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Diapers, Pacifiers, Hazmat Onesies -- Parenting in a Toxic World

Last week, the New York Times ran a D-1 story titled "Is It Safe to Play Yet?" on parents working to detoxify their homes, featuring EWG. On the same day, the Los Angeles Times ran a story on fracking...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (12/14): EWG VERIFIED® Coming to a Big Box Store Near You, Farm Bill Reaches the Finish Line and More

News Roundup (12/14): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Sunscreen
Family Health
Children’s Health

Amazon highlights EWG VERIFIED® products in Climate Pledge Friendly

The Environmental Working Group today is joining Amazon’s effort to fight the climate crisis by highlighting more sustainable products. The retailer is teaming up with EWG to feature cosmetics and...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California Assembly approves bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics

Today, a bill to ban intentionally added toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from cosmetics sold in California passed the state Assembly.

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.

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Another one bites the dust

Glen Martin, one of the best environmental reporters in California, has written his last story for the San Francisco Chronicle. Glen was one of EWG's favorite journalists. He dug deep into our Farm...
Sunscreen

Sunscreen series: About those mineral sunscreens...

So you've read our 2009 sunscreen report cover to cover, right? OK, probably not - we're all too busy to handle that much information in the middle of summer - no matter how useful and scintillating...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

Products Carrying the EWG VERIFIED® Seal Coming to Target

Target made a giant commitment to the better beauty movement by adding W3LL PEOPLE, one of the leading nontoxic cosmetics companies in the country, to store shelves. W3LL PEOPLE has more than 30...

EWG News Roundup (5/8): MultiState Duke Energy Watchdog Formed, Protecting Farm and Food Workers During Pandemic and More

EWG News Roundup (5/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Cosmetics
Sunscreen

Sunscreen or Sunscam?

Almost a year after consumer concerns pushed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to promise tougher sunscreen standards, an investigation of nearly 1,000 brand-name sunscreen products finds that...

EWG news roundup (9/17): Green hydrogen as affordable way to combat the climate crisis, algae blooms causing ER trips and more

EWG news roundup (9/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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EWG News Roundup (10/16): 200 Million Americans Likely Have PFAS in Their Water, Solar Conquers Coal and More

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

EWG News Roundup (12/13): Key PFAS Provisions Left Out of Defense Spending Bill, EWG Map Shows 305 Military Sites Tainted With PFAS and More

EWG News Roundup (12/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (10/23): Inside the FDA’s Failure To Ban Toxic Hair Straighteners, How the Supreme Court Could Dismantle Environmental Law and More

EWG News Roundup (10/23): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Children’s Health
Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (9/20): EWG Estimates 100,000+ Cancer Cases Stem From Tap Water Contaminants, Fairway Farmers and More

EWG News Roundup (9/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

EWG News Roundup (2/8): Kardashian Stands Up for #BeautyMadeBetter, Babies Born Pre-Polluted with Teflon Chemicals and More

EWG News Roundup (2/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (11/3): Greener Homes, Taxpayer Dollars Flow to Industrial Farms and More

EWG's News Roundup (11/3): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

EWG VERIFIED® Takes Aim At Toxic Ingredients In Consumer Products

The EWG VERIFIED: For Your Health™ mark will help shoppers quickly and easily identify personal care products, including cosmetics, that meet EWG's strictest standards while shopping in stores and...

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

EWG’s News Roundup (12/1): Chemicals in Cribs, Investigating the EPA and More

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

Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Revlon First Global Brand To Bring EWG VERIFIED® Clean Cosmetic to Consumers

In a breakthrough move, Revlon becomes the first global brand to bring an EWG VERIFIED® cosmetic product to mass retailers, making affordable clean beauty a reality for millions of discerning...

EWG News Roundup (10/9): Nitrate Contaminates Water in California’s Majority-Latino Communities, Members of Congress Rake in Farm Subsidies and More

This week EWG released an analysis showing that in California's majority-Latino communities, 5.25 million people drink tap water contaminated with nitrate at levels at or above the federal limit.

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

Introducing: EWG's Guide to Healthy Child Care

Truth is, when my husband and I chose a childcare facility for our kids (way back in 2003), the question of environmental health didn't even cross our minds.
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Your Nail Polish Could Be Disrupting Your Hormone System

As my 10-year old daughter handed me her sleeping bag and pillow after the spa party, I noticed that her nails were decorated with multi-colored stickers. She said that she knew I worked in...

Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Ryan Gosling and Dirty Cleaners

The "Hall of Shame" of the dirtiest cleaners from our upcoming EWG Cleaners Database was released Monday evening to our email list and selective media outlets. EWG supporter feedback was impressive -...