EWG.org · [email protected]

October 29, 2019 at 12:01 PM

91 tap water contaminants linked to cancer

Environmental Working Group Is the water from your tap safe to drink? Ask your water company and they’ll probably tell you it meets all government safety standards. They probably won’t tell you it could contain a dose of chemicals linked to cancer, brain damage, nervous system damage, fer…

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  Helen Lucey, EWG Action Fund · [email protected]

October 28, 2019 at 1:43 PM

Unacceptable.

Environmental Working Group Breaking: 90% of community water systems detect cancer-linked contaminants, according to new EWG report! BREAKING: 90% of community water systems detect cancer-linked contaminants, according to new EWG report! Take the Survey: Are you worried about…

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  EWG Action Fund · [email protected]

October 26, 2019 at 3:38 PM

BREAKING re: cancer-linked contaminants in tap water

Environmental Working Group Breaking: 90% of community water systems detect cancer-linked contaminants, according to new EWG report! BREAKING: 90% of community water systems detect cancer-linked contaminants, according to new EWG report! Take the Survey: Are you worried about…

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  EWG News · [email protected]

October 24, 2019 at 1:23 PM

50,000 water utilities

Environmental Working Group We’ve worked for months on this update, collecting data from nearly 50,000 water utilities across all 50 states, cataloging over 270 contaminants and pairing all of this data with EWG’s consumer-friendly tips for safer drinking water. Friend, this is …

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  EWG Science Team · [email protected]

October 23, 2019 at 1:29 PM

270 contaminants in drinking water

Environmental Working Group Friend, this is huge - we just released a new update to EWG’s Tap Water Database, adding in two more years of test results. You can use this one-of-a-kind tool to learn about contaminants in YOUR drinking water and what you can do about them. Friend, …

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  Alex Formuzis, EWG Action Fund · [email protected]

October 19, 2019 at 12:05 PM

8,556 by 11:59 PM

Environmental Working Group More than 11,400 supporters have weighed in on California’s decision to ban neurotoxic chlorpyrifos, but we haven’t heard from you, friend. We need 8,556 more supporters to weigh in before 11:59 p.m. tonight. Can we count on you to speak up? More than 11,400 s…

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  Maura Walsh, EWG Action Fund · [email protected]

October 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM

URGENT re: neurotoxic chemical

Environmental Working Group EWG Action Fund is fighting to get chlorpyrifos out of our food, but we need your help. Do you have a moment to take our quick survey on toxic pesticides? Your response will help guide our work. BREAKING: California to ban neurotoxic pesticide! TAK…

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  Helen Lucey, EWG Action Fund · [email protected]

October 15, 2019 at 1:42 PM

BREAKING re: brain-damaging pesticide

Environmental Working Group California just announced it will ban chlorpyrifos, a brain-damaging pesticide, by February! Chlorpyrifos is a particularly nasty pesticide linked to serious health effects like brain damage, even at incredibly low levels of exposure. According to the EPA’s own …

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  EWG Healthy Living · [email protected]

October 12, 2019 at 12:03 PM

Top tips for cleaner living

Environmental Working Group In this issue: Ready to create a healthier home? Download EWG's healthy home checklist to get started! | EWG's guide to avoiding PFAS chemicals. | Get your free copy of EWG's tips for greener cleaning. | EWG's guide to safer cell phone use. | Get your free copy…

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  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]

October 11, 2019 at 12:01 PM

100,000 cancer cases

Environmental Working Group We’re just 12 days away from the release of EWG’s new Tap Water Database. Make sure you don’t miss the launch. A new report from EWG found that tap water contaminants may be responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases each year! EWG’s Tap Water Database has never bee…

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  EWG News · [email protected]

October 9, 2019 at 12:01 PM

Coming Soon: Tap Water Database

Environmental Working Group EWG estimates that tap water contaminants could be responsible for more than 100,000 cancer cases each year in the U.S. That’s why we’re working hard to update our one of a kind database to help you identify and eliminate dangerous contaminants in your tap water…

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  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]

October 7, 2019 at 1:38 PM

Glyphosate’s cancer risks

Environmental Working Group Big Ag wants to keep you in the dark, friend. Now Big Ag is trying to roll back the clock and keep hiding glyphosate’s cancer risks from the public. We’re not going to let that happen. Big Ag wants to keep you in the dark, friend. California’s decision to list…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

