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  EWG VERIFIED · [email protected]
March 14, 2020 at 1:05 PM

Clean Beauty

Environmental Working Group   CONTRIBUTE   UNSUBSCRIBE | CHANGE OPTIONS Remember to add [email protected] to your contact list. EWG's mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. EWG is a non-profit and non-partisan organi…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
March 13, 2020 at 12:02 PM

Protecting yourself from toxic "forever chemicals"

Environmental Working Group In this issue: EWG found PFAS chemicals in tap water of 31 states and DC. See the results. | Tips to protect yourself: Get EWG's Guide to Avoiding PFAS Chemicals. | Why should you care about PFAS contamination? Learn more. | FDA studies: 'Short-chain' PFAS chemicals ar…
  EWG Cleaners Guide · [email protected]
March 11, 2020 at 12:01 PM

EWG's Top-Ranked Cleaners

Environmental Working Group Inside: The first EWG VERIFIED Cleaners | Avoiding coronavirus the clean way. | How EWG scored the cleaning products recommended by "Today." | EWG's guide to healthy cleaning: Hazard ratings for more than 2,500 products. | Get EWG's DIY cleaning guide. | Get your free …
  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]
March 10, 2020 at 4:07 PM

URGENT re: Monsanto's weedkiller

Environmental Working Group EWG will never stop fighting for your health. We’re taking our fight to the private sector and we’re already getting results. But we need to know you’re still with us, friend. BREAKING: Trump EPA Claims Glyphosate is Safe! Help EWG continue the figh…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
March 9, 2020 at 2:34 PM

COMING SOON: 2020 Dirty DozenTM List

Environmental Working Group We are weeks away from releasing our 2020 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Make sure you don't miss it by signing up to be the first to know today.   CONTRIBUTE   UNSUBSCRIBE | CHANGE OPTIONS Remember to add [email protected] to your c…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
March 7, 2020 at 2:04 PM

Children's Health: Coronavirus, Cellphones and Tap Water

Environmental Working Group Inside: Avoiding coronavirus the clean way. | How to avoid brain-damaging chlorpyrifos in milk and produce. | Kids and babies are especially vulnerable to toxic chemicals. See babies' and kids' products. | How to protect your kids from nonstick chemicals. | Breakfast w…
  EWG Action Fund · [email protected]
March 6, 2020 at 2:28 PM

URGENT re: Toxic PFAS chemicals

EWG Action Fund After decades of inaction, the EPA finally announced plans to regulate two of the most toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water. But the EPA's decision is too little, too late. Not only has the EPA failed to address ongoing releases of PFAS chemicals, it also hasn’t done anything to …
  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]
March 4, 2020 at 5:25 PM

Midnight deadline

Environmental Working Group Do you think the U.S. should ban neonic pesticides? Remember, neonics have been linked to a massive decline in bee populations, and emerging research suggests they may also harm migrating birds and white-tailed deer. The EU has already banned these highly toxic pesticid…
  EWG News · [email protected]
March 2, 2020 at 1:02 PM

Protecting your health from cellphone radiation

Environmental Working Group Inside: Six questions about cellphone radiation and your health. | EWG's Guide to Safer Cellphone Use. | California issues caution on cellphone use. | Are you concerned about potential impacts of cellphone radiation on your health? Take the survey. | Five tips to prote…
  EWG · [email protected]
February 29, 2020 at 2:49 PM

Top Tips for Healthy Living

Environmental Working Group Inside: EWG's top tipsheets, including the healthy home checklist, our guide to avoiding PFAS chemicals, our guide to safer cell phone use, the Dirty Dozen: cancer prevention edition, EWG's tips for cleaning up after a meal, and our guide to safe drinking wate…
  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]
February 28, 2020 at 1:03 PM

Update re: atrazine

Environmental Working Group Remember, atrazine has been linked to cancer and hormone disruption. It’s so potent it can change male frogs into female frogs, and so widespread it can be found in the tap water of more than 44 million Americans! We only have until March 1 to force the EPA to take acti…
  EWG News · [email protected]
February 26, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Superbugs in Meat

Environmental Working Group In this issue: Food Fix: How to save our health, our economy, our communities and our planet - one bite at a time. | Protect yourself from hazardous pesticides. | Tell the EPA: Ban hormone-disrupting atrazine! | EWG's Dirty Dozen food additives: See them all. Supermark…
  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]
February 25, 2020 at 2:05 PM

