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Senate Confirms Trump Pick To Run EPA Chemicals Office
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alexandra Dunn to be assistant administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Trump To Sign Farm Bill Giving Subsidies to the Rich While Cutting Food Assistance for Hungry Americans
On the same day President Trump will sign legislation allowing the wealthiest farmers, their relatives and millionaire city slickers to receive even more taxpayer-funded subsidies, his administration...
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EWG: GMOs in Many Foods Will Go Undisclosed Under Trump’s Final GMO Rule
Today the Department of Agriculture released a final rule to implement the mandatory GMO disclosure law passed in 2016. It will allow the genetically engineered ingredients in many foods to remain...
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Trump Plan To Protect Kids from Lead Falls Far Short
The long-awaited plan by the Trump administration to “wage a war against lead” and protect children from exposure to the potent neurotoxin is a woefully unacceptable response to this public health...
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Court Documents Reveal Woefully Lax Inspections of NC Factory Farms
Court documents obtained by the Environmental Working Group detail shockingly lax oversight by state inspectors of North Carolina's animal factory farms.
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EWG VERIFIED® Found in Big Box Stores Nationwide
Most personal care products sold on store shelves today are made with chemicals introduced to the market decades ago. The vast majority of those ingredients have not been tested for safety, and many...
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In Water Rule Repeal, Trump Imperils Drinking Water Sources Serving 117 Million People
Today the Trump administration will release its long-awaited plan to repeal critical safeguards that prohibit the dumping of pollution into sensitive waterways which provide tap water for more than...
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FERC Nominee Who Slammed Renewable Energy, Pushed Coal Bailout Narrowly Passes Senate
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Less Expensive K-Beauty Skincare Products Score Green
A new EWG analysis of serums and essences, popularized by Korean beauty, or K-Beauty, finds that about 40 percent of the products were formulated with less hazardous ingredients. U.S. sales of K...
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Tests Find PFAS Chemicals in Cosmetics at ‘Elevated Levels’
A new study from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency found toxic fluorinated, or PFAS, chemicals at high levels in nearly one-third of the cosmetics products it tested.
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Trump EPA To Scale Back Climate Rule To Pave Way for More Coal Plants
The Environmental Protection Agency will repeal an Obama-era climate change regulation requiring coal-fired power plants to install technology that captures carbon dioxide emissions, according to...
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U.S. Coal Consumption Plummets to 40 Year Low
Total U.S. coal consumption is expected to fall to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to a report by the federal Energy Information Agency.
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Coal Boss Who Pushed for Industry Bailout Doubts Trump Will Deliver
A top coal executive who pushed the Trump administration for a bailout that would cost consumers billions of dollars a year admitted the president probably won't be able to keep his campaign pledge to...
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Hurricane Florence Flooded Poultry Operations Housing 1.8 Million Birds, Investigation Finds
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White House Doubles Down on Dismissal of Climate Report: ‘Not Based on Facts’
Now we know why President Trump doesn't believe the dire climate change report issued by his own administration last week. Trump's press secretary says the report is “not based on facts.”
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Trump on Federal Climate Report: ‘I Don’t Believe It’
President Trump doesn't believe the alarming climate change report by more than 300 scientists in 13 agencies in his own administration.
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Cosmetics Reform Featured in Latest Episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Last night, the reality television show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” featured Kourtney Kardashian describing her routine use of EWG's Healthy Living app and our consumer databases like Skin Deep®...
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Trump Elevates Coal Lobbyist To Lead EPA
After a career as a coal lobbyist and five months as acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler has been tapped by President Trump to be the agency's next administrator.
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EPA: GenX Nearly as Toxic as Notorious Non-Stick Chemicals It Replaced
GenX, introduced a decade ago as a “safer” alternative for the notorious non-stick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, is nearly as toxic to people as what it replaced, says an Environmental Protection Agency...
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Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt
Seasonal spikes of atrazine – a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses – contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of the Midwest and beyond, according to an analysis...
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