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The promise of the clean energy economy for American workers

One week after taking office, President Biden signed sweeping executive orders outlining ambitious plans to tackle the climate crisis and speed the transition to a clean energy economy, and promised that workers in the fossil fuel economy will not be left behind.
Solar energy workers
Farm Subsidies

Pay Dirt

Dan Rather Reports Aired on November 20, 2007 Episode Title: Pay Dirt: Subsidies and the American Farmer Description: Some farmers are worried that huge subsides are a waste. A visit to the backwaters...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG Urges FDA to Focus on Cosmetics in 5-Year Plan

EWG comments on FDA's 5-year plan urge the agency to give priority to cosmetics safety, particularly nanotechnology in cosmetics, surveillance of adverse reactions and consumer education of...
Toxic Chemicals
BPA
Chromium-6
Perchlorate
Household & Consumer Products
Cell Phones
Children’s Health
Sunscreen
Cosmetics
Energy
Food & Water
Food

Good, Bad and Truly Awful: Top Environmental Stories of 2011

People are messy. So is nature. And what people do when nature unleashes its fury often makes things worse. The staff at Environmental Working Group took a look at the major environmental news stories...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

Salon workers join environmental health groups to petition FDA to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners and treatments

Salon workers from around the U.S. today joined the Environmental Working Group and Women’s Voices for the Earth to petition the Food and Drug Administration to ban dangerous hair straighteners that...
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BB and CC Creams

“Skin Perfector.” “Balance, brighten, renew and protect.” “Anti-aging.” The ads sound too good to be true. BB (stands for beauty balm) and CC (stands for color corrector or complexion corrector) creams claim to be all-in-one moisturizer, concealer, foundation and sometimes sunscreen.

EWG News Roundup (11/22): Mark Ruffalo, EWG Demand PFAS Action; Trump ‘Bails Out’ Rich Farmers Again and More

EWG News Roundup (11/22): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

Steer clear of formaldehyde-releasing hair-smoothing treatments

For more than a decade, the Food and Drug Administration and the cosmetics industry have known that keratin hair-smoothing treatments – commonly called “Brazilian blowout” treatments – release unsafe...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

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

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

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The Downfall of Direct Payments

Starting in the 1930s, U.S. farm programs focused on reducing crop surpluses and sending checks to farmers when crop prices fell.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Removing Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals From Your Home’s Tap Water

The family of fluorinated compounds known as PFAS chemicals includes more than 4,700 chemicals – some linked to cancer, thyroid disease, weakened immunity and developmental defects, and others whose...
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Energy

EWG’s News Roundup (10/13): Feds Imperil Children’s Health, Seek Bailout for Coal and Nuke Industries

EWG's News Roundup (10/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Dirty Secrets: Vinyl Chloride

The story of vinyl chloride is a tale of corporate deception in which chemical industry executives kept workers and government health officials in the dark about the debilitating and sometimes fatal consequences of working with the chemical.

EWG news roundup (3/25): Federal crop insurance linked to climate crisis, the meaning of EU ban on controversial cosmetic ingredient and more

EWG news roundup (3/25): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
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Pollution in Minority Newborns

Laboratory tests commissioned by EWG have detected as many as 232 toxic chemicals in cord blood samples collected from 10 minority newborns. Notably these tests show, for the first time, bisphenol A (BPA), a plastic component and synthetic estrogen, in umbilical cord blood of American infants.

EWG news roundup (6/25): EWG VERIFIED® Ingredients and EWG Reviewed for Science™ launch, the fight for affordable rooftop solar in California ramps up and more

EWG news roundup (6/25):

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Household & Consumer Products

EWG’s Ken Cook Testifies On House Bill to Reform Chemicals Law

EWG President Ken Cook testifies to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection about the major shortcomings in the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

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

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

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (6/21): PFAS Chemicals Reduce Vaccine Efficacy and Harm Immune System, Trump Drops Clean Power Plan and More

EWG News Roundup (6/21): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Poisoned Legacy

In 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency fined chemical giant DuPont a record $16.5 million over its decades-long cover-up of the health hazards of C8, also known as PFOA. One of a family of perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, PFOA was a key ingredient in making Teflon, the non-stick, waterproof, stain-resistant “miracle of modern chemistry” used in thousands of household products.
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Mercury in Seafood

In 2014, federal agencies issued draft recommendations that women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or might become pregnant and young children eat more fish that is lower in mercury. Their advice is based on the fact that seafood consumption is an excellent source of omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients.
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Water

EWG’s News Roundup (1/12): Radioactive Tap Water, Iowa’s Farm Runoff and 12 Months of Trump

EWG News Roundup (1/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Consumer Guides

Five Reasons to Skip Bottled Water

Over the course of a week, EWG highlights five important reasons to skip bottled water and opt for filtered tap water instead.
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Mapping PFAS Chemical Contamination at 206 U.S. Military Sites

The Environmental Working Group has identified and mapped 206 military sites in the U.S. where drinking water or groundwater is contaminated with fluorinated chemicals, known as PFAS, at levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's health guideline. But this is only the tip of a toxic iceberg that is largely hidden and still growing.