Alert: your signature

Environmental Working Group We have a chance to force the EPA to step up and take action on atrazine! More than 28,085 supporters have already added their name to EWG’s petition calling on the EPA to BAN atrazine, but I don’t see your name. Here are the facts, friend. Atrazine i…
  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]
February 24, 2020 at 2:32 PM

URGENT: response needed

Environmental Working Group The EPA is asking to hear from the public, but we have to submit our petition before the EPA’s March 1 deadline. We know it’s going to take a huge tidal wave of grassroots support to force the EPA to listen to average Americans instead of the pesticide industry. That’s…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
February 22, 2020 at 5:47 PM

Toxic Pesticides in Food

Environmental Working Group Inside: Tell the EPA: Ban hormone-disrupting atrazine! Deadline: March 1. | Protect yourself from hazardous pesticides! Get your free copy of EWG's Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists. | Breaking: EU bans another bee-killing pesticide! Do you think the U.S. should ban …
  EWG VERIFIED · [email protected]
February 21, 2020 at 1:01 PM

More than 1,500 EWG VERIFIED products

Environmental Working Group Inside: More than 1,500 cosmetic products are now EWG Verified. See them all. | Get your free copy of EWG's quick tips for choosing safer personal care products! | Clean up your beauty routine with EWG's Healthy Living App! | Stand up for Beauty Made Better: T…
  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]
February 19, 2020 at 1:01 PM

URGENT re: hormone-disrupting pesticide

Environmental Working Group The EPA is asking to hear from the public until March 1 before it makes its final decision on atrazine! We need to overwhelm the agency with 50,000 comments before the deadline if we’re going to be able to force the EPA to take action on atrazine! Dear…
  EWG Cleaners Guide · [email protected]
February 15, 2020 at 1:06 PM

EWG's top-ranked dishwashing products

Environmental Working Group Inside: Find the best products for you and your family: EWG's top-ranked products for laundry, dishwashing and bathroom cleaners. | EWG's guide to healthy cleaning: Hazard ratings for more than 2,500 products. | Get your free copy of EWG's tips for greener cle…
  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]
February 14, 2020 at 1:05 PM

BREAKING: EU Bans Bee-Killing Pesticide

Environmental Working Group The EU has just banned yet another bee-killing pesticide. This is the fourth neonicotinoid the EU has banned to protect key pollinators, like bees. But the U.S. is still backing the pesticide industry! BREAKING: EU Bans Another Bee-Killing Pesticid…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
February 12, 2020 at 2:30 PM

We value your opinion, friend

Environmental Working Group We're inviting you to participate in the following survey, which will help us make sure we're providing you with the types of resources you need, on the topics that are most important to you. Dear friend, Because you’re a valued member of the EWG Commu…
  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]
February 10, 2020 at 1:01 PM

URGENT re: brain-damaging pesticide

Environmental Working Group The same day California banned chlorpyrifos, the main manufacturer of the brain-damaging pesticide announced it will stop selling it to farmers. Now even Corteva is doing more to protect your health than Trump's EPA. BREAKING: Dow Chemical To Stop …
  EWG Science Team · [email protected]
February 9, 2020 at 3:49 PM

Cancer and the environment

Environmental Working Group One in three Americans will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime, yet nearly half of all cancers are preventable. Traditional initiatives that aim to prevent cancer have largely ignored the role of toxic substances in the environment. One in…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
February 8, 2020 at 1:03 PM

Tips to Protect Yourself from PFAS Chemicals

Environmental Working Group Inside: EWG found PFAS chemicals in the tap water of 31 states and D.C. See the results. | Get EWG's guide to avoiding PFAS chemicals. | Why should you care about PFAS contamination? Learn more. | Take action to get PFAS chemicals out of our environment and ou…
  EWG Action Fund · [email protected]
February 6, 2020 at 2:13 PM

Your response required: PFAS chemicals

EWG Action Fund PFAS chemicals are linked to cancer and other serious health harms, but the EPA and Congress have refused to take action to BAN these chemicals to protect our health. URGENT: Toxic PFAS Contamination Crisis Spreads! Help EWG Action Fund fight back by taking our…
  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]
February 4, 2020 at 2:23 PM

BREAKING: EPA’s decision on glyphosate

Environmental Working Group Countries around the world are taking action to protect their citizens from glyphosate, but the EPA is still taking the side of pesticide industry profits. BREAKING: Trump EPA Claims Glyphosate is Safe! Help EWG continue the fight against cancer-li…
  Colin O'Neil, EWG Action Fund · [email protected]
January 31, 2020 at 2:04 PM

