The latest from EWG’s staff of experts

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.

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Asbestos

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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EWG’s News Roundup (2/2): Lead Testing Failure in California, Nitrate Fouls Corn Belt Water and More

Friday, February 2, 2018

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

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Update: Almost Three-Fourths of Medi-Cal Toddlers Miss Annual Lead Tests Required by Law

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

In September, EWG reported that each year about a third of California toddlers enrolled in Medi-Cal don’t receive lead testing required by law. But the problem is much worse than we estimated.

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Lead

EWG’s News Roundup (1/26): Trump’s Failed Toxics Nominee Departs EPA, Pruitt Hangs Propaganda and More

Friday, January 26, 2018

EWG News Roundup (1/26): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Water

As World Rejects Coal, Trump Administration Continues to Back Dying Industry

Friday, January 26, 2018

The rejection of dirty and expensive coal power is accelerating worldwide. Yet the Trump administration continues its desperate attempts to keep a dying industry on life support.

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Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Energy

Federal and State Policy

To Protect Young Farmworkers, Calif. Rejects EPA Rollback of Pesticide Policy

Friday, January 19, 2018

Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency took steps that could lead to the repeal of health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides. But California is having none of it.

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EWG’s News Roundup (1/19): Toyota Won’t Work with Pruitt, Rodan + Fields Caught Misleading Shoppers and More

Friday, January 19, 2018

EWG News Roundup (1/19): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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‘Tide Pod Challenge’ Highlights Danger of Colorful Laundry Packets

Thursday, January 18, 2018

An unbelievably dumb and extremely dangerous dare has gone viral on social media. It’s the “Tide Pod Challenge”: biting down on the small, colorful – and potentially poisonous – packets of liquid laundry detergent until they burst in your mouth.

Photo courtesy of Mike Mozart via Flickr.com

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Why ‘Raw Water’ is a Raw Deal

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Americans have good reasons to question the quality of their drinking water.

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