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PFAS Chemicals

Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters

Taking ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters. Discover the most effective water filters for reducing PFAS contamination in your water. EWG's extensive tests...

July 11, 2023

EWG investigation: Dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat found in popular oat-based products

A new EWG investigation finds for the first time troubling concentrations of the toxic agricultural chemical chlormequat in oat-based products sold in the U.S., including everyday brands marketed to...

January 31, 2023

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

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Children’s Health

Flame Retardants

Reproductive 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.

Flame Retardants

Reproductive 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...

Flame Retardants

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...

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...

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...

Flame Retardants

Food

Food Chemicals

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, Chemical Research: Chemistry and Toxicology

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News & Insights

Food

Meat and Dairy Alternatives

7 reasons to add more plants to your diet

January 18, 2024

You probably know plant-based and plant-forward diets have considerable benefits. But you might not know the exact benefits.. Do they help your health? The environment?

Cosmetics

Reproductive Health

Hundreds of chemicals in everyday consumer products may increase breast cancer risk

January 17, 2024

More than 900 chemicals found in cosmetics, drinking water, food and cleaning supplies used by millions of Americans every day may cause biological changes linked to risk of developing breast cancer...

Cleaning Supplies

Companies fight to keep consumers in the dark about chemicals in cleaners

January 12, 2024

During the cold winter months you may spend more time inside than out. And you may do more cleaning, especially because it’s also the flu and COVID season. But before you reach for that spray cleaner...

Factory Farms

Farm Pollution

E. coli from factory farms threatens America's leafy greens

January 11, 2024

A single enormous cattle feeding operation potentially threatens the safety of thousands of acres of leafy greens grown in the U.S. during the colder months, an EWG analysis shows.

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Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters

EWG investigation: Dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat found in popular oat-based products

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

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.

EWG comments on the WHO proposed guidelines for PFOA and PFOS contamination of drinking water

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

7 reasons to add more plants to your diet

Hundreds of chemicals in everyday consumer products may increase breast cancer risk

Companies fight to keep consumers in the dark about chemicals in cleaners

E. coli from factory farms threatens America's leafy greens

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