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Federal & State Energy Policy
Renewable Energy

EWG and EnergySage team up to help Americans go solar

With solar power more affordable and accessible than ever before, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and EnergySage are joining forces to help Americans learn about and save with solar. The new...
Solar panel installation
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (4/27): Kourtney Kardashian Lobbies for Cosmetics Safety, Pruitt Losing White House’s Confidence and More

News Roundup (4/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG news roundup (8/12): NAS urges EPA to look into risks of sunscreen UV filters, 'Erin Brockovich’ chemical spill in Michigan and more

EWG news roundup (8/12): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products

EWG VERIFIED® Brand Partner Follain Diversifies Clean Beauty and Commits 15 Percent of Shelf Space to Black-Owned Brands

Today Follain launches seven new EWG VERIFIED® products at ULTA Beauty, the largest beauty retailer in the U.S. The collection of Follain skincare products is the result of years of consultations with...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Triclosan
Household & Consumer Products

FDA is trying (again) to clean up your hand soap

The federal Food and Drug administration has announced proposed rules that could drive unnecessary and potentially dangerous products from the market -- antibacterial hand soaps like those marketed by...

Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Analysis: Talc-Based Cosmetics Test Positive for Asbestos

Laboratory tests of talc-based cosmetics products, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group, found asbestos – a deadly human carcinogen for which there is no safe level of exposure – in almost...

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Sunscreen
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals

Reforming federal cosmetics law: What is the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act?

Almost a year ago, President Joe Biden signed the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022, or MoCRA, into law, marking the first significant update to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic...

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (4/21): Animal Waste and N.C. Property Rights, Pressure on 1,4-Dioxane

Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.

Research

Nurses' Health

Caring for patients during a typical workday, nurses handle dozens of chemicals, drugs, and other agents that are designed to prevent, diagnose, control, or cure diseases and other health conditions. These therapeutic agents can heal, but have side effects as well. For most patients, the benefits of tightly controlled doses usually outweigh the risks. But the same may not be true for nurses.
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.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (10/20): Trouble in Farm Country, EPA Toxics Nominee Hopscotches Senate and More

EWG's News Roundup (10/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

EWG News Roundup (1/25): Unilever Takes a Huge Step Toward Ingredient Transparency, Bipartisan Reps Form PFAS Task Force and More

EWG News Roundup (1/25): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (8/10): Asbestos Still Legal, Court Rejects Rollback of Chlorpyrifos Ban and More

News Roundup (8/10): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG news roundup (2/18): Califf confirmed as FDA commissioner, Calif. voters overwhelmingly oppose plan to crush rooftop solar program and more

EWG news roundup (2/18): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG weekly news roundup
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

‘Forever chemicals’: Top 3 ways to lower your exposure

The harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS are everywhere – as EWG scientists say, “Wherever we look, we find them.” But reducing exposure to these toxic substances is possible.
kids drinking water
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

New National Academies report gives guidance to clinicians on reducing patient exposure to toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Today, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine published a report recommending people with a history of elevated exposure to the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS should be...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Not so sweet: Study shows artificial sweeteners’ health harms

Whether it’s yogurt, bread, soda or thousands of other widely consumed products, your sweet treat might lead to a not-so-sweet health problem. If the label says “reduced sugar,” it could contain...
Soda fountain

EWG news roundup (8/20): EPA bans the use of brain-damaging pesticide on food, USDA expands food assistance benefits and more

EWG news roundup (8/20): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture

EWG News Roundup (1/20): Pruitt, Perdue, Big Poultry and Organics

Last weekend, EWG reported that after taking $40,000 in campaign contributions from poultry industry interests, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt – President Trump's nominee to head the...

EWG news roundup (6/17): Salon workers call upon FDA to ban dangerous Brazilian blowout treatments, utilities rush to cash in on Trump-era coal ash rule and more

EWG news roundup (6/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Newsom signs law banning toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics in California

On Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that bans intentionally added toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from cosmetics sold in California.
Children’s Health
COVID-19

After Covid-19 Flip-Flops, CDC Director Must Resign

Today I wrote to Dr. Robert Redfield calling on him to resign as the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It was not a letter I wrote lightly. But with the events of the past few...
Research

Hidden Carcinogen Taints Tap Water, Consumer Products Nationwide

An industrial solvent classified as a likely carcinogen, which is also a common impurity in cosmetics and household cleaners, was detected in samples of drinking water supplies for nearly 90 million Americans in 45 states, according to testing data from local utilities analyzed by EWG.
Research

Pesticide in Soap, Toothpaste and Breast Milk - Is It Kid-Safe?

With no assessment of health risks to infants, federal regulators have approved a hormone-disrupting pesticide, triclosan, for use in 140 different types of consumer products including liquid hand soap, toothpaste, undergarments and children's toys. This exposure has been allowed despite the fact that the chemical ends up in mothers' breast milk and poses potential toxicity to fetal and childhood