November's Sponsored Nonprofit: Environmental Working Group

About. The Environmental Working Group is a community 30 million strong, working to protect our environmental health by changing industry standards. EWG’s mission is simple: To empower you with breakthrough research to make informed choices and live a healthy life in a healthy environment. EWG’s team of scientists, policy experts, lawyers and communications and data experts work tirelessly to reform our nation’s broken chemical safety and agricultural laws. The EWG pushes industries to adopt their standards and stand against chemicals of concern. They educate consumers with actionable information and inspire demand for safer products. When government and industry won’t stand up for our public health, the EWG is there. https://www.ewg.org

Why EcoBrands supports the EWG. Chemicals, chemicals, chemicals…If you weren’t aware, chemicals cause cancer and tons other health concerns by contaminating our water, our food, our hygienic products, and our environment. Thankfully, Environmental Working Group is on our side, working to expose the municipalities, industries and companies that are needlessly harming our health. To prove it to you, one visit to their website may just save your life! For example, check out their “Tap Water Database”, where you can type in your zip code to see what contaminants are found in your local water and which water filtration systems can help.

Or see the areas of the US where you should avoid eating freshwater fish due to toxic chemicals found in the fish: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2023/01/forever-chemicals-freshwater-fish-mapping-growing-environmental-justice. They also provide tons of helpful consumer guides and lists of healthy, approved products, as well as harmful products to avoid. EWG clearly cares about people, our health, and the health of our environment. Without them, who is truly looking out for us? This is why Environmental Working Group makes our top 12 environmental nonprofits list, and why we wholeheartedly support them.

As always, thank you sincerely for reading. We wish you all the best on your path to sustainable living, as we continue on our own!