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What Would It Take for the EPA to Test Every Major Chemical for Safety?
As the Congressional debate over how to fix the failed Toxic Substances Control Act heats up, we have to ask: What would it take for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess the safety of...
How American Industry Skips Some Chemical Safety Checks
American industry often avoids the federal government's chemical safety checks in an unexpected way, by relying on chemicals “grandfathered” by the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, according to a...
Toxic Cadmium in Jewelry: States Lead in Protecting Kids
In the absence of adequate federal regulation of hazardous chemicals, the states have stepped up to protect public health and the environment.
Monsanto's Glyphosate GMO Weed-killer Is Pervasive, GMO Labels Nonexistent
Reuters reported today that recent tests by private labs have found residues of the weed killer glyphosate in samples of honey, soy sauce, infant formula and even breast milk.
Top Problems with New House Chemical Proposal
Consumers rightly expect that the chemicals used in everyday products are safe.
Opposition To Industry Chemical Bill Continues to Build
Medical professionals, scientists, states attorneys general, legal scholars, and public interest organizations are all speaking up against the Udall-Vitter Toxic Substances Control Act reform bill (S...
Glyphosate Is Spreading Like a Cancer Across the U.S.
The Nail in Corn Ethanol’s Coffin
The renewable fuel standard, the federal law that year after year requires refiners to blend more corn ethanol into gasoline, has caused millions of acres of grasslands to be plowed up and added...
Reality Check: The Real Facts You Should Know About the FACT Act
Fact: Asbestos companies knew the dangers of asbestos for decades, but they put profits before people and continued to sell it.
How State Chemical Safety Policy Shapes The Consumer Market
States have been leading the way when it comes to protecting people from dangerous chemicals.
What The Washington Post and Rep. Pompeo Got Wrong
A Washington Post editorial this week (March 30) came out in support of legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) that would block states from requiring that genetically engineered foods...
April 1 Kicks Off National Asbestos Awareness Week
A bipartisan resolution passed by the U.S. Senate designates the first week of April as National Asbestos Awareness Week.
Shouldn’t chemical safety law overhaul prioritize an asbestos ban?
In 1989, the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban asbestos.
Feeding the World – Without GMOs
EWG released a new analysis today (March 31) debunking the myth that genetically engineered crops (often called GMOs) will be crucial to “feeding the world” as the population soars.
GMOs Won’t Help the World’s Hungry
An editorial in the Washington Post this week (March 30) claimed that if genetically modified foods – GMOs – are required to be labeled, the world's poorest will suffer.
No Doubt About it: Price Tag Gets Ever Higher for New Gold-Plated Farm Subsidies
In a recent article in Politico, reporter David Rogers took issue with estimates of per-acre subsidy payments that growers could receive under the Agriculture Risk Coverage farm subsidy program...
Cancer Risk is Cause for EPA to Act on GMO Weed Killer
The Environmental Working Group joined a number of other environmental and consumer rights organizations today to ask the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to stop the rollout of Dow AgroSciences'...
Top 5 Reasons to Oppose the DARK Act
Americans overwhelmingly want the right to know whether the food they are purchasing has been made with genetically modified ingredients, a right that consumers in 64 other countries already have.
Claims of GMO Yield Increases Don’t Hold Up
At a hearing of the House Agriculture Committee this week, opponents of mandatory labeling of GMO foods trotted out the now familiar argument that genetically engineered crops are the key to feeding...