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Safety Guide to Children’s Personal Care Products

Children's Products Safety Guide
From baby shampoo to diaper wipes, children use products containing chemicals that have not been assessed for their hazards to children. Check our guide for what to avoid.
» Read more... | Published November 1, 2007

Children Overexposed to Rocket Fuel Chemical

EPA Caves to Defense Industry Lobbyists: House Committee Taking Action to Protect Children
EWG finds that children are overexposed to the rocket fuel chemical perchlorate as a House committee takes action to protect them.
» Read more... | Published October 25, 2007

Washington Post Wrong

Mercury Threat to Babies: How the Post Got It Wrong – and Refuses to Make It Right
» Read more... | Published October 23, 2007

Cosmetics With Banned and Unsafe Ingredients

As FDA officials and the cosmetics industry prepare to huddle behind closed doors, EWG finds hundreds of products containing ingredients the industry itself has determined to be unsafe.
» Read more... | Published September 26, 2007

Fluoride in Southern California Tap Water

The Southern California Metropolitan Water District’s plan to fluoridate drinking water, beginning in October, would expose more than 64,000 children to fluoride in excess of government safety limits.
» Read more... | Published August 16, 2007

Toxic Plastics Chemical in Infant Formula

Executive summary
Infant formula tests reveal that a plastics chemical called bisphenol A leaches from metal can linings into formula at levels which would expose some bottle-fed infants to harmful doses.
» Read more... | Published August 9, 2007

Chlorine Pollutants at High Levels in DC Tap Water

New tests find high levels of hazardous chlorination byproducts in D.C. tap water
In spite of the best efforts of the Washington Aqueduct, tap water tests by EWG from May 2007 reveal toxic by-products of the chemicals used to purify Potomac River water at levels above annual federal health limits. Read the Washington Post story.
» Read more... | Published July 19, 2007

Water pollution caused by cosmetic chemicals, cleaning supplies and plastics

Sources of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals in San Francisco Bay
An EWG study finds that 95 percent of wastewater samples draining into San Francisco Bay show widespread use of hormone-disrupting chemicals. Read the SF Chronicle story, "Danger Feared from Chemicals Getting into Bay."
» Read more... | Published July 11, 2007

Skin Deep

Cosmetic Safety Database
Skin Deep pairs ingredients in nearly 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind.
» Read more... | Published May 24, 2007
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