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It's not surprising that many nail polishes contain potentially toxic chemicals. Now a study conducted by researchers at Duke University and EWG finds that at least one of those chemicals could be ending up in your body.
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Worried About Contaminants in Your Drinking Water? Skip Bottled Water and Opt for a Home Filter.
Since the release of EWG's National Tap Water Database just over a week ago, this question has been popping up a lot: “What now? Should I switch over to bottled water?”
Farmers' Prostate Cancer Likely Linked to Pesticide Exposures
One in seven men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes. It's the most common cancer among men, but we don't know much about its causes.
#RaiseTheBar with EWG VERIFIED®
Share your support of healthier cosmetics using the hashtag #RaiseTheBar. Use it when you want to share about a verified product or to encourage companies to get their products verified.
A Saudi Prince May Be Racing Away with Farm Subsidies
Billionaire Saudi Prince Khalid bin Abdullah could be raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in U.S. taxpayer-funded crop insurance subsidies through farms he owns in Kentucky – but we have no way...
Bogus Claims of ‘Organic’ Cosmetics Mislead Consumers
Cosmetics and other personal care product companies make questionable organic claims on thousands of products, a new EWG analysis shows.
Agricultural Sustainability is Key to Ending World Hunger
The only way to eliminate world hunger and poverty is to make agriculture more environmentally sustainable.
Agricultural Pollution Threatens Water Supplies in Central Iowa
Des Moines Water Works warned customers of elevated levels of microcystins, the toxins created by cyanobacteria, in their drinking water. These toxins cause acute problems with the liver, including...
Will the New Administration Bring ‘Freedom Fries’ Back to Our Schools?
One of the leading candidates for Secretary of Agriculture says bringing deep-fat fryers back to our schools isn't about french fries. It's about freedom.
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Exposing Fields of Filth in North Carolina
North Carolina boasts the nation's second biggest hog farming industry, worth $3 billion in hog and pig sales in 2012 alone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It ranks third among the states for poultry production.
Healthy Diet Plays Key Role in Breast Cancer Prevention
Maintaining a healthy weight as the years go by is one of the most important things a woman can do to help prevent chronic disease, including breast cancer.
Getting Active for Breast Health
EWG, breastcancer.org and breasthealth.org explore the benefits of staying active and give tips on exercises to do and how to keep yourself motivated.
Ask an Expert: Your Questions Answered by Curt DellaValle, Ph.D., Senior Scientist
EWG's community has lots of questions about chemicals in consumer products and food, and from time to time we do our best to provide answers.
Will We Modernize Farm Policy?
In recent years, important bipartisan progress has been made to food policy, including new food safety laws, new rules and incentives for healthier packaged foods, increased access to healthier foods...
EWG News Roundup (Oct. 28): Wastewater on California Crops, Children’s Health, Bogus ‘Organic’ Claims and Big Ag Myths
It's another busy week at EWG. Here's some news you can use from this week.
Monsanto GMO Guru Attacks EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
We'd like to thank Rob Fraley, chief technology official at Monsanto, who's largely responsible for introducing genetically modified foods to the U.S. and Big Ag's surge in pesticide use that ensued.
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Teflon Chemical Harmful at Smallest Doses
Every time they drink a glass of tap water, people in the mid-Ohio River Valley of West Virginia and Ohio may be consuming unsafe amounts of an industrial chemical linked to cancer, birth defects, heart disease and other illness. More than a decade after this threat became known, government regulators have failed to set enforceable standards to ensure the water is safe – and now, new science says
Cancer-Causing Chemical 1,4-Dioxane Contaminates Americans’ Drinking Water
Water supplies for more than 7 million Americans in 27 states are contaminated with an industrial chemical at levels higher than what federal scientists say poses a minimal lifetime risk of cancer...
Flame Retardant Roulette: Swapping One Toxic Compound for Another
For decades, Americans have been needlessly exposed to chemical flame retardants – which have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other health effects – all because of a well intentioned but...
EWG’s News Roundup (9/22): Trump Nominee Imperils Chemical Safety, CPSC Moves to Ban Flame Retardants
Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG Tackling Global Challenges, One Step at a Time
Eradicate poverty. End hunger. Reduce inequality. Stop climate change. Such huge, idealistic goals may seem impossible.
Amid Pipe Wars, Researchers Wary of Plastic Pipes Leaching Chemicals
Over the next decade, U.S. cities and towns will spend an estimated $300 billion to replace aging water and sewer pipes.
Study: Rocket Fuel Chemical Harms the Developing Fetus
Pregnant women's exposure to a rocket fuel chemical, which contaminates drinking water for millions of Americans, could harm the development of fetuses' brains, a new British study found.
Babies at risk from pollution
According to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald, a newly-published study found that the more air pollution women were exposed to, the lower their babies' birth weights were. Low birth weight is a...