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Preventing Cancer: 9 Practical Tips for Consumers
By Jane Houlihan, EWG Senior V-P for Research Four of every 10 Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes, and two of every 10 will die of it. But there are some things you can do to...
EWG's Healthy Home Checklist: Assess your house
The good news is that there's a lot of information available these days about how to reduce your exposures to toxic chemicals at home. The bad news, of course, is exactly that: there's a lot of...
Healthy Home Tip: Green cleaning this spring
Spring has sprung, so here at EWG our "to do" list now includes a little spring cleaning. Green cleaning, of course. Why green?
Could be hard to avoid these 7 cleaning ingredients, but you should try
A few weeks ago I stood in the cleaning aisle wondering what to get. Since I'm a die-hard label reader, I grabbed some containers and turned them around so I could assess the ingredients.
3,163 ingredients hide behind the word "fragrance"
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.
Next Decade's Big Enviro Stories
Climate change dominates the headlines this month, and that's likely to continue well in the new decade. But green issues don't stop there.
Healthy Home Tips for your holiday kitchen
In the next two weeks, you're probably going to do some (or possibly tons of) holiday cooking. You'll buy ingredients, cook, clean -- and enjoy some leftovers. It's a great time to do a little...
Listen Up: Nena Baker talks chemicals on Grit.tv
If you don't have the time to read Nena Baker's book about the toxic chemicals we're exposed to every day (though we recommend it), here's your chance to get the skinny from the author in less than 15...
EWG's 10 tips for a less toxic pregnancy
Last week we told you about the 232 toxic chemicals we found in umbilical cord blood. This week we tell you how to reduce your exposures to toxic chemicals to keep them out of your womb.
Learn to create a green nursery on Giggle.com - with EWG's Ken Cook
Jesse Johnson, CEO and co-founder of Q-Collection and Q-Collection Junior posted an interview with EWG president and co-founder Ken Cook on his experiences creating a green, non-toxic nursery for his...
Healthy Home Tip 5: Another reason to wash those hands
With one case of kid flu and another serious case of coughing and sneezing in the house this week, our family is hand washing like never before. Parents included.
11 Everyday Pollution Solutions
Use cast iron pans instead of nonstick. Read about Teflon health concerns. To avoid chemicals leaching into food, go easy on processed, canned or fast foods and never microwave plastic. Read about...
Cotton and Accountability
With first compliance deadline in WTO cotton decision looming, Brazil explores a novel trade retaliation: suspension of intellectual property rights for U.S. products.
CA bill would ban fire retardants from some baby products
Jessica Webb of Healthy Child, Healthy World blogs about an important bill to change to California fire safety standards for baby products, and the chemical industry's efforts to uncut these...
EWG's Tips to avoid BPA exposure
EWG is working hard to pass laws that limit or ban the dangerous chemical BPA. But until they pass, we think you should have the latest info on sources of exposure and our tips to avoid them on your...
So what products CAN we use?
Every time a report is released that reveals toxics in our consumer products, it's only natural to wonder what you can buy once you've learned what you can't.
Two toxic chemicals out of the children's toys, hundreds more to go
The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, aimed at keeping lead and toxic plastic chemicals called phthalates out of children's toys, went into effect yesterday.
Warning: this pesticide may be toxic to children and fish
This fall, EPA approved re-registration of antibacterial soap ingredient triclosan for yet another five years of use in consumer products, potentially leaving human and environmental health at great...
Triclosan: Lurking where you least expect it
It might be in your toothbrush. Your socks. Your child's rattle. Then again - it might not be. But do you know for sure?
