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House Passes Major PFAS Cleanup Legislation
The House passed a major defense spending bill today that includes important amendments requiring the Defense Department and the Environmental Protection Agency to monitor and clean up the toxic...
EWG Applauds Passage of Amendment to Restrict PFAS Pollution into Drinking Water Supplies
EWG applauds the House passage of an amendment authored by Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) to limit industrial discharges of fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.
EWG Applauds Passage of House Amendments to End Military Uses of PFAS
The House of Representatives tonight approved amendments to quickly end the military's use of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in firefighting foam and food packaging and to expand...
PFAS Map Update: New Data Show Scope of Known Contamination Still Growing
The Environmental Working Group has confirmed the presence of the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS at almost 100 new sites.
House to Debate PFAS Amendments to Defense Bill
This week, the House will consider amendments to quickly end the military's use of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in firefighting foam and food packaging, and place limits on PFAS...
Trump Touts Fictitious Environmental Record
President Trump, who has the worst environmental record in U.S. history, is scheduled to deliver a speech today in which he plans to tout his administration's environmental record.
EWG Applauds Bill to Regulate PFAS Discharges into Water
EWG today applauded Reps. Chris Pappas (D-N.H) and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) for introducing legislation to regulate discharges of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS into rivers, lakes and bays...
Lead Detected in Drinking Water of Almost 1 in 5 California Schools
Almost 20 percent of California's K-12 school campuses serve drinking water with detectable levels of lead.
Trump EPA Dismisses Risks of Notorious Carcinogen Widespread in Tap Water and Consumer Products
The cancer-causing chemical 1,4-dioxane, which contaminates the drinking water of millions of Americans and is found in personal care products and other consumer goods, is “not an unreasonable risk”...
Senate Passes Bill To Expand PFAS Monitoring, Eliminate Major Source of Contamination
The Senate today passed a defense spending bill including a bipartisan amendment to dramatically expand efforts to monitor the scope of the PFAS contamination crisis and eliminate a major source of...
PFAS Amendments to House Defense Bill Would Monitor Contamination and Speed Cleanup
Amendments proposed Tuesday to the House version of a must-pass defense bill would dramatically expand efforts to monitor and clean up contamination of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS.
Senate Bill Would Set Nation on Course for 50 Percent Renewable Energy or More by 2035
Senate legislation introduced today would require all states to adopt energy policies to produce at least half of their electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2035. That would...
Top EPA Official, Who Oversaw Rollback of Key Climate Change and Pollution Control Initiatives, Quits
Bill Wehrum, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office of air and radiation, who played a key role in the Trump administration's efforts to repeal key Obama-era climate change...
EWG Calls on CDC To Monitor US Population for Monsanto’s Weedkiller Glyphosate
Glyphosate, the most heavily used pesticide in the U.S., should be added to the list of toxic chemicals the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly measures in the bodies of the...
In Indiana, Latest Duke Energy Proposal Clings to Fossil Fuels, Dismisses Renewables
Duke Energy wants to force its Indiana customers to pay for a business-as-usual plan that continues to rely almost exclusively on dirty and expensive coal- and gas-fired power plants, ignoring the...
At Conference of Top Cancer Researchers, EWG Presents New Analysis Showing Nitrate-Polluted Tap Water Could Cause 12,500 Cancer Cases a Year
Drinking water contaminated with nitrate could be responsible for more than 12,500 cases of cancer each year, according to a peer-reviewed study by Environmental Working Group presented today at a...
Bipartisan PFAS Package Clears Key Senate Committee
A key Senate committee today approved a bipartisan proposal to expand dramatically government efforts to monitor the scope of the PFAS contamination crisis.
Bipartisan Bill To Protect Californians From Toxic Jewelry Clears Key Committee
On Tuesday, bipartisan legislation to protect Californians, especially children, from jewelry tainted with highly toxic heavy metals sailed through a key committee.
Trump Officially Repeals Only Federal Mandate To Combat Climate Change, Lower Coal Plant Emissions
The Trump administration on Wednesday officially replaced the only federal program in place designed to combat climate change by lowering carbon dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants.
Bipartisan Senate Compromise Amendment Expands PFAS Monitoring
A bipartisan amendment proposed for the Senate version of an annual defense spending bill would dramatically expand efforts to monitor the scope of the toxic PFAS chemical contamination crisis.