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EWG is a source of misinformation: https://www.theecowell.com/blog/a-case-against-the-ewg https://www.theecowell.com/blog/a-case-against-the-ewg

• css 5y ago
  This article cherry-picks a few items and discussed how EWG interprets the ingredient safety. It does not follow that all of EWG is misinformation; dismissing the useful database of ingredients, animal testing statuses, and other data is itself misinformation.
  • tablespoonsruby 5y ago
    There's plenty more criticism out there: https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/05/25/dear-ewg-why-real-scientists-think-poorly-you-11323 https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/05/25/dear-ewg-why-real-scien... https://chemistscorner.com/3-reasons-the-ewg-is-dubious-resource/ https://chemistscorner.com/3-reasons-the-ewg-is-dubious-reso...
    • css 5y ago
      Again, disagreeing with their risk assessment is one thing, but pretending the database itself is misinformation is dishonest.