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Reports: Before Confirmed, Scott Pruitt Wanted EPA Office, Private Phone Booth in Okla.
Congressional leaders are demanding information from Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt over allegations he wanted taxpayers to open an office in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., before he...
EWG Statement on Senate’s Bipartisan Farm Bill
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on the Senate version of the farm bill.
Statement from EWG on the Senate Farm Bill
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on passage of the Senate version of the farm bill by the Senate Committee on...
Groups Demand Immediate Halt to Food Uses of Fluoride-Based Pesticide
Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide tolerances on food
EWG: Senate Farm Bill Far Better Than House Proposal, But Fails to Rein in Farm Subsidies
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on the full Senate's passage of its version of the farm bill.
Trump’s USDA May Hide GMOs in 10,000 Foods, Use Confusing Jargon on Labels
Under the guise of “transparency,” the Trump administration's proposed GMO disclosure rule may in fact codify secrecy and confusing labels for genetically modified foods, said Scott Faber, EWG's...
Groups File FOIA Request for EPA-Industry Communications Over Agency Decision to Ignore Key Exposures to Asbestos, Other Toxic Chemicals
Today American Oversight and the Environmental Working Group petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency for release of documents detailing contacts between former EPA chief Scott Pruitt and the...
New Bipartisan Senate Legislation Aims to Spur Federal Response to PFAS Crisis
Due to His Own Trade War, Trump Gives Nearly $5 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Mega Farms
The Trump administration released details today on its emergency aide package in the form of direct payments for big farm operations, with the bulk of the taxpayer aid flowing to U.S. soybean farmers.
Trump White House Pushes to Let Minors Spray Brain-Damaging Pesticides on Farms
The White House's just-released list of planned environmental and public health rollbacks includes letting high-school-age kids spray brain-damaging pesticides on commercial farms.
Asbestos Imports Surge as Trump White House Moves to Keep Deadly Carcinogen Legal
FDA Bans Lead-Based Neurotoxin from Consumer Hair Dyes
The Food and Drug Administration will ban the use of toxic lead acetate in consumer hair dyes such as Grecian Formula, the agency announced today. Lead acetate is the active ingredient that slowly...
Cosmetics Reform Featured in Latest Episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians
Last night, the reality television show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” featured Kourtney Kardashian describing her routine use of EWG's Healthy Living app and our consumer databases like Skin Deep®...
White House May Adopt PFAS Cleanup Level 10x Higher Than CDC Deems Safe
In its guidelines for addressing cleanup of groundwater and military and industrial sites contaminated with toxic fluorinated chemicals, the Environmental Protection Agency is recommending a limit 10...
Bipartisan Congressional Task Force To Take on Growing PFAS Contamination Crisis
EWG today applauded Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) for establishing a new bipartisan task force in the House of Representatives to address the urgent drinking water...
Credibility Gap: Are New Food Packaging Chemicals Any Safer?
Report: Ex-Koch Executive Put in Key Role Over EPA’s PFAS Plan
A former chemical and fossil fuel industry executive who recently oversaw the anti-environmental agenda of the Koch brothers is now in charge of the Trump administration's plan to address the crisis...
Top Senate Democrats Demand All Trump Administration Documents on PFAS
Senate Democratic leaders today called on the Trump administration to turn over documentation of all communications between key agencies and the White House about plans to address the PFAS...
BREAKING: FDA Finds Asbestos in Claire’s Cosmetics Products, Issues Safety Alert to Consumers
The Food and Drug Administration issued a rare alert today, urging consumers to stop using certain cosmetics products from the national retailer Claire's, after the agency found the deadly carcinogen...
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Assist Vets, Military Families Exposed to PFAS Chemicals
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have reintroduced a bill to help veterans, service members and their families with health problems potentially triggered by exposure to the toxic...
EWG to Congress: Corn Ethanol Is Harming the Environment, Consumers
The federal requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline is polluting America's air and water, contributing to climate change, hurting consumers and hindering the development of cleaner biofuels...
Is the Era of Mining Company Giveaways Over?
U.S. Court Orders Trump EPA to Decide Fate of Brain-Damaging Pesticide
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today gave Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler 90 days to decide whether his agency will ban the use of the brain-damaging pesticide...
