Environmental
Working Group
A nonprofit research organization using the power of public information to protect environmental health, and help you answer questions like -
What is the safest brand of sunscreen?
How much tuna is safe for pregnant women?
Which fruits and vegetables are lowest in pesticides?
What should I look for when shopping for cosmetics?
And many more questions your may have.
Do you have questions like these?
Do you want to know where to find answers?
Environmental Working Group has a team of people including scientists, lawyers and computer programmers who research government data and scientific studies and do their own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and to the environment, and find solutions for you. They bring to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know and provide practical information you can use to protect your family and community.
Below are some of the consumer tools you will find on the Environmental Working Group interactive website to put answers at your fingertips.
Want to learn more about the chemicals you hear about, go look through their Chemical Index.
Want to find out about your cars pollution level and how it affect your sons astma, go look over the Auto Astma Index: Check your Car’s Pollution Level.
What’s in the wood of the deck on the house you just bought? Go to their website for the Arsenic Test Kit: Test you Deck, Play set & Picnic Tables.
Do you ever wonder what is in the cosmetics you use or which brands are best to buy? Look over the Top 10 Cosmetic Shopping Tips and go to their Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database website.
I already talked with you about Harmful Ingredients in personal care products but for more information from someone else go to the Environmental Working Groups website and read their Safety Guide to Children’s Personal Care Products.
Do you have a new born, go read Guide to Infant Formula.
Are you wondering about the water in your community visit the National Tap Water Contamination Database.
Are you out in the sun a lot and worried about sunburn, check out the Sun Screens: What Works and What’s Safe.
Before taking that trip to the grocery store go read the Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Or find out which fish you should eat in the Safe Fish List. Would you like to find out more about eating tuna then go check out the Tuna Calculator; How Much is Safe?
Here is a sample from their website, find out more about each by visiting the Environmental Working Group website by using the link at the bottom of this page.
10 Everyday Pollution Solutions
1. Use cast iron pans instead of nonstick. (read more about Teflon health concerns at the website)
2. To avoid chemicals leaching into food, go easy on processed, canned, or fast foods and never microwave plastic. (read about Bisphenol A, a toxic food-can lining ingredient associated with birth defects at the website)
3. Buy organic, or eat vegetables and fruit from the “Cleanest 12” list. (find out more about the “Dirty Dozen” at the website)
4. Use iodized salt to combat chemical interference from the thyroid. (read about rocket fuel’s effect on the thyroid at the website)
5. Seal outdoor wood structures. (order a test kit to find out if your wooden deck, picnic table, or play set is leaching arsenic at the website)
6. Leave your shoes at the door. This cuts down on dust-bound pollutants in the home.
7. Avoid perfume, cologne and products with add fragrance. Search for personal care products that are fragrance-free, and check the products you are already using.
(check out these products I recommend – all fragrance or toxic free, also don’t forget about using essential oil)
8. Buy products with natural fibers, like cotton and wool, that are naturally fire resistant. (Use the list of products and manufacturers at the website to avoid the chemical flame retardant PBDE)
9. Eat low-mercury fish like tilapia & Pollock, rather than high-mercury choices like tuna & swordfish. (check out the Safe Fish List at the website to see which fish to avoid and what’s safe to eat)
10. Filter you water for drinking and cooking. How does your tap water stack up/ (search the tap water database on the website to see what you’re drinking)
Click here to read the February 4, 2008 released report
Infants Exposed to Reproductive Toxins
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