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Flame Retardants
Children’s Health

Higher Levels of Flame Retardants Found in California Children

Flame retardant chemicals linked to cancer and hormone disruption have been detected in a group of California children at higher levels than found in an earlier study of kids in New Jersey, EWG...

Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

EWG to FDA: Investigate Practices Used to Boost SPF Values

EWG urged the federal Food and Drug Administration today to investigate whether certain ingredients used in sunscreens to boost SPF values are masking sunburn, the body's main warning sign of skin...

Toxic Chemicals
Triclosan
Household & Consumer Products

FDA Finally Bans Toxic Triclosan from Antibacterial Hand Soaps

The federal Food and Drug Administration announced today that triclosan, a toxic chemical ingredient associated with hormone disruption in people, will no longer be allowed in antibacterial hand soaps...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

EWG Statement on EPA’s Top 10 Chemicals

Today the Environmental Protection Agency released its list of 10 priority chemicals. Here is a statement from Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs:

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Cookware & Food Containers

FDA Bans Three Toxic Chemicals From Food Wrapping – Too Little, Too Late

Under pressure from EWG and other environmental and health groups, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is banning three grease-resistant chemical substances linked to cancer and birth defects from...

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG Report: How Congress Can Help Farmers Meet Soaring Demand for Organic Food

Despite the rapid growth of the organic food industry, U.S. production lags significantly behind consumer demand. A new report from EWG shows that with modest reforms to existing programs, Congress...

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

Boxer Receives Inaugural EWG Courage Award

The Environmental Working Group has selected Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., a longtime champion of the environment and public health and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies

New Report Shows Farmers Win Big on Crop Insurance

Most farmers collect more money in crop insurance payouts than they pay in premiums on their federal policies over time, making the term “insurance” a misnomer, according to a new report from EWG.

Maura Walsh Named EWG Vice President of Digital Strategy

EWG is pleased to announce that Maura E. Walsh has joined our growing team as vice president of digital strategy. Walsh, a highly-regarded digital communications leader, brings more than fifteen years...

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food

Statement of EWG’s Scott Faber on Passage of DARK Act by Senate Agriculture Committee

The Environmental Working Group issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly passed a version of the House-adopted Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act...

Food & Water
Food

New Draft of Senate’s DARK Act Blocks Consumers’ Right to Know

Today, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) filed the latest version of a bill known by opponents as the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act, or DARK Act, which the full Senate will likely consider this week.

Pesticides
Food & Water
Food

EWG’s 2016 Dirty Dozen™ List of Pesticides on Produce: Strawberries Most Contaminated, Apples Drop to Second

Conventional strawberries top the Dirty Dozen™ list of EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, displacing apples, which headed the list the last five years running.

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

Chemical Reform Law Falls Short in Protecting Public Health, Environment

Environmental Working Group issued the following statement ahead of expected passage today by the House on H.R.3576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2016.

Consumer Guides

EWG's 2024 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

75 percent of non-organic fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. are still riddled with the potentially toxic agricultural chemicals, according to the EWG’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™.
Child holding blueberries
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers
Farm Subsidies

USDA Data: Nearly All Pandemic Bailout Funds Went to White Farmers

Nearly all of the billions of dollars in federal farm bailouts to offset the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic went to white farmers, newly revealed Department of Agriculture data show.

Research

Supermarket Meat Still Superbugged, Federal Data Show

EWG’s most recent analysis of more than 47,000 federal government lab tests of bacteria on supermarket meat found an increase in the already high number of pork chops and ground beef contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Levels on ground turkey and chicken breasts remained high, but saw a slight decline. In the five years since our original analysis, “ Superbugs Invade American
Meat Packaged on shelves in the grocery store
Research

For decades, the department of defense knew firefighting foams with ‘forever chemicals’ were dangerous but continued their use

As far back as the 1970s, studies conducted by the Department of Defense showed that the firefighting foam used on military bases and ships known as aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, that contain the fluorinated chemicals now known as PFAS were toxic.
Firefighting foam
Research

Across U.S., Eruptions of Toxic Algae Plague Lakes, Threatening Drinking Water and Recreation

Microcystins are poisonous toxins that can form in blooms of blue-green algae. In recent years, algae blooms – actually microscopic bacteria called cyanobacteria – have erupted in hundreds of lakes nationwide, putting at risk Americans whose drinking water comes from those lakes, or who swim, ski or fish in them. If ingested, microcystins can cause adverse health effects in people and animals
Research

Pouring It On

Nitrate in drinking water at levels greater than the Federal standard of 10 parts per million (ppm) can cause methemoglobinemia, a potentially fatal condition in infants commonly known as blue-baby syndrome. According to Dr. Burton Kross, of the University of Iowa's Center For International Rural and Environmental Health, nitrate poisoning via drinking water contamination "certainly contributes to
Food & Water
Water
Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Calif. bill would ban ‘forever chemicals’ in products for children

State legislation that would ban the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from a wide range of children’s products passed out of the California Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials...
Research

Freedom to Farm

The "Freedom to Farm" legislation, approved by a partisan vote of the House Agriculture Committee, will be taken up by the House of Representatives soon after it reconvenes on Tuesday, February 27. The Senate has already passed a version of the bill. In its current form, the "Freedom to Farm" bill will be one of the most generous Federal farm subsidy programs ever considered in the U.S. House of

EWG news roundup (4/9): Clean energy jobs on the horizon, key California bills advance past committee and more

EWG news roundup (4/9): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Consumer Guides

EWG's tips to avoid flame retardants

For decades, foam furniture, baby products and electronics have been loaded with needless flame retardants that migrate out of products and into our bodies. These chemicals have been linked to cancer and hormone disruption, as well as deficits in motor skills, attention and IQ in children. Though the most toxic ones have been phased out in the United States, they were replaced with poorly studied
Baby with toy
Research

Deal Breaker

Since 1985, agricultural lawmakers have defended payment of more than $108 billion in federal subsidies to farmers by arguing that the payments help to protect the environment. In order to receive subsidies, farmers must abide by soil and wetlands protections. This "deal" between farmers and taxpayers would be broken by the "Conservation Consolidation and Regulatory Reform Act" (H.R. 2542). As