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Washington Post Wrong

On Oct. 4, The Washington Post had a scoop: According to a front-page story by Sally Squires, a new report by “top scientists from private groups and federal agencies,” advised pregnant and breast-feeding women to eat at least 12 ounces of fish a week “to ensure their babies' optimal brain development.”
Arsenic
Household & Consumer Products

News Release

Nationwide sampling in 13 metropolitan areas found harmful levels of cancer-causing arsenic on the surface of "pressure-treated" wood purchased at Home Depot and Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse...
Farm Subsidies

News Release

Congress is expected to approve an additional $5.5 billion in emergency farm aid today, the fourth straight year it has been forced to supplement a 1996 law that was intended to end farm supports. But...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

Report Cites Danger of Arsenic in Wood

The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) announced today that it has filed legal notice to sue the manufacturers of wooden playground equipment treated with arsenic.
Food

OTA: ABC planned apology does not go far enough

The Organic Trade Association (OTA) today said ABC News intentions to announce a brief token apology on Friday's 20/20 falls far short of what the network must do to make amends to the organic...
Food & Water

EWG Press Release

The watchdog group that forced John Stossel's on-air apology for an erroneous story on organic food today asked ABC News to make good on a promise to halt circulation of tapes and transcripts of the...
Food & Water
Food

ABC Correspondent John Stossel's Attack on Organic Food Industry Exposed as a Fraud

Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the Organic Trade Association (OTA) will release new evidence on Thursday that ABC Correspondent John Stossel knew himself months before his story ran that he...

Chemical Policy

News Release

More than 2.3 million pounds of the acutely toxic pesticide methyl bromide are applied near California schools each year, but the state is proposing new regulations that ignore its own scientists'...
Farm Subsidies

EWG Investigation Finds Controversial 1996 Farm Law Was Subsidy Boon for Largest Farms

Taxpayers may not realize it, but the billions they spend on subsidies to save family farms may be hastening their demise.
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

10 LA County Plants Long Overdue

Half of major industrial water polluters in California are operating with expired pollution permits, according to state and federal data analyzed by Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Friends of...
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

Leaking Fuel Storage Tanks Threaten Water

The state has almost never ordered cleanup or assessed fines for the thousands of underground gasoline storage tanks leaking MTBE and other toxic chemicals into California's water and soil, even when...
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Toxic Waste Widespread in Calif. Farm & Home Fertilizers

Californians are unknowingly spreading fertilizers made from toxic waste to farm fields and home gardens, according to state and independent tests. Even though these products may exceed state...
Toxic Chemicals
Conservation

US Sues Electric Utilities for Clean Air Act Violations

Group Touts Federal Action Against Dirty, Coal-Burning Plants
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Pesticide Companies Using Humans in Lab Studies

For decades, U.S. and foreign pesticide manufacturers have been feeding their products to rats, rabbits, mice, and guinea pigs in thousands of controlled laboratory studies, all designed to satisfy...
Food
Food & Water
Water

Farm Pesticide Use on Rise

Five years after the Clinton Administration promised a bold initiative to reduce pesticide use and make children's health the top priority in federal pesticide regulation, the government has done...
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG: Lipstick Chemicals Declared Toxic by Canadian Gov’t

While it's common to see lipstick sales jump during an economic recession, the current global financial crisis may not produce the same result in Canada where the government today declared two...
Energy

Economic Stimulus Legislation to Save Our Environment and the Economy

The stimulus package devised by President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders - the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan (ARRP) - wisely proposes to channel hundreds of billions of dollars to...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

GAO Calls Reform of Federal Toxics Policy a ‘Top Priority’

In its 2009 ‘High Risk' priority list released yesterday, the General Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a blistering indictment of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Bush-era lapses from...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

California Air Resources Board Must Consider Impact of Agriculture

The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) West Coast office has written the California Air Resources Board pointing out deficiencies in its Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan with respect to...
Water

FDA Should Adopt EPA Tap Water Health Goals for Bottled Water

Bottled water costs hundreds of times more than tap water, but when it comes to consumer protections, it's no better.
Toxic Chemicals
Perchlorate
Food & Water
Water

Last Minute Mischief at EPA

As the clock runs out on the Bush administration, officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are trying to hand industry yet another victory by refusing to set safety standards for the...
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Pollution Solutions For Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Disaster

Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from agriculture sources flowing from the Mississippi River is devastating the northern Gulf of Mexico and impacting human health, killing fish and limiting...
Chemical Policy
Perchlorate
Water

EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe For Nation’s Drinking Water

The nation's top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans.
Flame Retardants

CA Assembly Votes to Ban Toxic Teflon Compound in Food Packaging

In a stunning comeback for a bill that was on life support a week ago, the California State Assembly has approved first-in-the-nation legislation to ban from food wrappers and packaging a toxic Teflon...