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FDA Food Testing Shows Widespread Rocket Fuel Contamination of Commonly Consumed Foods and Beverages

A study published in January 2008 by scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finds that three quarters of nearly 300 commonly consumed foods and beverages are contaminated with perchlorate, a toxic rocket fuel ingredient (Murray et al 2008). EWG analysis of these results finds that the levels of perchlorate in food potentially put the health of millions of children at risk.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (1/26): Trump’s Failed Toxics Nominee Departs EPA, Pruitt Hangs Propaganda and More

EWG News Roundup (1/26): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (9/29): Walmart Touts EWG VERIFIED®, Reasons Mount to Oppose EPA Chemical Safety Nominee

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

Personal Care Products
Bug Repellent
Household & Consumer Products
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Vector-Borne Diseases on the Rise: Protect Yourself With EWG’s Guide to Bug Repellents

Summer is the season for enjoying the outdoors, but as cases of diseases from mosquitoes, ticks and flea bites continue to rise, Americans must remain vigilant about protecting themselves by using an...

Father and son in the woods

EWG News Roundup (2/21): EPA (Finally) Moves To Regulate PFAS, Toxic Algae Poses Airborne Risks and More

EWG News Roundup (2/21): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (5/29): Manure Overload in Minnesota, Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ on Military Bases and More

EWG News Roundup (5/29): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

What are parabens?

Parabens are a group of chemicals that preserve our personal care products. But their extensive use in these everyday items puts people at repeated risk of exposure.

Woman applying shampoo
Lead

A new target for deadly lead?

Yesterday Janet Raloff of Science News wrote about a new study linking lead levels in older women to an increased risk of mortality. Women whose blood lead levels measure > 8 micrograms per deciliter...

Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead
Regional Issues
California

New California Law Creates Strictest Lead and Cadmium Limits in Jewelry in U.S.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law bipartisan legislation to protect Californians, especially children, from jewelry tainted with highly toxic heavy metals into law. SB 647 imposes the nation's...

EWG news roundup (8/27): ‘Forever chemicals’ taint military sites across the nation, FDA downplays PFAS risks in food and more

EWG news roundup (8/27):Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup

Ask EWG: Should I use iodized salt?

Question: Is there a reason why my table salt is iodized? I’m not even really sure what that means, but it sounds a little scary, and unnecessary. Should I switch to kosher salt or sea salt? Answer...
Mercury
Food

Mercury Mischief at FDA

Documents obtained by EWG show that officials at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are pressing to reverse the agency's current recommendations that pregnant women and children limit their...
Toxic Chemicals
Mercury
Food & Water
Food

Watchdog Groups, Scientists Warn Policymakers on Risks of Fish High in Mercury

Health, environmental justice and consumer watchdog groups are joining independent research scientists to warn policymakers about the serious, if unintended, health risks posed by misguided government...

Mercury

EWG's letter to EPA

The Honorable Stephen L. Johnson Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.. Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Johnson: In 2005, EPA and the...

Wellness Chat: The Environment and Breast Health

We close out breast cancer awareness month with insights from one of the leading scientists in the field of breast cancer research, Ruthann Rudel.

Lead
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Popular Lipsticks Contain Dangerous Levels of Lead

U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers have detected lead in 400 brands of lipstick tested by the agency. At least two popular brands had amounts of the neurotoxin above the threshold the state...

Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

Salon workers join environmental health groups to petition FDA to ban formaldehyde in hair straighteners and treatments

Salon workers from around the U.S. today joined the Environmental Working Group and Women’s Voices for the Earth to petition the Food and Drug Administration to ban dangerous hair straighteners that...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
PFAS Chemicals
Cookware & Food Containers
Food & Water

EWG TSCA 8(e) Petition to US EPA

EWG asks EPA administrator Whitman to investigation apparent reporting violations by DuPont Chemical. EWG submits documentation that DuPont had determined that 2 of 7 babies born to Teflon-exposed...
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Mercury
Lead
PFAS Chemicals
Phthalates

5 Things To Avoid in Your Personal Care Products If You’re Pregnant or Trying To Get Pregnant

If you're pregnant, or trying to become pregnant, it's likely you're considering how to limit your exposure to toxic chemicals. After all, you no longer have just your health to think about, you also...

Mercury
Food

Experts Denounce FDA Efforts to Weaken Mercury Warnings for Fish Eaters

Download PDF file. Stephen F. Sundlof, DVM, Director Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5100 Paint Branch Parkway College Park, MD 20740-3835 RE: Docket [FDA...
Food & Water

Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Dietary guidelines need to inform consumers of the dangers of mercury in certain seafood and provide clear labeling of added sugars in food. These are key elements for establishing effective...

Research

Chlorine Pollutants High in DC Tap Water

In spite of the best efforts of the Washington Aqueduct to provide quality drinking water to the District of Columbia, tap water tests from May, 2007 revealed toxic by-products of the chemicals used to purify Potomac River water, at levels above annual federal health limits. These results illustrate the tremendous difficulties that water utilities face when trying to provide tap water that is free
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...
Person applying perfume
Research

Not Too Pretty

In May 2002 a coalition of environmental and public health organizations contracted with a major national laboratory to test 72 name-brand, off-the-shelf beauty products for the presence of phthalates, a large family of industrial chemicals linked to per- manent birth defects in the male reproductive system.