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Gifts Without the Guilt: 11 Things To Give Your Kids for the Holidays

You shop for fruit and veggies with the EWG Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists and use only EWG VERIFIED® mascara. Yet when the time comes to shower your kids with holiday gifts that are good for...

EWG’s Stress-Free Thanksgiving Menu

As we head into the holiday season, the marathon task of preparing a Thanksgiving dinner or even just one dish to contribute as a guest – may be stressful. To help you combat the inevitable stress...

EWG News Roundup (6/12): Landmark California Cosmetics Bill Clears Hurdle, COVID-19 Afflicts Food Processors and More

EWG News Roundup (6/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (3/6): PFAS Resemble Cancer-Causing Chemicals, Nitrate Taints Minnesota Drinking Water and More

EWG News Roundup (3/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (2/26): Trump’s USDA Sent Farm Subsidies to Richest Farmers, Environmental Racism in America and More

EWG News Roundup (2/26): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG news roundup (11/5): EWG’s 2021 national drinking water database and more

EWG news roundup (11/5): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
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Do As We Say, Not As We Do

In the five years before electricity deregulation, California utilities cut funding in half for programs that save energy, save customers money, and help save the environment. According to an analysis of federal data by the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the wasted energy would supply a year's worth of power to more than 600,000 homes, and would have cost California consumers almost $450

EWG’s News Roundup (11/17): Farmers Double Dip into Subsidies, California Leads on Clean Energy and More

In a new report this week, EWG discovered that a large swath of profitable farm operations are getting subsidized twice for one crop loss. In 2014 and 2015 these double dippers took advantage of...

EWG News Roundup (1/24): EWG Finds PFAS in Major Cities’ Water, Federal Clean Energy Policies Lag Behind and More

EWG News Roundup (1/24): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Who's Watching the Oil and Gas Industry in California?

California's well-earned reputation as the nation's greenest state, with cutting-edge policies mandate fuel efficiency and renewable energy, hides a surprising fact: California also produces the third...

Setting the record straight on EWG’s funding and Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

In what has become an annual ritual, in recent weeks the 2023 EWG Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™has been the target of attacks on social media by uninformed people and groups. We trust our...

Much Ado about Giving Consumers What they Want

Over the past year, industrial produce growers and pesticide makers have made much ado about EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which assembles federal testing data on many fruits and...

Change the market. Advocate for safety. Lead with science. Protect our health.

We combine peer-reviewed research, data analysis and groundbreaking consumer tools with expert communications and advocacy to bring about changes in policy, consumer demand and market behavior. These...

EWG News Roundup (10/11): California Bans Brain Damaging Pesticide, Algae Blooms Across U.S. Swell in 2019 and More

EWG News Roundup (10/11): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (1/8): EWG Calls for President Trump’s Removal From Office, PFAS Detected in 100 Ohio Water Systems and More

EWG News Roundup (1/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Propyl Paraben

The pastry you're thinking about buying may contain the preservative propyl paraben, linked to disruptions in hormone signaling.