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EWG's Tips to Avoiding Superbugs in Meat

Responsible doctors don’t give people antibiotics they don’t need, but until recently many livestock producers fed healthy animals antibiotics to make them grow faster – no prescription needed.
Consumer Guides

EWG's 10 Household Tips for Cancer Prevention

Cancer prevention starts with a healthy lifestyle. That means not smoking or using tobacco products, eating a healthy diet, getting regular physical activity, practicing safe sex and getting appropriate vaccinations.
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Pollution

EWG applauds Booker-Spanberger bill to reward climate stewardship on farms and forest lands and expand rural renewable energy production

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) yesterday announced the reintroduction of legislation to support voluntary conservation practices on more than 100 million acres of U.S...
Food & Water
Water
Personal Care Products
Bug Repellent
Cosmetics
Sunscreen
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Six ways to boost your health this spring

The start of spring means longer days, stronger UV rays, open windows and spring cleaning. Here are a few tips EWG suggests for safely enjoying the season.
Person applying sunscreen
Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead

Leftover Trump EPA rule leaves millions at risk from lead-tainted tap water

Civil rights and environmental groups are urging the Biden administration to delay implementation of a Trump-era rule that would leave millions of Americans exposed to toxic lead in drinking water.
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear

EWG applauds coal miners union push for just transition to clean energy

The nation’s biggest coal mining union announced its support Monday for federal legislation and policies that shift the U.S. from fossil fuels to renewable energy, while also including job training...
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Renewable Energy

Confronting the myth of carbon-free fossil fuels: Why carbon capture is not a climate solution

The world is confronting a climate emergency. Avoiding climate catastrophe requires immediate and dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that are possible only with a significant investment...
Carbon capture header
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae

EWG analysis: More testing needed to keep people safe from algae toxins in Upper Midwest

Government monitoring of lakes, rivers and streams for a dangerous toxin that can be produced by outbreaks of algae falls far short of what’s needed to protect public health in Iowa, Minnesota and...

EWG’s statement on the guilty verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd

The Environmental Working Group joins with all Americans committed to justice and equality in our relief and gratitude for the unanimous verdict on all counts by a Minneapolis jury to convict former...
George Flyod protest
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EWG and Center for Biological Diversity hail Florida’s decision to ban highly toxic pesticide on citrus crops

The highly toxic pesticide aldicarb can no longer be used on citrus crops in Florida after the state denied an application by AgLogic Chemical LLC today, citing “an unacceptable risk to human, animal...
Child eating an orange
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA creates new PFAS council, narrows exemption for new PFAS

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced the creation of a new council to accelerate and coordinate efforts to reduce and remediate the toxic “forever chemicals” known as...
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Duke Energy CEO: Savings from Trump tax cuts ‘flowed right to customers’

The head of Duke Energy recently suggested the monopoly utility generously passed along to customers the savings it received under the Trump corporate tax cut.
Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Algae
Personal Care Products
Sunscreen
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Children’s Health
PFAS Chemicals
Midwest

EWG news roundup (5/7): EWG’s Guide to Sunscreens, microcystin monitoring in three Midwestern states and more

This week, EWG released our 15th annual Guide to Sunscreens.

Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EWG calls on produce industry to support federal court ban of brain-damaging pesticide

The Environmental Working Group on Monday called on the conventional produce industry to support a recent federal court ruling requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to ban or severely restrict...
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Fungicides commonly found on citrus linked to breast cancer risk

Consumption of two fungicides found on nearly 90 percent of citrus samples tested by EWG, and of two other pesticides – widely used insecticides – may increase women’s risk of developing...
Peeing oranges
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG response to EPA's ANPRM of “Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers Point Source Category.”

Attached are comments EWG filed in response to an EPA advance notice of proposed rulemaking, “Clean Water Act Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Organic Chemicals, Plastics, and...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

EWG applauds bills to set deadlines, provide resources for cleanup of ‘forever chemicals’ at military facilities

EWG today applauded Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) for introducing legislation to set cleanup deadlines and provide resources for Defense Department facilities...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

PFAS News Roundup

May 28: ‘Forever chemicals’ detected in more Massachusetts drinking water, Sierra Club tests find PFAS in fertilizer and more

This week in PFAS
Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Energy
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

EWG: Biden budget proposal prioritizes environment, public health and clean energy

The proposed $6 trillion FY-2022 federal budget released today by President Biden would provide much-needed investments in safe drinking water, clean air and environmental justice, as well as...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Toxic food chemicals highlighted in FDA budget request

The Biden administration’s budget request for the Food and Drug Administration makes toxic chemicals in food a priority.
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Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Duke Energy-backed group deploys attack ad campaign against electricity competition proposal in North Carolina

A shadowy political committee funded entirely by Duke Energy has launched a deceptive campaign to pressure North Carolina lawmakers to oppose legislation that could pave the way for lower monthly...
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Renewable Energy

Why America can’t afford an ‘all of the above’ energy policy

It’s a reliable tell: Politicians and pundits who want to sound like boosters of clean, safe, renewable energy, while clinging to dirty, dangerous energy sources like fossil fuels and nuclear power...
Natural gas plant
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

In parts of the U.S., it’s raining PFAS

Preliminary data from a joint Environmental Protection Agency and Canada monitoring network show rainwater in the Great Lakes region contains alarming levels of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as...
Umbrealla being hit by rain
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

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...