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Two years of independent scientific monitoring by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected an array of toxic pesticides drifting into the air Californians breathe -- the tip of a 100-million-pound iceberg of hazardous chemicals emitted statewide each year as a result of pesticide use.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced the Personal Care Products Safety Act, S.1014, which would modernize federal oversight of personal care products. The bill...
Media reports indicate President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture.
Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) recently authored the Chemicals in Commerce Act, a discussion draft of legislation purporting to reform our nation’s weak and outdated chemicals management law, the Toxic...
During the past two years, anti-environmental corporations vigorously attempted to convince the U.S. Senate to undo environmental health and safety standards. EWG searched public disclosure records to determine whether generous contributions from PACs associated with an anti-environmental agenda were an effective tool to help them persuade senators to support such an agenda.
Right now, cosmetics companies can put just about anything in their products – even chemicals associated with cancer and endocrine disruption.
Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have a bill that would require cosmetics companies to prove their products are safe before marketing them and would give the federal Food and Drug Administration the power to review risky
For decades, Big Ag has stopped the Environmental Protection Agency from taking action on the most notorious pesticides, including chlorpyrifos!
Chlorpyrifos is a neurotoxic pesticide that can harm children's developing brains, even at low doses. Congress needs to take serious action to protect Americans from this toxic chemical pesticide!
The Environmental Working Group applauds President Biden's nomination of Richard Glick to be chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Initially nominated by then-President Trump, Glick...
A coalition of public interest, environmental and economic justice organizations will convene the first-ever hearing to examine Duke Energy's policies and practices, which have polluted and...
Solvay Specialty Chemicals failed for up to eight years to report animal and human tests showing the health hazards of one or more of the fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, the...
In a sharp break from the policies of the Trump administration, President Biden today issued an ambitious series of executive orders to combat the climate crisis, embrace science and foster...
The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 introduced today by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., would expand market opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers, generate more jobs in the fastest growing segment of...
Attached is a letter by EWG to the Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Motor North America on their recently announced partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency. EWG calls on Toyota backtrack...