October 4, 2019 at 1:44 PM

BREAKING re: glyphosate warning

Environmental Working Group Big Ag is claiming it violates their First Amendment rights to warn you about glyphosate’s cancer risks. A group of Big Ag lawyers are still fighting in court to overturn California’s decision to add glyphosate to the state’s Proposition 65 list of chemicals kno…

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  EWG.org · [email protected]

October 2, 2019 at 1:34 PM

Glyphosate, cellphones and PFAS chemicals

Environmental Working Group In this issue: October is Children's Environmental Health Month in California! | New round of tests, Monsanto's weedkiller still contaminates foods marketed to children. | How to protect your kids from nonstick chemicals. | 9 cellphone safety tips. | Get your f…

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  EWG News · [email protected]

September 28, 2019 at 2:40 PM

Teflon

Environmental Working Group In this issue: 50 Years of Deception. | Take Action: Get PFAS Out of our Environment and Our Bodies! | What are PFAS Chemicals? | Take the PFAS Survey. | Interactive Map: Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals in Tap Water. | Help EWG Fight Against PFAS Chemicals. …

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  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]

September 27, 2019 at 1:24 PM

Glyphosate and bees

Environmental Working Group More than 12,000 supporters have already submitted their thoughts, but we haven't heard from you. Don't miss your chance to make your voice heard! Your response will help us formulate our plans for 2020 and keep fighting to get toxic pesticides like glyphosate out of ou…

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  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]

September 26, 2019 at 3:40 PM

UPDATE re: Germany and Austria

Environmental Working Group Monsanto isn’t backing down, friend. Their propaganda machine is already claiming Germany’s decision to ban glyphosate “ignores decades of scientific judgment.” Monsanto isn’t backing down, friend. Their propaganda machine is already claiming Germany’s decisio…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

September 25, 2019 at 1:02 PM

NEW: Germany and Austria to ban glyphosate

Environmental Working Group Holy cow - this is big news: Germany announced it would ban glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup. This comes just after Austria announced a total ban of the pesticide in early July. Germany took this step because research shows the toxic weedkil…

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  EWG · [email protected]

September 23, 2019 at 12:01 PM

Top Tips for Safer Cosmetics

Environmental Working Group In this issue: Get your free copy of EWG's quick tips for choosing safer personal care products! | EWG explains fragrance: Watch the video. | More than 1,300 cosmetic products are now EWG Verified™. | Stand up for Beauty Made Better! | Clean and Healthy Living:…

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  EWG News · [email protected]

September 21, 2019 at 1:33 PM

Pesticides in your food

Environmental Working Group In this issue: The Dirty 12: See the List. | Protect yourself from hazardous pesticides! Get your free copy of EWG's Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists. | Breakfast with a dose of Roundup? Read the Report. | Get glyphosate out of our food! Take action. | Thurs…

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  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]

September 20, 2019 at 1:57 PM

183,037 petition signatures

Environmental Working Group We’re going to deliver this petition in person at General Mills’ shareholder meeting on Sept. 24. Thanks to a tidal wave of grassroots support, we’ve reached almost 200,000 signers, but we need every voice if we’re going to get General Mills to change their ways. Don’t …

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  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]

September 19, 2019 at 1:28 PM

The tough truth

Environmental Working Group Whether it's Bayer-Monsanto, Big Ag front groups like the Alliance for Food and Farming or PFAS polluters like 3M and DuPont, the EPA cares more about corporate profits than your health. In this anti-science environment, EWG's fight to protect your health has ne…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

September 17, 2019 at 12:01 PM

Monsanto's weedkiller and your breakfast

Environmental Working Group Here are the facts, friend: 1. Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s signature herbicide Roundup, is linked to cancer. 2. EWG tests have repeatedly found shockingly high levels of glyphosate in General Mills’ products, even Cheerios. 3. General Mills hasn…

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  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]

September 16, 2019 at 1:34 PM

re: missing your signature

Environmental Working Group Here are the facts, friend: 1. Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s signature herbicide Roundup, is linked to cancer. 2. EWG tests have repeatedly found shockingly high levels of glyphosate in General Mills’ products, even Cheerios. 3. General Mills hasn…

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  EWG Cleaners Guide · [email protected]

