Choosing a Safe Mattress for Your Baby's Crib
During the first few years of their lives, infants can spend most of their time sleeping or crawling in the crib. Choosing children's products that are good for air quality in the baby's room can be a...
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The Enviroblog Top 10 in 2008: What was on our minds?
If you, too, are a blogger, then you know how fascinating it can be to look at stats. Which posts were super popular, read across the nation - or globe? And which were duds, appreciated by none. What...
Frightening food: The scary additives lurking in Halloween candy
Halloween is just days away, when children will dress up as ghosts, zombies and other scary creatures while they trick-or-treat.
Study: Flame Retardant Use in Some Products Declining
When EWG and other environmental health advocates began raising alarms about toxic flame retardants in foam-cushioned furniture and other products, people couldn't find out exactly what chemicals were...
EWG News Roundup (6/1): Pruitt Opens Door for New Uses of Asbestos, Lowe’s Ditches Toxic Chemicals and More
EWG News Roundup (6/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Chemical Industry to Parents: Avoid Lead, Tail Pipes and Choking
This is rich. The chemical industry has produced a new "health information" website titled Kids + Chemical Safety that mentions hardly any chemicals or any of the voluminous body of peer-reviewed...
How to make your meal healthier this Thanksgiving
We’ve waited all year to feast on delicious Thanksgiving dishes. But it’s also important for the food to be safe, ensuring it’s free from harmful additives or pesticides.
Pew: FDA allows untested chemicals in food
Scientists from Pew Charitable Trusts found that 54 percent of the chemicals added to food have never undergone the most basic safety tests recommended by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Pew...
EPA Ignores the Science, Dismisses the Risks to Children’s Health From Syngenta’s Atrazine
In a move that echoes pesticide industry wishes, the Environmental Protection Agency chose to ignore recent science and human health studies on atrazine, a weed-killer that turns male frogs into...
Hundreds of chemicals in everyday consumer products may increase breast cancer risk
More than 900 chemicals found in cosmetics, drinking water, food and cleaning supplies used by millions of Americans every day may cause biological changes linked to risk of developing breast cancer...
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EWG’s Healthy Living: Guide to Safer Diapers
Babies and young children typically spend the majority of their first years in diapers. But many disposable diapers contain hazardous chemicals that can harm their health. Scientific assessments of disposable diapers have detected pesticides and chemicals linked to cancer, impaired reproductive development and dermatitis, among other harms.
New Guide Warns of ‘Dirty Dozen’ Food Additives
Environmental Working Group today published a new Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Additives designed to help people figure out which additives to avoid and why.
Dramatic decline: Oxybenzone use plummets to only 13 percent of non-mineral sunscreens
Ahead of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and the increasing need for sun protection, the Environmental Working Group has released its 2023 Guide to Sunscreens. This year’s guide reviews the...
Epigenetics and environmental chemical exposures
Prenatal exposures to environmental pollutants may lead to chronic diseases later in life. Toxic effects of environmental pollution on human health are well recognized. Yet, for a long time...
What the Biden Administration Should Do To Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides
The administration of President Joe Biden has a mountain of work to do to reverse the damage done by the Trump administration. It should begin by taking swift action to ban and restrict the toxic...
BPA Comments for OEHHA
Download PDF file November 27, 2007 Ms. Cynthia Oshita Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Proposition 65 Implementation P.O. Box 401 1001 I Street, 19th Floor Sacramento, CA 95812-4010...
Three-Fourths of Sunscreen Products Offer Inferior Protection or Contain Worrisome Ingredients
As states reopen and Americans leave their homes to venture outside, it's important for them to remember to protect their skin from the sun's harmful rays. Today the Environmental Working Group...
Simple sleep steps to help you rest easy
Night-time routines can vary a lot. Some people have a multi-step skincare routine and high-thread-count sheets. Others just splash a little water on their face and hop under the blanket. Whatever...
In memory of Dr. Kate Mahaffey
We have received news that Dr. Kate Mahaffey passed away on June 2, 2009. Please read about her here - her work is an inspiration for all of us at EWG.
Holiday Presents for Your Family: Gifts Without Guilt
Gift-giving is filled with minefields, but EWG's got your back, so you don't need to worry about inadvertently giving family members presents laden with toxic chemicals.
Alert: Tests Find High Levels of Asbestos in Children’s Makeup Kit
The notorious carcinogen asbestos has been found in a talc-containing eye shadow in a children's toy makeup kit, according to laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group.
EWG news roundup (10/1): EWG VERIFIED® highlighted in Walmart’s Built for Better program, EPA ‘forever chemicals’ plan omits thousands of dischargers and more
EWG news roundup (10/1): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
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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.
Staying safe in the sun this Memorial Day weekend
With Memorial Day weekend unofficially starting the summer, some people will be heading to the beach, others to a lake or a picnic. Whatever your plans, EWG has useful tips to help protect you from...
