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EWG: Infant Formula Companies Should Come Clean on Melamine, BPA
In response to yesterday's report that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found another toxic chemical -- this time melamine -- in infant formula, Environmental Working Group (EWG) today...
Millionaire Farmers Still Receiving Subsides Despite Attempts at Reform
In times of tight budgets and empty federal coffers, millionaires, large profitable farm operations and wealthy absentee landlords are still receiving federal farm subsidies, despite repeated attempts...
FDA Should Adopt EPA Tap Water Health Goals for Bottled Water
Bottled water costs hundreds of times more than tap water, but when it comes to consumer protections, it's no better.
Last Minute Mischief at EPA
As the clock runs out on the Bush administration, officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are trying to hand industry yet another victory by refusing to set safety standards for the...
Infant Formula Makers and Canned Food Producers Called On To Remove BPA
In the wake of an FDA advisory panel's devastating rebuke of the agency's safety assessment for the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) Environmental Working Group (EWG) has written North...
FDA Panel Breaks With Agency and Chemical Lobby on Toxic Plastics Chemical Safety
In a stinging rebuke to the Food and Drug Administration, a key science advisory panel has broken with Bush FDA officials and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and embraced the position of public...
Bush Violates Law Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
The Bush administration allowed Phoenix-based Neutron Energy to stake 20 new mining claims south of the Grand Canyon on August 7, in violation of an emergency Congressional resolution passed seven...
EPA Guts Safety Standards for Pesticide at Request of Manufacturer
At the request of a single manufacturer - Edwards-Councilor Co., Inc. of Virginia Beach, VA - the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has weakened federal safety standards for a toxic chemical that...
Chemical Industry Wrote FDA’s Glowing Assessment of BPA
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that internal documents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that an agency task force assessment of the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A...
Safeway Stores to Remove BPA-Laced Baby Bottles from Shelves
Safeway's announcement today that it will stop selling baby bottles containing the plastics component bisphenol-A (BPA) in its 1,775 stores in the U.S. and Canada is a promising first step toward...
Teflon chemical linked to increased cholesterol levels
A chemical used to make Teflon, food wrappers and dozens of other consumer products is linked to higher levels of cholesterol, according to the latest findings of a multi-year study of 69,000 West...
Canada to Take Immediate Action to Reduce BPA Exposure for Infants
As soon as tomorrow, Canadian health officials are poised to list the synthetic sex hormone bisphenol-A (BPA) as a toxic substance. Canada's action, which paves the way for an expected ban on BPA...
Pollution Solutions For Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Disaster
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from agriculture sources flowing from the Mississippi River is devastating the northern Gulf of Mexico and impacting human health, killing fish and limiting...
Bottled Water Lobby’s Misinformation Campaign
Yesterday, the lobby group for the bottled water industry used untruths, misleading statements and claims that were outright wrong in its attempt to dispel a study by Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
Harmful Chemicals Found in Bottled Water
Ten popular U.S. bottled water brands contain mixtures of 38 different pollutants, including bacteria, fertilizer, Tylenol and industrial chemicals, some at levels no better than tap water, according...
PRESS Release -- Chemical additives in bottled water plastics
An Environmental Working Group investigation found that the recycling code 1 PET plastics contain numerous chemical additives, numerous manufacturing impurities and degradation byproducts, with 90...
Conflict of Interest Cloud Hangs Over FDA
With yet another conflict of interest swirling around the Bush administration's assessment of potential health risks from exposure to the toxic plastic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), Environmental...
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe For Nation’s Drinking Water
The nation's top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans.
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Ban Cancer-Causing Teflon Chemicals in Food Packaging
On the same day Gov. Schwarzenegger touted himself as the leader of a comprehensive chemical reform program, he vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state to ban toxic chemicals...
EPA Ignores Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
Under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to set cleanup or safety standards for a toxic rocket fuel chemical that contaminates drinking...