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Bill Would Ban Late-Harvest Spraying of Roundup Weedkiller on Oats
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to dramatically limit American children's exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, in food.
White House, EPA Ignore Calls To Protect Workers From Deadly Paint Stripper Chemical
The Trump administration announced today it will allow methylene chloride, a dangerous chemical that can kill a person on contact, to remain an ingredient in paint-stripper products for commercial use...
NYT: To Avoid Cleanup, Pentagon Demands PFAS Standards Up to 30x Higher Than Safe Level in Federal Study
The Pentagon is lobbying the White House to back woefully weak cleanup standards for PFAS chemicals, which contaminate water on or near hundreds of military bases, according to The New York Times.
More Oversight Needed for Cosmetics Made with Talc
EWG: Trump Budget Would Be a Disaster for Water, Air and Public Health
President Trump's 2020 budget proposal seeks deep cuts in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, showing that the administration continues to ignore growing environmental and public health...
Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Help Protect Consumers From Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products
A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to ensure that the chemicals used in cosmetics and...
Report: Trump To Call for 70 Percent Cut in Renewable Energy Funding
President Trump will seek dramatic cuts in funding for clean energy research and development, according to a report today by Bloomberg News. EWG said it is a scheme that is dead on arrival, because...
Top Senate Democrats Demand All Trump Administration Documents on PFAS
Senate Democratic leaders today called on the Trump administration to turn over documentation of all communications between key agencies and the White House about plans to address the PFAS...
PFAS Pollutes Water at More Than 100 Military Bases Above EPA’s ‘Safe’ Level
Water sampled on or near at least 106 military sites was contaminated with toxic fluorinated chemicals, known as PFAS, above what EPA considers safe, according to Department of Defense data analyzed...
Report: Organic Packaged Foods Only ‘Clean’ Option for Consumers
BREAKING: FDA Finds Asbestos in Claire’s Cosmetics Products, Issues Safety Alert to Consumers
The Food and Drug Administration issued a rare alert today, urging consumers to stop using certain cosmetics products from the national retailer Claire's, after the agency found the deadly carcinogen...
EWG: GAO Report Confirms Trump EPA Slow-Walking Chemical Safety
Under the direction of top political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency, career scientists were told to “limit” chemical safety assessments, according to a report by the nonpartisan...
Bipartisan Senate Bill Introduced To Classify PFAS Chemicals as Superfund Toxics
Senate legislation introduced today with strong bipartisan support would classify the fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund toxics law, an important step...
Senate Confirms Wheeler, Ex-Fossil Fuel Lobbyist, To Head EPA
The Senate today confirmed Andrew Wheeler, a former top lobbyist for coal and chemical companies, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
EWG Asked People If They’d Like To Eat Cereal with Monsanto’s Weedkiller in It.
Federal Agency To Test for PFAS in People Near Military Bases
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention will begin testing people who live in communities near current and former military installations for toxic fluorinated compounds, known as PFAS.
FDA’s Proposed Sunscreen Regulations Would Be Major Win for Public Health
The Food and Drug Administration today released a proposal for updated sunscreen regulations – a big step toward cleaning up a largely unregulated industry with much-needed reforms that would better...
Jerry Ensminger to EPA’s Wheeler: ‘The Time for Weasel Words Is Over’
Retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, who was stationed for many years at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina, lost his daughter Janey in 1985 at the age of 9 from leukemia...
Pioneers in PFAS Fight Call Out Trump EPA’s ‘Action Plan’
Two of the nation's leading voices fighting for victims of PFAS contamination and pushing for federal action sharply rebuked the Environmental Protection Agency's toothless “action plan” for the...
Trump PFAS Plan Is a Recipe for More Contamination
The Environmental Protection Agency's so-called PFAS management plan would only make the nationwide crisis of pervasive pollution from fluorinated compounds worse, EWG said.