URGENT: Asbestos in cosmetics

EWG Action Fund Consumers have a right to know if their personal care products are contaminated with deadly asbestos fibers. The FDA will hold a public meeting later this month to set new standards for asbestos testing in talc. We need your help to make sure these tests meet scientific sta…
  EWG VERIFIED · [email protected]
January 30, 2020 at 4:28 PM

NEW: EWG VERIFIED Products From Revlon and Herbal Essences

Environmental Working Group Inside: New from Revlon: The first EWG Verified global mass beauty product. | More than 1,500 products carry the EWG Verified mark. See them all. | EWG Verified products: Avoid EWG's ingredients of concern, provide full transparency, use good manufacturing pra…
  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]
January 29, 2020 at 5:31 PM

BREAKING re: Glyphosate in Cereals

Environmental Working Group Last week, Kellogg's announced plans to end the pre-harvest use of glyphosate in all of its major crops! General Mills and Quaker have yet to take serious action to get glyphosate out of their products. BREAKING: Kellogg’s Takes Action on Glyphosat…
  Jocelyn Lyle, EWG · [email protected]
January 27, 2020 at 1:01 PM

Clean beauty resolution

Environmental Working Group Looking to switch to clean beauty products in the new year but don't know where to start? Well, we've got you covered! Dear friend, Did you know the average woman uses about 12 products, exposing herself to more than 160 unique chemicals every day?! A…
  EWG Action Alert · [email protected]
January 25, 2020 at 1:02 PM

URGENT re: Chlorpyrifos

Environmental Working Group We need to 12,941 more supporters to sign on by 11:59 p.m. tonight in order to stay on track to reach 100,000 names against brain-damaging chlorpyrifos by 2020! Wow, friend. More than 87,000 supporters have signed EWG’s petition calling on grocery stores to BA…
  EWG.org · [email protected]
January 24, 2020 at 2:09 PM

Toxic "Forever Chemicals" in drinking water

Environmental Working Group New research from EWG has found PFAS chemicals, commonly called "forever chemicals,"" in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities. Nearly all Americans' blood is polluted with PFAS chemicals, which have been linked to cancer and other serious diseases. …
  EWG News · [email protected]
January 22, 2020 at 2:20 PM

BREAKING: PFAS contamination crisis spreads!

Environmental Working Group Our new report shows that previous estimates of the number of Americans exposed to PFAS chemicals were dramatically underestimated. Of the tap water samples from 44 places across 31 states and the District of Columbia, only one location had no detectable PFAS …
  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]
January 18, 2020 at 1:03 PM

URGENT: Trump EPA fights for Monsanto

Environmental Working Group Trump’s EPA Backs Monsanto and Supports Reversing $25 Million Award for Cancer Victim. Tell the EPA to stand up for our health! BREAKING: Trump’s EPA Backs Monsanto and Supports Reversing $25 Million Award for Cancer Victim. We need 2,101 supporter…
  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]
January 17, 2020 at 2:33 PM

Update re: neurotoxic chemical

Environmental Working Group More than 80,000 supporters have signed EWG's petition calling on grocery stores to BAN chlorpyrifos. But I don't see your name on our petition. Wow, friend. More than 80,000 supporters have signed EWG’s petition calling on grocery stores to BAN chlorpyrifos. …
  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]
January 16, 2020 at 5:17 PM

4 million asbestos fibers

Environmental Working Group EWG scientists just found more than 4 million asbestos fiber structures in a single gram of one of the talc-containing eyeshadow powders from the Princess Girl's All-in-One Makeup Palette marketed by IQ Toys and available through Amazon and Ebay. A…
  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]
January 13, 2020 at 2:18 PM

URGENT re: your signature

Environmental Working Group Here are the facts, friend. 1. Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxic pesticide that can cause brain damage in kids even at incredibly low doses, and can be found on some of kids’ favorite foods, like apples, peaches and grapes. 2. This pesticide is so hazardous that the…
  EWG Cleaners Guide · [email protected]
January 11, 2020 at 3:11 PM

Top-Ranked Laundry and Dishwashing Products

Environmental Working Group Inside: Find the best products for you and your family: EWG's top-ranked products for laundry, dishwashing and bathroom cleaners. | Hazard ratings for more than 2,500 products. | Get your free copy of EWG's tops for greener cleaning. | Cleaning products may ha…
  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]
January 10, 2020 at 2:29 PM

