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Sen. Udall Joins Citizens From Across U.S. to Denounce EPA Delay on TCE Bans
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Notorious Cancer-Causing Solvent TCE Taints Tap Water for 14 Million Americans
Tap water supplies for more than 14 million Americans are contaminated with a cancer-causing industrial solvent made notorious by the book and film “A Civil Action,” according to an Environmental...
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More Than 40 Percent of U.S. Schools Fail to Test for Lead in Drinking Water
Despite heightened concern in recent years about lead in drinking water, a troubling new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that more than 40 percent of the nation's schools...
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Federal Watchdog: More Than a Third of Schools Tested Have ‘Elevated Levels’ of Lead in Drinking Water
A troubling new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that more than a third of the nation's schools that tested their water for lead found “elevated levels” of the neurotoxin. But...
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Senate Committee Moves to Force Release of Water Contamination Study Blocked by Scott Pruitt, White House
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a key spending bill today that includes report language requiring the Trump administration to release a key chemical contamination study it buried.
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EWG Launches Website for Parents, Caregivers to Help Safeguard Children’s Environmental Health
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Noted Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Shazi Visram Joins EWG Board of Directors
American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder and CEO of Happy Family Brands Shazi Visram has joined the Environmental Working Group's board of directors.
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Scott Pruitt Axed EPA Center That Helps Protect Babies from Arsenic, Pesticides
In Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's latest blow to children's health, the agency is shutting down a vital office that provides funding to scientists studying the impacts of toxic...
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Big Win for Public Health: Calif. Judge Blocks Pesticide Spraying by State Ag Department
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EWG Applauds Bill to Warn of Asbestos in Cosmetics
Today EWG praised legislation introduced by Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., that would mandate warnings for cosmetics marketed to children that might contain asbestos.
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Almost Three-Fourths of California’s High-Risk Toddlers Miss Annual Lead Tests Required by Law
A new EWG analysis of state records shows that each year between 2012 and 2016, almost three-fourths of California toddlers enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state-run low-income health insurance program...
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At Hearing, Scott Pruitt Shows Why He’s the Worst EPA Administrator Ever
In his Senate testimony today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt displayed complete contempt for the mission of the department he leads, as well as its efforts to protect...
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Asbestos-Laced Makeup Latest Example of Children’s Products Contaminated with Deadly Fiber
The troubling news about the presence of asbestos in children's makeup is the latest example of the deadly fiber contaminating imported products marketed toward children, said Environmental Working...
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Brain Damaging Pesticide Scott Pruitt Left in Hands of Agribusiness Found in Hundreds of Food Samples
The federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, recently released test results that found the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos in more than 300 food samples.
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Trump EPA Indefinitely Delays Bans on Deadly Chemicals
The Trump Administration last week proposed to indefinitely delay proposed bans of high-risk uses of three toxic chemicals: Methylene chloride and N-Methylpyrrolidone, or NMP, in paint strippers and...
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Exposed: Rick Perry's Coal Bailout Scheme Was Murray Energy's Idea
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EWG, American Oversight Demand Answers on Dourson’s Work at EPA
Nonpartisan watchdog American Oversight and the Environmental Working Group today announced a joint investigation to determine if controversial toxicologist Michael Dourson has violated ethics rules...
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Breathe Safer Indoor Air With EWG’s Healthy Living: Home Guide
Americans spend as much as 90 percent of their time indoors. That's why it's more important than ever to think about indoor air quality and health.
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Landmark EPA Report on Chemicals and Children’s Health at Odds With Pruitt’s Cancellation of Chlorpyrifos Ban
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EWG: Pruitt’s War on Kids’ Health Continues With Repeal of Clean Power Plan
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's decision to scrap the Clean Power Plan is not only a complete collapse of U.S. leadership on climate change, but a direct attack on public health...
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