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EWG’s News Roundup (11/9): U.S. Fails in Climate Leadership, Tips on Avoiding Toxic Dust and More

On Tuesday, the U.S. earned the awful distinction of being the only nation on Earth to stand in opposition to the Paris climate accord. EWG was quick to call out the Trump administration for its...

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals
Phthalates

Hiding in household products: Study links phthalates to uterine fibroids

A new study finds exposure to the harmful class of chemicals known as phthalates poses particular risks for women. These substances lurk in many household items people use every day, including...
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Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (1/18): EPA Sides with Monsanto’s ‘Science,’ Congress Introduces Bipartisan PFAS Legislation and More

EWG News Roundup (1/18): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG Shopper's Guide to Safe Cosmetics: It's Easy

If you're a regular Enviroblog reader, likely as not you've searched our Skin Deep database once or twice (or if you're like me, every time you head to the store). Maybe to find safer products for...
Chemical Policy
Cosmetics

Johnson & Johnson To Revamp Ingredients In Personal Care Products

Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest personal care product companies, has announced a groundbreaking new initiative to reformulate many of its personal care products, including baby shampoos...

What's in Baby's bubble bath?

By now you've heard of Skin Deep, the cosmetics database in which you can search through 23,764 products with 6,924 ingredients. Skin Deep allows users to choose products -- mascara, shampoo, nail...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

This Valentine’s Day, give the gift of fragrance – without the danger of toxic chemicals

“Clean” beauty in 2023 is one of the fastest growing categories in the personal care space, so you may want to give – or hope to get – clean fragrance this Valentine’s Day.

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Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (3/23): Washington State Bans PFCs in Food Packaging, Pruitt’s Pricey ‘Pasta’, Congress Targets Food Stamps and More

Roundup 3/23: Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

EWG News Roundup (8/30): DuPont and 3M’s Half-Century of PFAS Deception, Monsanto’s Thoughts on Moms and More

EWG News Roundup (8/30): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (2/1): 100% Renewable Energy on the Horizon, Will Trump EPA Cave on PFAS and More

News Roundup (2/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture

EWG News Roundup (5/4): Farm Bill Fails Americans, Hawaii May Ban 2 Sunscreen Chemicals and More

News Roundup (5/4): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Survey finds use of personal care products up since 2004 – what that means for your health

A new Morning Consult survey reveals the average adult uses 12 personal care products a day, from shampoos to soaps and deodorants to lipsticks and more. And EWG finds the products could be made with 112 unique chemical ingredients, including some that may pose health risks.
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Relax, it's baby safety month

Thanks to Nature's Child for reminding me that September is Baby Safety Month at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). I feel a little safer now, don't you? So it's no secret that I'm less...
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/10): Expanding PFAS Contamination Crisis, Golden State Bans Brain Damaging Pesticide and More

EWG News Roundup (5/10): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Cosmetics

When "pure" is not pure or how did our lack of regulations allow cancer-causing chemicals in baby's products

Being a parent should not be a scary thing. It is supposed to be the time of joy, fun and reward. Ok, and a few boo-boos. But trying to keep your child clean and healthy is serious business...
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (7/27): Carcinogenic TCE in Tap Water, Food Additives to Avoid and More

News Roundup (7/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Children’s Health

Johnson & Johnson Cleans Formaldehyde Out Of Baby Products, Moving To Adult Goods

Washington, D.C. – EWG executive director Heather White said that personal care products giant Johnson & Johnson has taken a major step forward by reformulating about 100 of its baby products to...

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Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, reduce your exposure to endocrine disruptors

For almost four decades, the U.S. has recognized October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month to spotlight the disease and funding for research on breast cancer diagnoses, treatments and prevention.
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals

What you can do about the environmental risk factors that can lead to breast cancer

Cancer affects all communities. And breast cancer can occur in people of all genders

EWG News Roundup (5/1): Despite COVID Outbreaks, Trump Forces Meat Processing Plants To Stay Open, Rethinking Beauty Routines at Home and More

EWG News Roundup (5/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Hair product, or tasty treat?

"If you can't put it in your mouth," says Burt's Bees CEO John Replogle, "you shouldn't put it on your skin." Then, according to New York Times reporter Louise Story, he scoops out a fingerful of the...
Sunscreen

"The EWG list of best sunscreens can't be beat in my opinion."

Late last week, news outlets began reporting that the Federal Communications Commission was considering revising its cell phone radiation testing methods - for the first time in 15 years. Early this...
Toxic Chemicals
Triclosan
Cosmetics
Food & Water

Chemicals in Food and Cosmetics Linked to Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight

A study of pregnant Brooklyn women led by the SUNY Downstate Medical Center links triclosan, an antibacterial agent common in personal care products, with preterm births and smaller newborns.

Cosmetics

Toxic chemicals and you: In search of 'safe'

140,321,493 searches have been requested on EWG's Skin Deep cosmetics safety database since 2004 - and counting. That's a lot of searches, by a lot of people seeking safer personal care products...