In the past few weeks, EWG staff testified five times to support strong chemical policies at the state and federal levels: in the District of Columbia, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and the US Senate. For an overview (and video) of the...

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Here at EWG we talk a lot about water, because we think it should be safe to drink. We recently researched three water issues: Bottled water (skip it), Our water supply (don't frack it), and Tap water (filter it). To...

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By Lisa Frack with Becky Sutton Enviroblog readers all know that "fragrance" is a term that the cosmetics, cleaning and candle industries use on ingredient lists that discloses only that there are unnamed chemicals in the product. Which is not...

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With green being the new black, there are more than a few environmental documentaries to choose from when popping that (not-in-the-microwave) popcorn. To help you navigate the choices, EWG's very own Don Carr, press secretary and hard-hitting ag policy...

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I was about seven years old, and frustrated from trying to curl my straight, limp hair when my mom taught me a saying she had learned from her mom when she was a young girl: "What price beauty."This classic line...

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212 weeks ago the Carnival of the Green began over a pint of beer in London. Now it bounces from green blog to green blog, week after week, around the world. From EcoJoe's last week right here to EWG's Enviroblog....

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Special to Enviroblog by Elizabeth Grossman, who writes about environmental and science issues from Portland, Oregon and is author, most recently of Chasing Molecules. On January 22, in a substantial shift in policy, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

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When I was a kid, there was lead in paint and gasoline (which could explain a lot...). Thankfully, both uses were stopped in 1978 and 1996, respectively. As a result, blood lead levels (the way human contamination is measured) have...

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By Lisa Frack Known, of course, for her ">movement-launching 1962 book, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson understood the important relationship between nature and chemicals. She raised her voice to inform others and protect the environment long before it...

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Since the U.S. Food & Drug Administration expressed "some concern" about BPA last week ('bout time), more and more people are wondering whether they should be concerned about it, how they're exposed, and how to avoid it? Of course, you...

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On January 14, 2010, EWG President Ken Cook sent this letter to the FDA Commissioner, making it clear that we believe the FDA needs to act - and act now- to reduce the human health burden of BPA. It's just...

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Last September, EWG released a Cell Phone Radiation Science Review and a first-of-its-kind database showing the radiation levels of thousands of cell phones. The response was huge - not surprising, given how increasingly attached we are to our phones....

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Special to Enviroblog by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, Co-Authors, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of Everyday Things The first question we usually get asked about our book, Slow Death by Rubber Duck: The Secret Danger of...

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Back in February, 2009 EWG's Olga Naidenko wrote an excellent piece here on Enviroblog about epigenetics and environmental chemical exposures. She began the post with the heart of the matter: Prenatal exposures to environmental pollutants may lead to...

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By Travis Mitchell, EWG Press Intern Now that that you've taken our cosmetics safety quiz (you have, right?), you're ready to hear about THE DATA GAP. It's like this: We think consumers deserve to know that the products and ingredients...

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