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EWG’s News Roundup (10/27): Chemical Industry Lackey Approved by Senate Committee, Competing Cosmetics Reform Bills and Rising Organic Demand
EWG's News Roundup (10/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
A personal response to the President's Cancer Panel Report
Beauty Secrets
In September 2000, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that every single one of the 289 persons tested for the plasticizer dibutyl phthalate (DBP) had the compound in their bodies. The finding passed with little public fanfare, but surprised government scientists, who just one month earlier had rated DBP of little health concern based on the scientific
Thyroid Threat
EWG’s Ken Cook Testifies On House Bill to Reform Chemicals Law
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.
EWG News Roundup (12/16): Michelle Pfeiffer Joins Board and EWG Sues FDA
Some of the biggest news to come out of EWG since its inception more than 22 years ago happened this week, and it wasn't a consumer guide or big policy win. Golden Globe winner, three-time Academy...
Nailed
California Assembly Approves Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act in Historic Bipartisan Vote
Today, the California Assembly passed the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 2762. If enacted, the law would be the first in the nation to ban 12 toxic ingredients, including mercury and formaldehyde...
Exposing the Cosmetics Cover-up
Chemicals in Food Wrappers and Outdoor Clothing Linked to Spike in Miscarriages
More bad news about the nonstick, greaseproof and waterproof chemicals in cookware, food wrappers, outdoor clothing and even cosmetics: In a Danish study, women whose blood had high levels of these...
PBDEs - Fire Retardants in Dust
Last Minute Mischief at EPA
Common Pesticides Associated With Lower Birth Weight, Shortened Pregnancy
A new study is reinforcing obstetricians' standard warning that pregnant women should avoid exposure to pesticides in foods and weed killers because the chemicals can harm the developing fetus.
Men's Health
EPA’s Wheeler Keeps Brain-Damaging Pesticide Legal for Use on Foods Kids Eat
Farmers can keep spraying fruits and vegetables with a pesticide shown to harm a child's brain even at low levels of exposure, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency said today.
Children Overexposed to Rocket Fuel Chemical
Rocket Fuel in Cows' Milk - Perchlorate
Big Market for Black Cosmetics, but Less-Hazardous Choices Limited
Study Shows Mounting Evidence of Plasticizer Chemicals’ Harm to the Fetus
Prenatal exposure to the widely used plasticizer chemicals called phthalates can lead to learning, attention and behavioral disorders in children, according to a peer-reviewed study published today in...
On Pesticides: Canadian Bylaws and American Lawn Flags
Calif. Regulators: “Non-Toxic” Nail Polishes Anything But
California state scientists have found that some nail polishes widely used in California salons are laced with high levels of three chemicals linked to birth defects, asthma and other health risks.