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Study: Replacing Furniture and Foam Reduces Levels of Toxic Flame Retardants
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California To List Notorious ‘Forever Chemical’ as a Cause of Cancer in People
The top state scientific agency charged with protecting Californians from toxic chemicals has proposed adding the “forever chemical” PFOA to the list of substances known to the state to cause cancer...
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Actor and Advocate Mark Ruffalo Applauds House Bills To Increase Infrastructure Funding for ‘Forever Chemicals’
Actor and environmental advocate Mark Ruffalo applauded the introduction of sweeping infrastructure legislation introduced by key House committees that would provide $3.5 billion over the next five...
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EPA Takes First Step To Address Industrial Pollution From ‘Forever Chemicals’
The Environmental Protection Agency is preparing to propose a new rule, asking chemical companies to provide information on the production and discharge of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, which...
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OUT NOW: EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Collard and mustard greens join kale among the most pesticide-contaminated fresh produce on the Environmental Working Group's 2021 Dirty Dozen™ list. For the first time, bell peppers and hot peppers...
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EWG Applauds Senate Confirmation of Michael Regan as EPA Administrator
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Clean Energy Jobs: Senate Bill Would Help Coal Country and Automakers Transition to the Green Economy
Two senators from states where workers face tectonic shifts in employment prospects as their industries rapidly transition to clean energy are teaming up on legislation to help create well-paid jobs...
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FDA Asks Women To Protect Themselves From Products The Agency Refused To Ban
Today, the Food and Drug Administration sent a special women's health alert and unveiled a new webpage urging caution for anyone using formaldehyde in hair-smoothing treatments, sometimes referred to...
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Senate Confirms Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as Energy Secretary
The Senate voted today to confirm Jennifer Granholm, who is a stalwart supporter of renewable energy and electric cars, to be energy secretary.
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EWG Report: Under Trump, Farm Subsidies Soared, Making the Rich Richer
Federal farm policy has long favored the wealthiest landowners with taxpayer-funded largesse. But under the Trump administration, even more money went to the largest and wealthiest farms, further...
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Groups Urge Immediate Action by EPA To Improve PFAS Disposal Guidance for Communities
The Environmental Protection Agency must take a series of steps to protect public health and the environment from the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from being incinerated or...
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Study Shows Mounting Evidence of Plasticizer Chemicals’ Harm to the Fetus
Prenatal exposure to the widely used plasticizer chemicals called phthalates can lead to learning, attention and behavioral disorders in children, according to a peer-reviewed study published today in...
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EPA Recommits to ‘Best Science’ in Chemical Risk Reviews That Were Politicized Under Trump
The Environmental Protection Agency will revamp the way it assesses toxic chemicals for health risks under the Toxic Substances Control Act, a process that under the Trump administration often let...
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EWG Applauds Congressional E-Bike Act To Incentivize Purchase of Electric Bicycles
This week, Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) introduced legislation to make purchasing an electric bicycle, or e-bike, much more affordable for consumers.
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Lawmakers Threaten To Derail Proposal To Eliminate Black Farmers’ Debt
Two members of the House Agriculture Committee are trying to derail a provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would eliminate all federal farm debt held by Black farmers.
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EWG Calls on EPA To Ban Use of Brain-Damaging Pesticide
The neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos should be banned for use immediately by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Environmental Working Group wrote in a public comment letter [link to letter] to...
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EWG Applauds Senate Environmental Committee’s Vote To Approve Michael Regan as EPA Administrator
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today voted 14-6 to confirm Michael Regan to be the next administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The full Senate will vote in the coming...
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National Black Farmers Association and EWG Applaud the Justice for Black Farmers Act
The following is the statement of John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs, on the reintroduction...
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EWG’s Skin Deep® Database Adds Filter To Identify Products by Black-Owned Brands
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Will Land O’Lakes/Microsoft ‘Carbon Bank’ Actually Cut Emissions?
Land O'Lakes touts its new agricultural carbon credits market as a “transformational” program rewarding farmers for adopting conservation practices while “incentivizing” corporations to reduce...
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