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Investigation: Manure From Unregulated Factory Farms Fuels Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Blooms
Michelle Pfeiffer Launches Henry Rose Collection of Fine Fragrances
Today Michelle Pfeiffer launched Henry Rose, a new collection of five distinct scents that meets the Environmental Working Group's rigorous criteria for health, ingredient disclosure and transparency...
EPA’s Internal Watchdog Slams Agency for Failing To Fully Disclose Toxic Chemical Releases to Public
In an unusual move, the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general issued an emergency alert today warning that the agency had failed to provide the public all the available data regarding...
Michigan Legislators Introduce Legislation To Ensure Health Care for Veterans Exposed to PFAS Chemicals
Today Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), with members of the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force, introduced the Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act. This legislation...
In Senate Hearing, EPA’s Wheeler Rejects Calls To Ban Asbestos, Dodges Risks From PFAS Chemicals
In testimony today before a Senate appropriations committee, Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler refused to support banning asbestos, one of the deadliest known carcinogens, and...
Trump Wants To Let Big Hog Farmers Decide If Pork Is Safe
The Trump administration plans to let the pork industry take over inspections of meat from industrial-scale hog farms, including all tests for deadly pathogens that sicken half a million Americans a...
Wheeler Defends Trump’s Plan To Slash EPA Budget
In testimony before a House committee today, Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler defended President Trump's proposed 31 percent budget cut to the agency.
Trump’s USDA Wants To Kick 750,000 Americans Off Food Stamps, While Many Farmers Have Gotten Subsidies for Decades
A Trump administration proposal could force 750,000 low-income Americans to lose their meager federal food assistance – a cruel contrast to federal farm subsidies, which tens of thousands of farmers...
Report: Despite Growing Contamination Crisis, PFAS Chemical Use in U.S. Swells
Between 2012 and 2016, at least 30 new fluorinated chemicals, commonly called PFAS, were produced in significant volumes, according to Environmental Protection Agency data analyzed by Public Employees...
Two Years and 10 Million Pounds Since Trump EPA Blocked Ban of Brain-Damaging Pesticide
On Thursday, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and a dozen of his fellow senators introduced legislation to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide that can harm children's brains and nervous systems. But if the Trump...
10 Food Companies Join EWG Glyphosate Petition
10 food manufacturers and retailers have joined EWG's petition to sharply limit glyphosate residues allowed on oats and prohibit the pesticide's use as a pre-harvest drying agent.
Bipartisan PFAS Monitoring Bills Introduced in Congress
Today Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) and Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation to sample water for contamination with the...
Jury Slams Monsanto for Corporate Malfeasance in Roundup Cancer Trial, Awards $80 Million in Damages
Today, a second jury in less that 8 months found Bayer-Monsanto's signature weedkiller Roundup responsible for causing cancer.
Path to 100 Percent Renewable Energy Is Here
The path toward a U.S. electricity grid powered entirely by renewable energy is right in front of us and can be achieved if Congress commits to investing in clean energy production and storage, said...
Army Backs Down on FOIA, Waives $300K Fee for PFAS Contamination Data
Under pressure from Environmental Working Group and Capitol Hill lawmakers, the Army today agreed to waive its fee of almost $300,000 to process a public records request seeking information about...
LA County Bans Use of Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller on County Property Over Health Concerns
The same day that a second jury in seven months found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, causes cancer, Los Angeles County banned any further use of the toxic weedkiller by...
Just Released: EWG’s 2019 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
EWG: EPA’s Deceptive Action Will Keep Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Legal for Years
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a confusing and deceptive decision today about the notorious carcinogen formaldehyde: Under the guise of taking action, the decision likely will have the...
AP: Army Wants Nearly $300K To Disclose PFAS Contaminant Data at Military Bases
The Army is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars to fulfill a public records request from EWG seeking data on military sites where drinking water sources are contaminated with toxic fluorinated...
Calif. Bill Would Ban Cosmetics With Chemicals Linked to Cancer or Reproductive Harm
Landmark legislation introduced today would ban the use in cosmetics sold in California of 20 highly toxic chemicals known to cause cancer, reproductive harm or hormone disruption.