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EWG News Roundup (1/10): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Children's Health

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Water

The Environmental Protection Agency has a long history of failing to act to protect Americans from the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, which are linked to an increased risk of cancer and other diseases.

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Toxics

PFAS Chemicals

It was a year of both encouraging progress and frustrating setbacks for public health and the environment, as EWG continued to provide the information Americans need to protect themselves from toxic chemicals and to fight for improvements in laws and regulations. As 2019 gives way to 2020, here’s a countdown of the 10 most widely read stories on EWG social media platforms.

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Children's Health

Toxics

Consumer Products

Farming

Food

Water

Recent years have seen an increase in the number of aluminum-free antiperspirants and deodorants on the market. The trend has been led by smaller, boutique brands marketed as “natural,” such as Here + Now, Justin Bieber’s new “gender-neutral” deodorant from Schmidt’s Naturals. But even Dove, one of the longest-established and biggest-selling deodorant brands in the world, launched its 0% Aluminum label this year.

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Children's Health

Toxics

Consumer Products

Cosmetics

“Dark Waters,” the story of how DuPont dumped a toxic Teflon chemical called PFOA in a small West Virginia town and covered it up for decades, opens nationwide today.

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Toxics

PFAS Chemicals

Water

EWG News Roundup (11/22): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Key Issues: 

Children's Health

Toxics

Consumer Products

Farming

Food

Water

EWG News Roundup (11/15): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Consumer Products

Farming

Food

Water

The toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been detected in almost 200 New Jersey drinking water systems and groundwater sources, according to the latest state and federal data compiled and mapped by EWG.

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Toxics

PFAS Chemicals

Water

Tap Water

Top officials at the Environmental Protection Agency had a bold idea: Require water companies to run the nation’s most polluted tap water through the treatment plant equivalent of a Brita water pitcher.

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Water

Tap Water