BREAKING: Trump EPA backs Monsanto

Environmental Working Group This is shameful, friend. The EPA recently urged a San Francisco appeals court to overturn a $25 million award to a cancer victim! BREAKING: Trump’s EPA Backs Monsanto and Supports Reversing $25 Million Award for Cancer Victim. We need 4,768 suppor…
  EWG News · [email protected]
January 6, 2020 at 2:32 PM

Teflon and your health

Environmental Working Group Inside: Dark Waters and EWG's guide to avoiding PFAS chemicals. | Take action to help stop forever chemicals. | Why should you care about PFAS contamination. | EWG's guide to avoiding PFAS chemicals. | Interactive map: 610 contamination sites across the U.S. …
  EWG · [email protected]
January 4, 2020 at 5:11 PM

EWG Explains: Endocrine Disruptors

Environmental Working Group Inside: Get your free copy of EWG's quick tips for choosing safer personal care products! | Video: EWG explains endocrine disruptors. | More than 1,300 cosmetic products are now EWG Verified. See them all. | Take Action: Stand up for beauty made better! | Kids …
  Ken Cook, EWG · [email protected]
January 2, 2020 at 2:04 PM

A huge thank you!!!

Environmental Working Group I wanted to reach out personally to say THANK YOU! Thank you for the outpouring of generosity and showing your commitment to protecting our environment and believing in EWG’s work. Dear friend, I wanted to reach out personally to say THANK YOU! Thank y…
  Maura Walsh, EWG · [email protected]
January 1, 2020 at 1:05 AM

Wanted to make sure you saw...

Environmental Working Group Bringing Ken's email to the top of your inbox (see below). Right now, we are still $15,346 short. I need to give Ken an update on whether we can fund our 2020 research, but I am not sure if we can close the gap. Hi friend, Bringing Ken’s email to the top of yo…
  Ken Cook, EWG · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 7:51 PM

Last time, I promise

Environmental Working Group Could I grab two minutes of your time before you ring in 2020? Here at EWG, we've asked a lot of you this year and you've come through every time - thank you. But now I need to ask once again. Dear friend, Could I grab two minutes of your time before …
  Jocelyn Lyle, EWG · [email protected]
December 31, 2019 at 2:07 PM

Devastating impact

Environmental Working Group It's the last day of 2019, which means that EWG has just hours to fund all the new projects we have planned for 2020. Right now we’re $61,800 short of our goal EWG NEEDS TO RAISE $61,800 BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT Help EWG protect your health by making a …
  Alex Formuzis, EWG · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 11:13 PM

FW: Update for Erin

Environmental Working Group I'm going to give Erin a report on today’s fundraising numbers, but with just hours left, we haven't raised as much as we need in order to stay on track. Friend, I wanted to bring today’s email from Erin Brockovich to the top of your inbox (below). We’re thril…
  Aya Matsumoto, EWG · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 7:08 PM

Your 2019 Giving Statement

Environmental Working Group Each year, we build our budget to reflect the research and reporting our teams are planning. If we don’t meet our fundraising goals, the shortfall could jeopardize the advocacy and research you count on. Hi there, friend, Before we bid farewell to 2019…
  Erin Brockovich · [email protected]
December 30, 2019 at 1:01 PM

Game-changing research at risk

Environmental Working Group Ask yourself: If I don’t step up, who will? Superman isn’t coming to fix our problems but we do have ourselves to turn to and make things happen. Dear friend, There’s no one I’d rather have in a foxhole with me than EWG – and I know you feel the same …
  EWG Rapid Response · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 9:32 PM

Neurotoxic pesticide on raisins!

Environmental Working Group FDA tests detected the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos on raisins! This is the same pesticide that can cause brain damage in kids, even at low levels of exposure. The EU and the states of New York and California have all banned chlorpyrifos. But the EPA refus…
  Gwyneth Paltrow · [email protected]
December 29, 2019 at 2:17 PM

EWG tops my list

Environmental Working Group We can all breathe easier knowing EWG is in our corner - this scrappy organization is our single most effective ally when it comes to protecting our health and environment. Dear friend, This time of year, I find myself taking stock of what I’m gratefu…
  Helen Lucey, EWG · [email protected]
December 28, 2019 at 2:08 PM

BREAKING: EU, New York ban chlorpyrifos

Environmental Working Group Chlorpyrifos can cause brain damage in kids, even at incredibly low levels of exposure. Earlier this year, the EU determined there is NO safe level for chlorpyrifos. But Trump's EPA is still protecting this dangerous chemical. The EPA was poised to ban the pest…