Toxic at any speed
Ecology Center of Michigan, January 2006

Drivers and passengers are exposed to dangerous amounts of PBDEs and phthalates in the air inside cars. Heating of cars in the sun speeds up the release and causes chemical changes that make PBDEs even more dangerous. Mercedes had the highest level of PBDEs, over 10,000x higher than Volvo.

A national assessment of tap water quality
Environmental Working Group, December 2005

Tap water in 42 states is contaminated with more than 140 unregulated chemicals that lack safety standards, according to the Environmental Working Group's (EWG's) two-and-a-half year investigation of water suppliers' tests of the treated tap water served to communities across the country. In an analysis of more than 22 million tap water quality tests, most of which were required under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, EWG found that water suppliers across the U.S. detected 260 contaminants in water served to the public.

Chemical Regulation: Options Exist to Improve EPA's Ability to Assess Health Risks and Manage Its Chemical Review Program
Accountability Integrity Reliability, July 2005

EPA's reviews of new chemicals provide limited assurance that health and environmental risks are identified before the chemicals enter commerce. Chemical companies are not required by TSCA, absent a test rule, to test new chemicals before they are submitted for EPA's review, and companies generally do not voluntarily perform such testing.

Body Burden — The Pollution in Newborns
Ecology Center of Michigan, November 2004

A benchmark investigation of industrial chemicals, pollutants and pesticides in umbilical cord blood. Chemical exposures in the womb or during infancy can be dramatically more harmful than exposures later in life. Substantial scientific evidence demonstrates that children face amplified risks from their body burden of pollution.

An Ounce of Prevention
Environmental Working Group, July 2005

Actions intended to regulate pollutants and toxics are usually taken only after definitive harm has been established. By then, it is often too late to prevent serious or irreversible damage to human health and the environment.

State of the evidence 2004: what is the connection between the environment and breast cancer?
Breast Cancer Fund, November 2004

Scientific evidence indicates that multiple and chronic exposures are contributing to the epidemic of breast cancer affecting US women today. Contaminants implicated include common chemicals often occurring in the household, as well as medical products, appliances, cars and rainware.

Skin Deep
Environmental Working Group, June 2004

Most consumers would be surprised to learn that the government does not require health studies or pre-market testing for cosmetics and other personal care products before they are sold. According to the government agency that regulates cosmetics, the FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors, "...a cosmetic manufacturer may use almost any raw material as a cosmetic ingredient and market the product without an approval from FDA" (FDA 1999).

Body Burden
EPA, February 2003

Scientists have been studying the effects if chemicals on the body and on the earth for some time. After conducting a study based upon pollution found in people, scientists discovered some very troubling results.

America’s Children and the Environment
Environmental Working Group, 2004

America’s Children and the Environment brings together, in one place, quantitative information from a variety of sources to show trends in levels of environmental contaminants in air, water, food, and soil; concentrations of contaminants measured in the bodies of mothers and children; and childhood diseases that may be influenced by environmental factors.