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Filtering Lead Out of Chicago’s Drinking Water

Friday, August 18, 2017

Lead has been detected at high levels in Chicago’s tap water, but that doesn’t mean residents of the Windy City have to drink it.

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Key Issues: 
Midwest
Lead
Tap Water

EWG’s News Roundup (8/18): EPA Chisels Away at Environmental Protection, Cosmetics Put Women of Color at Risk and Food Chemicals Linked to Obesity

Friday, August 18, 2017

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

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Key Issues: 
Consumer Products
Food
Water

Brazilian Blowout Day: We’ll Celebrate When the FDA Bans Formaldehyde

Thursday, August 17, 2017

A ridiculous and completely unofficial website that tracks made-up holidays says Monday is Brazilian Blowout Day. The National Day Calendar suggests you celebrate by going to a hair salon for a blowout. I sure hope you don’t.
 

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Study: Women of Color Exposed to More Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Women of color use more beauty products and are disproportionately exposed to worrisome chemicals compared to white women, according to a new study.
 

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Latest News

After Industry Protest, EPA Chief Scraps Plan To Cut Discharges of Lead, Arsenic and Other Poisons into Drinking Water Sources

Tuesday, August 15, 2017
In the face of opposition by the power industry, Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is planning to scrap an Obama-era rule to curb discharges of lead, arsenic and mercury from power plants into sources of drinking water.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Water
Tap Water

Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Rules That Will Make It Harder to Protect Against Harm From Toxic Chemicals

Monday, August 14, 2017
Environmental groups have brought two suits against the Trump administration for weakening key rules establishing how the Environmental Protection Agency will regulate toxic chemicals found in consumer products, building materials, and work places, as well as in our drinking water and food.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Food
Water

Environmental Groups Sue FDA to Take Formaldehyde Out of Salons

Monday, August 7, 2017
The Food and Drug Administration has failed to act on dangerous hair straighteners that contain unsafe levels of formaldehyde and pose a significant health hazard to consumers and salon workers, the Environmental Working Group and Women’s Voices for the Earth allege in a motion filed July 28 in federal district court.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

‘You Don't Do Those Things Lightly’: Why EPA Chief Didn't Ban Brain-Damaging Pesticide

Monday, July 31, 2017
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's defense for allowing the continued use of a dangerous pesticide starkly shows that he doesn't consider protecting children's health to be more important than protecting the agriculture industry's status quo, said EWG President Ken Cook.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Farming