September 14, 2019 at 12:04 PM

EWG’s top-ranked products for laundry

Environmental Working Group In this issue: EWG's top-ranked products for laundry, dishwashing and bathroom cleaners. | Why use greener, healthier cleaners? | Clean and Healthy Living: An EWG leadership summit. | EWG's guide to healthy cleaning: Hazard ratings for more than 2,500 products.…

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  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]

September 13, 2019 at 12:02 PM

Glyphosate in Cheerios

Environmental Working Group General Mills needs to hear directly from consumers, and we have the perfect chance to make sure they hear our message loud and clear: General Mills is hosting a shareholder meeting on Sept. 24, and EWG will be there to personally deliver a message from our supp…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

September 11, 2019 at 4:12 PM

BREAKING re: Teflon chemicals

Environmental Working Group During a congressional hearing, a 3M executive claimed PFAS chemicals aren't harmful to people. It’s a downright lie. The chemical industry has known for decades that PFAS chemicals are linked to serious health risks like cancer and birth defects. They’ve been c…

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  EWG Events · [email protected]

September 10, 2019 at 12:01 PM

INVITE: Meet EWG’s experts

Environmental Working Group If you’ve ever dreamed of spending a day learning directly from EWG’s healthy living experts and getting answers to your toughest clean living questions, your dream is about to come true. For the first time ever, all of EWG’s top experts plus special guests will…

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  EWG News · [email protected]

September 9, 2019 at 1:24 PM

Teflon's health risks

Environmental Working Group In this issue: 50 years of deception: A timeline of companies hiding health risks of PFAS chemicals. | Are you concerned about hazardous PFAS polluting our environment and our bodies? | EWG's guide to avoiding PFAS chemicals. | Toxic fluorinated chemicals in t…

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  Hanna Rhodes, EWG · [email protected]

September 7, 2019 at 3:02 PM

Tickets available now: EWG’s Clean and Healthy Living Summit

Environmental Working Group If you’ve ever dreamed of spending a day learning directly from EWG’s healthy living experts and getting answers to your toughest clean living questions, your dream is about to come true. For the first time ever, all of EWG’s top experts plus special guests will…

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  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]

September 5, 2019 at 1:28 PM

9,490 people

Environmental Working Group Thanks to 3M and DuPont, our environment and our bodies are contaminated with toxic PFAS chemicals that will never break down naturally. These corporate giants should pay to clean up their mess, not taxpayers. Tell Congress it’s time to hold corporate polluters …

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  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]

September 3, 2019 at 1:18 PM

Take down DuPont!

Environmental Working Group Thanks largely to DuPont and 3M, the blood of nearly every American, including newborn babies, is contaminated with a class of toxic chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects. These chemical giants have known for decades that their chemicals cause serious hea…

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  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]

August 30, 2019 at 1:26 PM

4 days left to stop Monsanto

Environmental Working Group Recently exposed internal emails reveal a Monsanto executive saying he wanted to “beat the sh** out of” an advocacy group of moms concerned about glyphosate’s cancer risks. Wow, friend! Recently exposed internal emails reveal a Monsanto executive sayin…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

August 29, 2019 at 1:55 PM

Monsanto calls moms "dumb"

Environmental Working Group You won’t be believe this, friend! Newly released Monsanto emails reveal the company’s outrageous plans to attack critics, including wanting to “beat the sh**” out of an advocacy group of moms who dared to question the safety of Roundup. The company dismissed th…

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  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]

August 28, 2019 at 1:28 PM

Sept 3 Deadline on Monsanto

Environmental Working Group 70,669 supporters have taken action on Monsanto’s cancer-linked weedkiller glyphosate, but I don’t see your name on the petition. Hey friend, 70,669 supporters have taken action on Monsanto’s cancer-linked weedkiller glyphosate, but I don’t see your name on th…

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  EWG.org · [email protected]

August 27, 2019 at 1:31 PM

Last chance to preregister!

