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Calif. Governor Signs Cleaning Product Disclosure Law
In a major victory for consumers' and workers' right to know, Gov. Brown has signed a bill into law that requires manufacturers of a wide array of cleaning products to disclose ingredients.
Walmart Pushes Companies to Get Products Verified by EWG
Walmart, the biggest brick-and-mortar retailer in the world, announced this week it is encouraging all companies that sell personal care products in its U.S. stores to get the EWG VERIFIEDTM seal.
In California, Cleaning Products Come Clean on Ingredients
In a major victory toward safer cleaning products in the marketplace, today California lawmakers approved legislation to require manufacturers to disclose the ingredients in home and commercial...
Hidden Carcinogen Taints Tap Water, Consumer Products Nationwide
An unregulated cancer-causing industrial solvent, which is also a hidden impurity in cosmetics and household cleaners, was found in samples from tap water supplies for nearly 90 million Americans in...
Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Rules That Will Make It Harder to Protect Against Harm From Toxic Chemicals
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...
Environmental Groups Sue FDA to Take Formaldehyde Out of Salons
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...
Trump Proposal Puts Americans at Greater Risk from Toxic Chemicals
President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt have determined protecting the public from notorious cancer-causing chemicals like asbestos and 1,4-dioxane is far less...
More than 200 Scientists, Medical Professionals Urge Stricter Limits on Antibacterial Agents
Today EWG joined an international roster of more than 200 scientists and medical professionals to call for stricter limits on antibacterial chemicals that are added to thousands of consumer products...
EWG Praises SC Johnson’s ‘Groundbreaking’ Disclosure of Allergens
With today's announcement by SC Johnson that it will disclose the presence of hundreds of potential skin allergens that could be found in its products, the the family-owned company continues its role...
EWG’s 2017 Guide to Sunscreens
Just in time for summer, EWG released its 2017 Guide to Sunscreens today, which found that almost three-fourths of the products evaluated rate poorly for skin protection, or have ingredients that...
Groups Sue FDA to Protect Food Safety
Today, consumer, health, and food safety groups challenged a Food and Drug Administration rule that undermines the integrity of our food safety system.
Nationally Recognized Integrative Health Expert Karen Malkin Joins EWG Board of Directors
Karen Malkin, a leading integrative health coach and lifestyle practitioner, has joined the EWG board of directors, further raising the group's profile as the nation's leading nonprofit research...
EWG Surveys Personal Care Product Companies About 1,4-Dioxane
The Environmental Working Group is surveying U.S. makers of personal care products to ask if they are working to remove 1,4-dioxane, a likely human carcinogen, from their products. According to EWG's...
EWG Applauds Schumer and Gillibrand Petition to Ban Carcinogen in Personal Care Products
The Environmental Working Group commends Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for protecting Americans from exposure to a potentially toxic contaminant in personal care products.
Bill to Disclose Ingredients in Cleaning Products Gets Hearing
On Wednesday, March 29 at 9:30 a.m., the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee will consider the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB-258).
Advocates Petition FDA to Bar Toxic Lead Compound from Hair Dyes
A group of public health advocates today announced that the Food and Drug Administration will consider removing its approval of lead acetate in hair dyes such as Grecian Formula. The group filed a...
Bill Would Give Californians Right to Know What’s in Cleaning Products
State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, introduced legislation today to require manufacturers to disclose the ingredients in cleaning products used by consumers and professional cleaning workers. If...
In Game-Changing Move, Unilever Will Disclose Fragrance Ingredients to Consumers
For decades, federal regulations have let companies use the word “fragrance” on soap, shampoo, skincare and other personal care product labels to hide the identity of multiple chemicals, many of them...
With EWG VERIFIED®, Shoppers Can Avoid Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics
The EWG VERIFIED® program now features 833 top-rated personal care and cosmetics products, allowing consumers to quickly spot items that meet stringent ingredient and transparency requirements.
Lawsuit Urges FDA to Protect Salon Workers, Consumers from Formaldehyde
Today the Environmental Working Group and Women's Voices for the Earth sued the Food and Drug Administration for its failure to protect the public from dangers associated with popular hair...
