May192010
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has revealed that several popular brands of perfumes and colognes contain “secret” ingredients that may cause health problems such as allergic reactions and hormone disruption. Exposures to chemicals are known to present serious health risks, but many people don’t think about such exposures in their cosmetics. EWG analyzed laboratory tests [...]
Apr162010
Blood tests performed on a group of 10 newborns show that hundreds of industrial chemicals can pass to the body of a fetus while it is still developing in the womb. Environmental Working Group (EWG) president and co-founder, Ken Cook, discussed the results and implications of the blood tests, performed in 2004, at a recent [...]
