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Federal & State Energy Policy

Power and profit: How PG&E fails California ratepayers and what to do about it

EWG’s utility business model would create a more balanced policy and regulatory regime for PG&E customers. It is designed to hold the company responsible for its investment patterns and shift...

June 16, 2022

Pesticides

Family Health

Children’s Health

Farming & Agriculture

Report: 32 million pounds of toxic pesticides sprayed on Ventura County fields from 2015 to 2020

Today, from Oxnard to Ojai, people in Ventura County live, work and go to school next to farm fields sprayed with some of the most toxic pesticides used in agriculture.

February 3, 2022

For decades, the FDA knew toxic 'forever chemicals' were dangerous but continued to allow their use

As far back as the 1960s, animal studies showed the chemicals caused harm even months after exposure ended and industry studies showed they could migrate from paper and paperboard food packaging into...

February 10, 2022

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Children’s Health

Toxic Chemicals

Flame Retardants

Household & Consumer Products

Reproductive Health

Family Health

California Policy Linked to Higher Flame Retardant Exposures

July 11, 2016

The new study by EWG and Duke University researchers shows that the exposures to the two chemicals were higher in Calif. than in a similar study done earlier in N.J.

Toxic Chemicals

Flame Retardants

Household & Consumer Products

Reproductive Health

Family Health

NO ESCAPE:

August 4, 2014

Ten years ago, the Environmental Protection Agency and health advocates forced flame retardant chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers, or PBDEs, from the market. These chemicals were showing...

Cookware & Food Containers

Pollution in Minority Newborns

November 23, 2009

Laboratory tests commissioned by EWG have detected as many as 232 toxic chemicals in cord blood samples collected from 10 minority newborns. Notably these tests show, for the first time, bisphenol A...

Toxic Chemicals

Flame Retardants

Household & Consumer Products

Fire Retardants in Toddlers and Their Mothers

September 4, 2008

In thehe first investigation of toxic fire retardants in parents and their children, EWG found that toddlers and preschoolers typically had 3 times as much of these hormone-disrupting chemicals in...

Toxic Chemicals

Chemical Policy

Flame Retardants

EPA Axes Panel Chair at Request of Chemical Industry Lobbyists

March 15, 2008

At the request of a chemical industry lobbyist, the Environmental Protection Agency removed the chair of an expert peer review panel charged with setting safe exposure levels for a toxic fire...

Toxic Chemicals

Flame Retardants

PBDEs - Fire Retardants in Dust

May 12, 2004

In the first nationwide tests for brominated fire retardants in house dust, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high levels of these neurotoxic chemicals in every home sampled...

Flame Retardants

Reproductive Health

Mother's Milk

September 23, 2003

In the first nationwide tests for chemical fire retardants in the breast milk of American women, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high levels of these little-known neurotoxic...

Tainted Catch

July 10, 2003

Levels of a little-known class of neurotoxic chemicals found in computers, TV sets, cars and furniture are building up rapidly in key indicator species of San Francisco Bay fish, according to tests by...

Expert Spotlight

Chemical companies provide quarterly reports on production and sales figures to shareholders. Why shouldn’t the public and EPA receive similar reports every year about commonly used chemicals, some of which could pose a serious health risk?”

David Andrews, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

News & Insights

Quibble with Kibbles: ‘Forever chemicals’ in pet food packaging add to perils at home

November 3, 2022

The toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS create health hazards at home, since they’re used in everyday items like cookware and cosmetics – and new EWG research finds some popular pet food packaging...

New baby textile product tests show concerning levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

November 3, 2022

You may have noticed an uptick in media reports detailing new discoveries in various consumer products of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. They’re highly toxic and pervasive – and found in...

Personal Care Products

Sunscreen

Toxic Chemicals

Lacking safety data, the FDA should act to ban oxybenzone in sunscreens

October 27, 2022

Time’s up, sunscreen industry. Last month, the clock ran out on the sunscreen industry to prove to the Food and Drug Administration that oxybenzone, a common ingredient in sunscreen, is both safe and...

Personal Care Products

Frightful ingredients hiding in Halloween face paint

October 27, 2022

With Halloween around the corner, many kids will use face paint as the perfect finishing touch for their costumes. It’s a popular alternative to costume masks, which can obscure children’s vision on...

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Power and profit: How PG&E fails California ratepayers and what to do about it

Report: 32 million pounds of toxic pesticides sprayed on Ventura County fields from 2015 to 2020

For decades, the FDA knew toxic 'forever chemicals' were dangerous but continued to allow their use

Areas of Focus

California Policy Linked to Higher Flame Retardant Exposures

NO ESCAPE:

Pollution in Minority Newborns

Fire Retardants in Toddlers and Their Mothers

EPA Axes Panel Chair at Request of Chemical Industry Lobbyists

PBDEs - Fire Retardants in Dust

Mother's Milk

Tainted Catch

David Andrews, Ph.D.

Flawed WHO report on ‘forever chemicals’ fails human health, EWG scientists find

Addressing misinformation on the internet about EWG’s ratings systems

What are PFAS? Defining per- and polyfluoroalkyl ether acids

Why is cancer-causing benzene widespread in personal care products?

Quibble with Kibbles: ‘Forever chemicals’ in pet food packaging add to perils at home

New baby textile product tests show concerning levels of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Lacking safety data, the FDA should act to ban oxybenzone in sunscreens

Frightful ingredients hiding in Halloween face paint

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