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Unpacking the ‘Clean’ Claims Made by 3 Beauty Boxes

Monday, August 19, 2019

I try to stay up to date on the latest beauty trends, especially when they involve products advertised as “clean” or “nontoxic.” Even before my internship with EWG’s Healthy Living Science team, I knew that claims like “natural,” “nontoxic,” “plant based” and “clean” have no legal basis or standardized definition in the personal care industry.

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Key Issues: 
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Update: Trump’s USDA Trade Bailout Flows to City Slickers, a D.C. Lobbyist and ‘Farms’ on Golf Courses

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Farm bailout payments intended to offset the impacts of President Trump’s trade war have instead flowed to an estimated more than 9,000 “city slickers” who live in the nation’s largest cities, an updated EWG analysis of Department of Agriculture data shows.

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Key Issues: 
Farming
Subsidies
Crop Insurance

10 Ways Trump Has Undermined Chemical Safety

Thursday, August 15, 2019

President Trump toured a Shell chemical plant in Pennsylvania Tuesday, supposedly to promote his economic agenda. According to reports, he went off script quite a bit – but one thing he definitely didn’t talk about was his administration’s record on chemical safety.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Chemical Policy (TSCA)
Asbestos
Pesticides
PFAS Chemicals
Water

Dog Deaths Linked to Harmful Algae Blooms

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Last week, Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz took their dogs – Abby, Harpo and Lizzy – for a swim in a pond near their home in Wilmington, N.C. Within hours, the dogs grew sick and died, apparent victims of poisoning from toxic algae blooms.

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Key Issues: 
Water
Toxic Algae

Latest News

Duke Energy Blames Renewables for Increased Air Pollution in North Carolina

Tuesday, August 20, 2019
At a time when forward-looking utilities are rapidly transitioning to renewable energy, the nation’s largest investor-owned electric utility is pushing an outlandish claim that the growth of solar power will increase air pollution.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Utilities
Clean Energy and You
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Booker Legislation Would Reward Climate Stewardship on Farms and Forest Lands

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today announced legislation to support voluntary conservation practices on more than 100 million acres of U.S. farmland. The bill would also fund the planting of 10 billion trees.
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Key Issues: 
Farming
Conservation

Report: Toxins From Algae Outbreaks Plague Hundreds of Lakes in 48 States

Thursday, August 8, 2019
Federal and state tests have found dangerous toxins, common in outbreaks of blue-green algae, in hundreds of lakes, rivers and other bodies of water nationwide – yet authorities are doing little to notify and protect Americans, according to a new analysis and map from the Environmental Working Group.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Water
Toxic Algae
Tap Water

Europe Says ‘No Safe Level’ of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Trump EPA Refused To Ban

Friday, August 2, 2019
European food safety regulators have found there is no safe level of exposure for a brain-damaging pesticide President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency recently refused to ban.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Food