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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.

EWG’s News Roundup (11/17): Farmers Double Dip into Subsidies, California Leads on Clean Energy and More

In a new report this week, EWG discovered that a large swath of profitable farm operations are getting subsidized twice for one crop loss. In 2014 and 2015 these double dippers took advantage of...

California Is Years Ahead of Schedule on Cutting Global Warming-Causing Pollution

Twelve years ago, California set a goal many energy experts thought was too ambitious: reduce climate-disrupting air pollution to 1990 levels by 2020. Last week, the state announced it had not only...

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US Seafood Advice Flawed on Mercury, Omega-3s

People who follow the federal government's guidelines on seafood consumption are likely to consume too much mercury, a dangerous neurotoxin, or too few beneficial omega-3 fatty acids, according to a new EWG analysis of fish contaminant and nutrient data.

We Can Take Climate Action Now – and Create Millions of Green-Collar Jobs

When Congress returns, the House will consider the Climate Action Now Act, which would direct the Trump administration to honor America's commitments to reduce greenhouse gases.

Hurricane Florence Knocked Out N.C. Coal and Nuclear Plants, but Solar and Wind Were Back Online the Next Day

As Hurricane Florence approached North Carolina last month, Duke Energy was busy securing power plants to weather the storm.

In Reversal, EPA Confirms That Fracking Pollutes Drinking Water

The Environmental Protection Agency has just confirmed what communities near many oil and gas production fields have known for years: fracking – the injection of a chemical slurry into drilling sites...

EWG PFAS Testimony for the Record to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform

Below and attached is EWG's testimony to the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform for their hearing pertaining to PFAS contamination and the need for corporate...

It’s Time To Ban PFAS from Food Packaging

The recent discovery of fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, in food packaging should serve as a reminder that our diets are as big a source as drinking water of these toxic compounds in our bodies.

The Real Farm Subsidy Scandal? USDA’s Legacy of Racial Discrimination.

Prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer receives farm subsidies, but this is not a real scandal. There is no “Nazi test” for farm subsidies – nor should there be.

9 Cellphone Safety Tips for Back to School

It's probably not news to you that cellphone use may be harmful to you and your kids. Studies have found a possible link between cellphone radiation and brain and heart tumors, not to mention a range...

Toxic Chemicals at School? 8 Important Questions To Ask

When my daughter was in preschool, she told me that instead of washing hands before lunch, the children used hand sanitizer. The thinking behind this was probably that hand sanitizer kills bacteria...

CVS Will Remove Harmful Ingredients From Sunscreens

CVS, one of the nation's largest drugstore chains, recently announced it will phase out two common sunscreen ingredients, oxybenzone and octinoxate, from many of its store-brand sun-protection...

For Decades, Polluters Knew PFAS Chemicals Were Dangerous But Hid Risks From Public

For nearly 70 years, chemical companies like 3M and DuPont have known that the highly fluorinated chemicals called PFAS build up in our blood. They've known for almost that long that PFAS chemicals...

Tonight’s Climate Town Hall: Crisis Demands Tough Questions, Honest Answers

Tonight's town hall is a forum for 10 Democratic presidential candidates to address the climate crisis. The crisis demands substantive treatment, like that given health care and immigration, not...

Kraft-Heinz Rejects Effort To Get Phthalates Out of Mac and Cheese

Food corporation Kraft-Heinz just sent a clear message to parents: Your worries about phthalate contamination in our food chain isn't our problem.

How EWG Scored the Cleaning Products Recommended by “Today”

Recently an episode of NBC's “Today” show recommended eight cleaning products for “clean living” that it said were both effective and environmentally friendly. Given EWG's longstanding work evaluating...

Hydrogen: Another Nail in the Coffin for Dirty Energy

Wind and solar power, plus storage batteries, are rapidly pushing aside coal, natural gas and nuclear reactors as smart and affordable energy sources. Now hydrogen is emerging as the next disruptive...