The latest from EWG’s staff of experts

Fluoride in Tap Water

From Hair Care to Hamburgers, Companies Get On Board the Transparency Train

Friday, September 22, 2017

Americans want and have a right to know what's in the stuff they buy. Manufacturers and marketers are finally joining the unstoppable movement for product transparency.

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Food

EWG’s News Roundup (9/22): Trump Nominee Imperils Chemical Safety, CPSC Moves to Ban Flame Retardants

Friday, September 22, 2017

Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Flame Retardant Roulette: Swapping One Toxic Compound for Another

Thursday, September 21, 2017

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 ultimately misguided California regulation from 1975.

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Flame Retardants

Unpacking the Beauty Box: Birchbox vs. Ipsy

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Each month millions of Americans wait impatiently for curated makeup and beauty boxes to be delivered to their doorsteps.

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Cosmetics

U.S. Consumer Watchdog Recommends Ban on Toxic Flame Retardants in Products, Protects Children’s Health

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

In a major victory for children's environmental health, the Consumer Product Safety Commission voted today to ban an entire class of toxic flame retardant chemicals from consumer goods, including children’s products, mattresses, upholstered furniture and electronics casings.

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Flame Retardants

Cancer-Causing Arsenic Contaminates Tap Water for 70 Million Americans

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Drinking water supplies for 70 million Americans in 48 states are contaminated with arsenic at concentrations above the level scientists say increases the risk of cancer, according to nationwide test results collected in EWG's Tap Water Database.

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Arsenic

EWG’s News Roundup (9/15): Chemical Industry Shill Eyes EPA and California Advances Public Health

Friday, September 15, 2017

Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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220 Million Americans Could Have Chloroform in Their Tap Water

Friday, September 8, 2017

When you think of chloroform, your thoughts may drift to faint memories of 1970s television shows in which a villain knocks out their victim with chloroform-soaked cloth.

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EWG’s News Roundup (9/8): Carcinogen in Tap Water and Cosmetics, Pruitt’s Henchman Playing God with EPA Grants

Friday, September 8, 2017

Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Nearly 100 Cancer-Causing Contaminants Found in U.S. Drinking Water

Thursday, September 7, 2017

EWG’s just-released Tap Water Database shows that a startling number of cancer-causing chemicals contaminate the nation’s drinking water. Of 250 different contaminants detected in tests by local utilities, 93 are linked to an increased risk of developing cancer.

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EWG Standards Cut Through Compromises on Drinking Water Quality

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

When it comes to your drinking water, getting a passing grade from the federal government may not be good enough.

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Flame Retardant Chemicals Harm Conception and Pregnancy

Friday, September 1, 2017

Flame retardants found in everyday consumer products such as furniture could decrease a woman’s fertility, and ability to conceive and have a healthy delivery, new research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health suggests.

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EWG’s News Roundup (9/1): Fragrances, Flame Retardants, Atrazine in Drinking Water and Monsanto’s Chemical Treadmill

Friday, September 1, 2017

Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Cellphone Safety: Industry Pushes to Strip Local Control of High-Speed Networks

Thursday, August 31, 2017

The cellphone industry is pushing laws to take away local governments’ rights to decide whether or where to allow facilities for high-speed wireless networks that use a technology whose health effects have not been studied.

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Cell Phones

Atrazine: A Harmful Weedkiller Taints Tap Water for Millions in U.S.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Atrazine, a widely used agricultural weedkiller that disrupts hormones, contaminates tap water supplies for about 7.6 million Americans at potentially harmful levels. But the federal government is doing little to counter the threat.

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On the Go for Labor Day? Keep Water Quality in Mind.

Friday, August 25, 2017

For many of us, Labor Day is one of the last hurrahs of the summer. And it’s a busy travel weekend, with roughly 35 million Americans taking a getaway.

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EWG’s News Roundup (8/25): Monsanto Takes Swipes at Science, EPA Chief Nuzzles Up to Big Ag

Friday, August 25, 2017

Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Food

Monsanto GMO Guru Attacks EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Monday, August 21, 2017

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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Food

Chemicals in Food

Amid Nationwide Water Quality Concerns, Americans Flock to New Tap Water Database

Monday, August 21, 2017

It has been roughly three weeks since we released EWG’s new national drinking water database, and the response from consumers and media outlets has been sweeping and sustained.

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