EWG News Roundup (6/21): PFAS Chemicals Reduce Vaccine Efficacy and Harm Immune System, Trump Drops Clean Power Plan and More
EWG News Roundup (6/21): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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House Committee Invokes Rarely Used Powers To Block Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
A House committee today exercised rarely used emergency powers to protect the Grand Canyon from a surge in uranium mining claims near the canyon rim.
FDA Creates Culture of Ignorance for Personal Care Products
EWG issued a statement today at a public meeting held by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), calling on the government to include public health, consumer, and environmental organizations in...
EPA Offers “Inaction” Plan to Solve ‘Dead Zone’ Disaster
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released today an action plan that will do little to slow the growth of the oxygen-starved ocean ‘Dead Zone' in the Gulf of Mexico, says three members of the...
As Congress Finalizes Farm Bill Deal EWG Lists Recipients of Controversial Direct Payment Subsidies for 2007
By any measure, 2007 was a banner year for farmers of grain, soybeans and cotton, as high prices for their crops earned them record net income, even after they paid skyrocketing costs for fuel...
Polluted Pets
In the first study of its kind, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that companion cats and dogs are polluted with even higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals that...
EPA Convenes Panel To Strip Safety Standards That Protect Kids From Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Three weeks after the launch of a major Congressional investigation into conflicts of interest compromising EPA expert review panels and the revelation that EPA, at the request of the chemical...
Caving to Industry Pressure, EPA Fires Chair of Chemical Panel
Under pressure from chemical industry lobbyists, the Bush Administration fired the chair of an expert science panel at the Environmental Protection Agency that was evaluating the safety of a...
Bush Administration Should Stop Foot Dragging and Finish National Workplace Exposure Study for Nurses
In a letter sent today, Environmental Working Group (EWG) Executive Director Richard Wiles urged lawmakers to call on the Bush administration to stop its almost seven years of foot dragging and move...
Ritter's Position on Roan a Good Start But Should Go Farther to Protect Plateau
Environmental Working Group (EWG) is encouraged that Gov. Bill Ritter has called for protecting critical habitat and properly managed oil and gas drilling around Roan Plateau. But the governor must...
EWG Calls on Congressional Leadership to Oppose Shortsighted Renewable Fuel Standards Proposal
Today, the Environmental Working Group sent the attached letter to Congressional leadership expressing opposition to the reported Renewable Fuels package in the Energy Bill.
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Credibility Gap: Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging
In 2006, under pressure from the U.S. EPA, DuPont and 7 other companies promised to phase out by 2015 a cancer-causing chemical called PFOA, used to make Teflon and also found in grease-resistant coatings for food packaging. In its place, the chemical industry is pushing new, supposedly “green” food package coatings. But an investigation by EWG finds no evidence that the industry-touted
Latest Dangerous Toy From China
Last week, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) announced the results of an exhaustive 18-month scientific study testing hundreds of consumer products for the deadly cancer-causing...
The New Gold Rush: Surge in Mining Claims Threatens California’s National Parks & Wilderness
A modern-day Gold Rush is threatening California's national parks, national monuments, wilderness and roadless areas.
Bush Moves to Okay Toxic Teflon Pollution in Tap Water
In its final days, the Bush administration appears poised to issue an emergency health advisory for tap water polluted with the toxic Teflon chemical PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) effectively allowing...
Time for Ethanol to Stand on Its Own
There is a growing consensus in the environmental community that federal government subsidies and mandates for corn-based ethanol have produced unintended, yet potentially catastrophic environmental...
Historic Date, Historic Mess
For a quarter century, environmentalists, farmers, and government officials from six states have relied on sporadic, “random acts of conservation” to mitigate the unintended damage these agriculture...
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Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill’s Passage
Behind the thin green gloss Congressional leaders spread across the subsidy-laden 2008 farm bill, key Democratic lawmakers are hacking away at promises to expand conservation and other environmental programs.
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Fire Retardants in Toddlers and Their Mothers
In thehe first investigation of toxic fire retardants in parents and their children, EWG found that toddlers and preschoolers typically had 3 times as much of these hormone-disrupting chemicals in their blood as their mothers.
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Ban Cancer-Causing Teflon Chemicals in Food Packaging
On the same day Gov. Schwarzenegger touted himself as the leader of a comprehensive chemical reform program, he vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state to ban toxic chemicals...
EPA Ignores Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
Under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to set cleanup or safety standards for a toxic rocket fuel chemical that contaminates drinking...
State by State EQIP Cuts
Today, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a follow up report to Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill's Passage that details the proposed conservation program cuts...
Investigators Hear From Scientist EPA Fired After Chemical Lobby Pressure
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) welcomed today's House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigation of the chemical lobby's role in pressuring the Bush administration to manipulate an...
US to Ban Toxic Toys
Congress has reached agreement on groundbreaking legislation to ban a family of toxic chemicals known as phthalates in toys and other children's products.