of the University...

TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch: 11.6.10

EWG President Ken Cook is in Los Angeles on Saturday, November 6th to talk about plastic at the TEDx Great Pacific Garbage Patch event.

Breast Cancer: One in Eight

The stats are stark: according to the National Cancer Institute, at some point in her life, one in eight American women will be told she has breast cancer.
Cell Phones

FCC Softpedals Cell Phone Radiation

Battle lines are being drawn. Alliances formed. And as the cell phone industry wages war against San Francisco over its cell phone-labeling ordinance, many are looking east to see if the Federal...
Food & Water

Keeping You in the Dark on Tap Water Contaminants

More than 300 pollutants contaminate the water Americans drink, an EWG analysis of almost 20 million public records found.
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

EWG's Healthy Home Checklist: Assess your house

The good news is that there's a lot of information available these days about how to reduce your exposures to toxic chemicals at home. The bad news, of course, is exactly that: there's a lot of...
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Cookware & Food Containers

Greening your family: One woman's inspiration

My public health ethics class began with the intense, young professor asking a simple question: What do you value the most?
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

Healthy Home Tip: Green cleaning this spring

Spring has sprung, so here at EWG our "to do" list now includes a little spring cleaning. Green cleaning, of course. Why green?
Cell Phones

CNN on cell phone safety

When we released our cell phone radiation report in Fall 2009, we heightened a national conversation about the issue. Our consumer database is helping people choose lower-radiation phones and our 8...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

I don't like the smell of this...

Driving the ladies wild just became more expensive.
Toxic Chemicals

Blue Vinyl: Good movie. Bad plastic.

As you might imagine, I've seen my share of movies about toxic chemicals. There are a bunch, many of them excellent.
Chemical Policy

EPA should start where chemical contamination begins: In utero

By Alex Formuzis, EWG Director of Communications A comprehensive plan to reform the nation's primary law responsible for regulating the use of industrial chemicals is about to be introduced in...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

CNN's Sanjay Gupta, MD on federal chemicals policy

EWG has long known the Toxic Substances Control Act (aka "TSCA") needs to be overhauled. Most Enviroblog readers likely do, too - because we talk about it a lot.
Toxic Chemicals

The new crop of eco-films: Which should you see?

With green being the new black, there are more than a few environmental documentaries to choose from when popping that (not-in-the-microwave) popcorn.