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This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, reduce your exposure to endocrine disruptors
Not so sweet: Study shows artificial sweeteners’ health harms
Turn over a new leaf: Ditch your salad's harmful chemicals with healthier dressings
Dow, 3M and others likely exploit loophole to avoid reporting ‘forever chemicals’ releases
Pregnant with PFAS: The threat of ‘forever chemicals’ in cord blood
Chemicals in our food may be contributing to weight gain
It’s no secret rates of overweight, obesity and other metabolic diseases are skyrocketing. And food is a big part of the problem, though not in the way you might think. It isn’t just how many calories...
EWG VERIFIED® Baby Diapers: Filling the gap when regulators fail to protect our most vulnerable
European regulators have rejected a proposal to restrict a handful of harmful chemicals in baby diapers, yet again showing basic government failures abroad and in the U.S. to protect our most...
Survey: Safer baby diapers are more important than ever
To clean up the baby diapers available in the marketplace, EWG surveyed more than 1,800 parents and caregivers to better understand what they know about diapers and what they want from these products.
What they’re saying about the EPA designation of ‘forever chemicals’ as ‘hazardous substances’
On August 26, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed designating the two most common toxic “forever chemicals” – PFOA and PFOS – as “hazardous substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental...
'Forever chemicals' disclosures at heart of California battle championed by public agencies and public health advocates
A broad coalition including EWG and other clean water and public health advocates are banding together to call for new disclosure requirements for manufacturers bringing into California the “forever...
Honeywell moves to introduce more PFAS into your home
While the PFAS-contamination crisis threatens U.S. public health and the environment, the North Carolina–based company Honeywell has begun marketing new uses for its trademarked “forever chemicals,”...
Skip the most toxic fabric softeners
Using fabric softeners sounds like a no-brainer. These popular laundry products promise soft, fresh-smelling clothes, free of static and wrinkles, along with less stretching, fading and pilling.
Serve up healthy mornings at home with EWG’s top organic cereal choices
California city water agencies fight legislative effort to set strict health safeguards for lead pipeline replacements
The Environmental Working Group is urging California lawmakers to pass a strong bill to ensure safe and quick replacements of lead-contaminated pipelines, and oppose a loophole allowing the work to be...