Environmental Working Group Sure, we all want to live the healthiest lives we can, but how we do that can be complicated. The amount of information on “clean” and “healthy” living seems endless – and confusing. And with a new wellness trend popping up daily, how can anyone keep it all stra…

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  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]

August 26, 2019 at 1:38 PM

250 million pounds

Environmental Working Group I’ll make this quick. Here are three numbers that should alarm you: 250 million pounds. More than 250 million pounds of Monsanto’s cancer-linked pesticide dumped on American farmland each year. I’ll make this quick, friend. Here are three numbers that …

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  EWG · [email protected]

August 24, 2019 at 12:03 PM

Five steps for safer cosmetics

Environmental Working Group Are you concerned about toxic chemicals that might be lurking in the products you and your family use every day? EWG is here to help! To help you get started, here are five quick things you can do right now to protect yourself and your loved ones from toxic che…

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  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]

August 23, 2019 at 3:25 PM

SHOCKING re: Glyphosate Cancer Warning

Environmental Working Group Insane! Scientists have been raising the alarm on glyphosate for years. The EPA has ignored strong scientific evidence linking glyphosate to cancer and instead relied on studies funded by Monsanto. We need to fight back and make sure consumers know about glyphos…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

August 22, 2019 at 1:24 PM

Beyond unacceptable

Environmental Working Group Monsanto, which is now owned by Bayer, used "intelligence" operations a lot like the surveillance conducted by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. We already knew Monsanto was ruthless, but this is downright sinister – and it’s working. Despite strong sc…

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  EWG.org · [email protected]

August 21, 2019 at 1:14 PM

You're invited: EWG Leadership Summit

Environmental Working Group EWG's first ever Clean and Healthy Living Leadership Summit will break down the trends in wellness and take you on a journey toward your own clean future - one that's created by you. We hope you'll join us! Sure, we all want to live the healthiest liv…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

August 20, 2019 at 1:20 PM

ADD YOUR NAME re: Glyphosate

Environmental Working Group For years Monsanto has been waging a war on the science linking glyphosate to cancer, with one objective: Create enough confusion to dupe government agencies charged with protecting public health into declaring its top-selling pesticide, glyphosate, safe and leg…

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  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]

August 19, 2019 at 3:22 PM

The EPA hasn’t heard from you

Environmental Working Group Monsanto is so close to getting its way. The EPA still claims glyphosate is safe and has ignored sound science, instead relying on studies funded by Monsanto. But the EPA is asking to hear from the public before it makes a final decision on Monsanto’s glyphosate…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

August 18, 2019 at 2:50 PM

BREAKING: EPA Blocks Cancer Warning

Environmental Working Group Monsanto has been ordered to pay more than $190 million in damages to cancer victims for glyphosate’s role in causing their cancer. But the Trump EPA still doesn't think consumers have the right to know that this dangerous chemical can be found in popular home g…

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  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]

August 15, 2019 at 1:42 PM

Update re: chlorpyrifos

Environmental Working Group Even at low doses, this neurotoxic pesticide can harm kids' brains! We need to get this chemical out of our stores, but the EPA has refused to step in. So EWG is taking the fight straight to your local grocery store. Please join us today! Wow, friend. In just …

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  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]

August 13, 2019 at 1:50 PM

Neurotoxic chemical in grocery store

Environmental Working Group Join EWG and tell grocery retailers like Safeway, Kroger and Publix to get chlorpyrifos out of their stores! This brain-damaging pesticide shouldn't be anywhere near the produce aisle. Chlorpyrifos can be found on some of kids' favorite foods, such as peaches. T…

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  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]

August 10, 2019 at 12:02 PM

BREAKING re: Neurotoxic pesticide

Environmental Working Group The European Food Safety Authority just declared there is no safe level of chlorpyrifos, a neurotoxic pesticide that can harm kids' brains. This comes just weeks after Trump's EPA decided to continue to allow chlorpyrifos on fruits and vegetables. Europe is now …

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  EWG.org · [email protected]

August 9, 2019 at 1:43 PM

EVENT: Clean and Healthy Living

Environmental Working Group EWG's first ever Clean & Healthy Living Leadership Summit will break down the trends in wellness and take you on a journey toward your own clean future - one that's created by you. We hope you'll join us! Sure, we all want to live the healthiest l…

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  EWG.org · [email protected]

August 7, 2019 at 1:18 PM

Top tips for parents

Environmental Working Group In this issue: How to protect your kids from nonstick chemicals. | Roundup in food: Should I throw out my Cheerios? | The difference between natural and organic hot dogs. | What parents should know about pesticides in produce. | School supplies laced with toxic…

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  EWG News · [email protected]

August 5, 2019 at 1:33 PM

Cellphone radiation and your health

Environmental Working Group In this issue: Six questions about cellphone radiation and your health. | EWG's guide to safer cell phone use. | California issues caution on cell phone use. | Survey: Are you concerned about potential impacts of cellphone radiation on your health? | EWG's Summ…

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