Search form

main menuMENU

EWG News and Analysis

The latest from EWG’s staff of experts >>

The latest from EWG’s staff of experts

Washington Is First State to Ban Fluorinated Chemicals in Food Packaging

Thursday, March 22, 2018

On Wednesday, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed the first state law to ban toxic fluorinated chemicals in food packaging, such as microwave popcorn bags, pizza boxes and fast-food wrappers.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Consumer Products
Food Containers
Food

Wind Power, Not Oil Drilling, Is Future of Offshore Energy

Monday, March 19, 2018

In an era of bitterly divisive politics, there’s one thing that unites Democrats and Republicans across the nation: They oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s proposal to allow offshore drilling for oil and gas.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Health Professionals: Fracking Can’t Be Done Without Threatening Public Health

Friday, March 16, 2018

Fracking for oil and gas poses an impending health crisis in the U.S., two leading groups of health professionals warn in a new report.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

EWG’s News Roundup (3/16): Scrutinizing Stain-Resistant Carpets, Mining the Grand Canyon and More

Friday, March 16, 2018

Roundup 3/16: Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics

Study: Lead Exposure Can Be Deadly For Adults

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The danger of children's exposure to even the lowest level of lead is well known. Now, a new study finds that adults who are exposed to lead face major risks of death from heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Lead
Water
Tap Water

In a First, California Moves to Protect People from Toxic PFAS Chemicals in Carpets

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

In a groundbreaking move, California has proposed that carpets and rugs containing the stain-resistant fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS should be considered a priority product under the state’s Safer Consumer Products program.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Consumer Products

Trump Administration Plans Spin Campaign on Dying Nuclear Energy

Monday, March 12, 2018

“Let it be written that environmentalists didn’t kill the nuclear industry, economics did,” Houston Chronicle business columnist Chris Tomlinson wrote last summer.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

Study: Eating Highly Processed Foods Linked to Increased Cancer Risk

Monday, March 12, 2018

The more highly processed foods you eat, the higher your risk of cancer.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Food
Healthy Eating
Chemicals in Food

EWG’s News Roundup (3/9): Shazi Visram Joins EWG Board, Pruitt Gets ‘Report Card’ and More

Friday, March 9, 2018

News Roundup (3/9): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Water

EWG’s News Roundup (3/2): EPA’s Pruitt Axes Environmental Health Center, Calif. Judge Blocks Pesticide Spraying by State Ag Agency and More

Friday, March 2, 2018

News Roundup (3/2): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Read more

Cleaning Products May Harm Female Workers’ Lungs as Much as Smoking a Pack a Day

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, is thought to be the first to assess occupational or domestic cleaning product exposure as it relates to the decline of lung function.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cleaning Products

Asbestos Is No Joke

Monday, February 26, 2018

The full-page ad on the back of this year’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue is supposed to be funny.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products

EWG’s News Roundup (2/23): Pruitt’s First-Class Travel, Air Pollutants in Your Home and More

Friday, February 23, 2018

EWG News Roundup 2/23: Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products

Chemicals in Everyday Products Rival Cars as Source of Air Pollution

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Releases from chemical products, including ones we use every day in our homes, are as much a cause of air pollution as automobile emissions, according to a new study that has big implications for how airborne pollutants are regulated.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cosmetics
Cleaning Products

Contaminated Cosmetics Pose Growing Risk to Consumers

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

A rash of product recalls, government warning notices and contaminated cosmetics may finally push Congress to give our broken cosmetics law a makeover.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG’s News Roundup (2/16): 1,000 Communities Have Serious Lead Issues, While Flint Still Reels From Crisis

Friday, February 16, 2018

EWG News Roundup (2/16): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
Lead
Water

Since the Lead Crisis, Reading Scores in Flint Drop Dramatically

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Third-graders’ reading scores in Flint, Mich., have dropped dramatically since the city’s crisis of lead contamination in drinking water began, according to reports in the Detroit Free Press and The New Republic.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Lead
Water

5 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Toxic BPA

Friday, February 9, 2018

No one disputes that bisphenol A, a toxic compound widely used to line food cans and other food packaging, is polluting people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found BPA in the urine of more than 90 percent of Americans sampled. In 2009, tests commissioned by EWG were the first to find BPA in the umbilical cords of nine of 10 infants sampled.
 

Read more
Key Issues: 
Toxics
BPA
Consumer Products
Food Containers

EWG’s News Roundup (2/9): A Must-Read Book for Parents, Asbestos in Children’s Cosmetics and More

Friday, February 9, 2018

EWG News Roundup (2/9): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products
Children’s Products

Every Parent Concerned About Their Kids’ Health Should Read This Book

Monday, February 5, 2018

If the Environmental Working Group were to assign a book for parents and expectant parents, it would be “Children and Environmental Toxins: What Everyone Needs to Know.”

Read more
Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products

Pages