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National Academies: Ethanol Worsens Greenhouse Gases
A new report by the National Academy of Sciences has found that corn ethanol production increases greenhouse gas emissions and damages soil, air, water and wildlife habitat. As well it says advanced...
EPA Ruling Backs Camp Lejeune Victims
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed a major victory to veterans, civilian workers and families who resided at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina when its drinking water was polluted with the...
Cosmetic Industry Declares Formaldehyde In Hair Products Unsafe
The mainstream cosmetics industry has, for the first time, declared formaldehyde unsafe at any level in hair straighteners.
56 Groups Urge Budget Cutters to Protect Agricultural Conservation
Obama’s Debt Reduction Plan Would Eliminate Wasteful Farm Subsidies
Kenneth A. Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, has applauded President Obama's plan to reform the nation's wasteful agriculture policy in his drive to reduce the nation's...
Shortchanging Human Health and the Environment Won’t Trim Swollen Deficit
The Congressional Super Committee formed to break the political gridlock over the federal deficit will fail in its goal of balancing the budget if it heeds calls to slash programs that protect...
FDA Steps Up Pressure on Brazilian Blowout
Environmental Working Group issued the following statement this afternoon in response to the federal Food and Drug Administration's warning to Brazilian Blowout that the company's product containing...
Government Tests Find Roundup Widespread in Water, Air
Glyphosate, one of the most heavily used weed-killers in the world, has been found in air, rain and rivers in two states examined by government scientists.
California Senate Approves BPA Ban for Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups
The California State Senate voted today to ban the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A from baby bottles and sippy cups sold in California.
Burlingame Passes Cell Phone Radiation Bill
The Burlingame, Calif., city council has passed a motion to post guidelines on the city's website to advise consumers how they can minimize their exposure to cell phone radiation.
EWG Dissects Federal Fracking Report
A Department of Energy advisory panel's draft report has insufficiently examined in depth the health and safety issues raised by natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing, according to a detailed...
California Deserves Disclosure on Fracking Chemicals and Water Use
Few Californians realize that the highly controversial shale gas and oil extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” has been taking place in their state for more than 50 years.
Fracking Panel Ducks Substance, Focuses on Messaging
In a draft report on the increasingly controversial practice of shale gas drilling, the Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board Subcommittee sidestepped the crucial question of whether hydraulic...
N.Y. Lawmakers Decry DoE’s Unbalanced Fracking Panel
Elected officials from across New York state voiced their disapproval of the U.S. Department of Energy's advisory board on natural gas drilling, demanding that Secretary of Energy Steven Chu correct...
Scientists Protest Makeup of DoE Natural Gas Panel
Twenty eight scientists from 22 universities in 13 states have signed a letter objecting to the makeup of an industry-dominated advisory panel named by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to examine safety...
Corn Lobby Offers Flawed Data To Deflect Blame for Dead Zone
EPA Report: Fracking Contaminated Drinking Water
Contrary to the drilling industry claim that hydraulic fracturing has never contaminated groundwater, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a 1987 study that “fracking” of a natural gas...
EPA’s New Chemical Data Reporting Rule Falls Short
Environmental Working Group senior scientist David Andrews issued the following statement in response to today's announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency of its revised Chemical Data...
Swiss Cell Phone Findings Troubling for Children’s Health
Although parents are likely feeling reassured by the first media headlines about a new Swiss study of brain tumor risk in children using cell phones, the findings are actually quite troubling...
California Issues Standard for Erin Brockovich Chemical
The California Environmental Protection Agency has set a public health goal of 0.02 parts per billion for drinking water contamination with the carcinogenic compound hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6...