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Trump Nominates Ex-Coal Lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, To Head EPA

President Trump today officially nominated Andrew Wheeler, a former top lobbyist for the coal and chemical industries, to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Watchdog Groups, Scientists Warn Policymakers on Risks of Fish High in Mercury

Health, environmental justice and consumer watchdog groups are joining independent research scientists to warn policymakers about the serious, if unintended, health risks posed by misguided government...

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And Manure for All

North Carolina's dense concentration of approximately 6,500 confined animal feeding operations, often called CAFOs, annually generate two million tons of dry chicken waste and 10 billion gallons of liquified hog waste, enough to fill more than 15,000 Olympic-size swimming pools.

Federal Government’s Advice on Seafood Consumption Inconsistent and Dangerous

People who follow the Obama administration's guidelines on eating seafood could consume dangerous amounts of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, or too few essential omega-3 fatty acids, according to a new...

EWG Letter to the Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees, in Opposition to H.R. 5

Below is the text of a letter from EWG and other environmental health non-governmental organizations to members of the Senate committees on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in opposition of H...

Behind the science: How EWG found the pesticide chlormequat in most people tested

EWG recently revealed that the dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat was found in four out of five people we tested.

Setting the record straight on EWG’s funding and Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

In what has become an annual ritual, in recent weeks the 2023 EWG Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™has been the target of attacks on social media by uninformed people and groups. We trust our...

Senate Bill a Boon for Organic Agriculture and Consumers

The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 introduced today by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., would expand market opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers, generate more jobs in the fastest growing segment of...

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Kellogg's Cereal Recall:

A substance that leached out of cereal packaging and sickened consumers, spurring Kellogg's recall of 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and other popular children's cereals, has been identified as a petroleum-based compound that appears to be a breakdown product of chemicals used in the cereal box liners.

The 100 U.S. Military Sites With the Worst PFAS Contamination

Many of the nation's highest levels of groundwater contamination with PFAS – highly toxic fluorinated chemicals linked to increased risk of cancer and other diseases – have been found at military...

Assessing EPA Efforts to Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

On April 23, the Environmental Working Group's Rebecca Sutton, PhD, submitted a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency articulating EWG's support for the Agency's proposed pollution controls...

EWG Thanks President Obama for Vetoing the Destructive Keystone XL Pipeline

WASHINGTON – President Obama's veto of the Keystone XL bill shows he stands for national policies that invest in clean renewable energy and that he understands the destructive impact this project...

EPA to suspend all uses of widely used weedkiller over risks to fetus, thyroid function

The Environmental Protection Agency intends to suspend all future uses of a toxic weedkiller that scientific research has shown to cause harm to the developing fetus and problems associated with...

‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Great Lakes fish and residents

Groundwater from at least six Defense Department sites in the Great Lakes region is contaminated with high levels of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to DOD records obtained by...

EPA’s Wheeler Faces Confirmation Hearing Before Senate Environment Panel

Andrew Wheeler faces a Senate panel confirmation hearing Wednesday for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, after a six-month tenure as acting administrator that was marked by the rollback of...

Obama: Corn Ethanol Thirstier Than Gasoline

We already knew that corn ethanol produces more greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline. Now the Obama Administration says corn ethanol is thirstier than gasoline.

EWG: ‘Forever chemicals’ may taint nearly 20 million cropland acres

The toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS could be contaminating nearly 20 million acres of U.S. cropland, according to an EWG estimate.

Toxic Algae Blooms Now a Year-Round Problem

Florida health officials are warning of an unusually early outbreak of blue-green algae on the Caloosahatchee River, a popular tourist area on the state's southwestern Gulf Coast.