EWG Comments to EPA on Pyrethroid
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the EPA on the reevaluation of the FQPA safety factor for pyrethroid insecticides. To protect children’s health, EWG urges the EPA to use a tenfold...
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EWG Comments to EPA on Metolachlor
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the EPA on the registration review for the herbicide metolachlor. EWG urges the EPA to use a tenfold children’s health safety factor for this...
New Front to Open in Trump’s War on Healthy Food
President Trump is likely to launch new salvos in his full-scale war on healthy food today, when he addresses the American Farm Bureau Federation.
EPA Chief: Environmental and Public Health Rollbacks ‘Make Things Better’
Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler told a Senate oversight committee today that the scores of rollbacks of environmental and public health regulations under the Trump administration...
New York Times' Kristof Lays Out the Case Against Endocrine Disruptors
Nicholas Kristof a columnist for The New York Times, has written about the expanding evidence that hypospadias and other birth defects in people and wildlife that may be linked to the daily...
The New Lede’s ‘Paraquat Papers’ scoop recognized by agriculture journalists
The New Lede and its managing editor, Carey Gillam, have scooped a top recognition from leading U.S. agriculture journalists for an exclusive investigative series showing a decadeslong plot by the...
Chemical Mixtures More Toxic Than Sum of Their Parts
A new study from the University of California Berkeley found that combinations of low doses of toxic chemicals can be more harmful than any of the chemicals alone, suggesting that the vacuum EPA and...
Earth Day: If you've done one thing, you've done something.
Of course it shouldn't take the arrival of Earth Day to spur us to greater greenness. But the truth of it is, it works. Last year, it was on Earth Day that I (finally!) committed to taking my kids to...
California begins biomonitoring initiative
Last week California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed a bill to establish a state-wide biomonitoring program aimed at helping to identify populations at-risk from long-term chemical exposures...
EWG News Roundup (7/12): PFAS Contamination Crisis Grows as House Passes Critical Cleanup Bill, USDA’s Racist Legacy and More
EWG News Roundup (7/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (4/5): EPA Chief Dodges Questions, Big Pork Will Make Its Own Food Safety Inspections, Why Trump Hates Wind and More
Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler made the rounds of Capitol Hill this week, displaying twice his questionable commitment to protecting Americans' public health.
Farm Conservation on the Rise, But Also Threats to Drinking Water and Climate
The latest federal Census of Agriculture shows that more farms are adopting conservation practices that can help keep drinking water clean and slow climate change, but it also shows that much more...
Trump’s EPA Kills Funding for Children’s Environmental Health Program
The Environmental Protection Agency is cutting off its funding of a network of research centers that focus on the risks to children from toxic chemicals and industrial pollution.
7 Ways Children Will Be Healthier Under the Biden Administration
The Trump administration's assault on science has been a disaster for children, according to a report in February from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Now the election of Joe Biden and Kamala...
Breast Cancer Fund study finds strong cancer-chemical link
A new survey of scientific evidence conducted by researchers working with the Breast Cancer Fund makes a persuasive case that the industrialized world's rising breast cancer rate may stem from...
8 Questions for Scott Gottlieb, Trump’s FDA Nominee
On Wednesday, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will hold a confirmation hearing for Scott Gottlieb, a doctor who is President Trump's nominee to run the Food and Drug...
Trump Touts Fictitious Environmental Record
President Trump, who has the worst environmental record in U.S. history, is scheduled to deliver a speech today in which he plans to tout his administration's environmental record.
Good Food on a Tight Budget: EWG’s New Easy-to-Use Guide
In an era of rising food prices and economic strains that have put one in four people on federal nutrition assistance, nearly all Americans must search for foods that are nutritious and affordable. To...
Top Problems With the Two TSCA Bills
Consumers rightly expect that the chemicals used in everyday products are safe. Under current law, however, few are ever reviewed for safety.
Milestone Measure to Advance Food Safety Passes Congress
The nation's food safety system is responsible for 3,000 deaths each year, and 48 million illnesses annually , according to newly released data from the federal Centers for Disease Control. Landmark...
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 10)
Following last week's suspension of rules to railroad President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency nominee, Scott Pruitt, through the Republican-led Senate Environmental and Public Works...
If good science is only ever seen by scientists, it can’t have real world impact. Data doesn’t translate to action without data scientists who use it to tell a story.
ABRIL 27, 2024
Chris Campbell (EWG) y Scott Faber (EWG)
La empresa californiana Wonderful promociona su popular zumo de granada y otros productos "icónicos y saludables". Pero esta empresa también es el segundo mayor consumidor estatal de paraquat – un herbicida tóxico relacionado con un mayor riesgo de enfermedad de Parkinson y otros daños.
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EWG comments to EPA on chlormequat
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the agency not approve the currently petitioned tolerances for chlormequat chloride, revoke the...