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Conservation Database

View the guide USDA's conservation programs are the single largest investment of federal taxpayer's dollars to encourage farmers to adopt practices that improve natural resources and the environment. Since 1995, these programs have made over $40 billion in payments to farmers and farmland owners. Used wisely, these programs make great strides in protecting our health and improving our quality of

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Decoding Meat and Dairy Product Labels

Most animals raised for meat, milk and eggs are on industrial farms that contaminate our air, soil and water. These farms rely heavily on antibiotics and other synthetic treatments to boost outputs, and combat diseases caused by stressful, crowded and unsanitary conditions. Weak bacteria are killed, leaving behind the most resilient and hard to kill — so-called “ superbugs.” These bacteria are
Research

Timeline: ‘Forever chemicals’ and firefighters

For decades, firefighters have been exposed to the “forever chemicals” chemicals known as PFAS, through PFAS-based firefighting foams and firefighting gear coated with PFAS as a water repellant. Foam and gear manufacturers knew that PFAS was toxic and building up in blood but never warned firefighters and instead fought to continue their use. A study by the National Institute for Occupational
Firefighter fighting fire
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG Commends McDonald's on Eliminating Polystyerene Cups

EWG President Ken Cook urges company CEO to press ahead with other efforts to improve the sustainability of its restaurants' practices.

Energy
Midwest

EWG's Scott Faber Testifies Before Congress about Renewable Fuel Standard

Testimony of Scott Faber, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group before the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety and the Senate Committee on Environment and...

Chromium-6

Hexavalent Chromium Carcinogenic to Humans: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium

June 10, 2014 Re: IRIS Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium; Cr(VI) Docket EPA-HQ-ORD-2014-0313 Environmental Working Group is a research and advocacy nonprofit organization working to protect...

Chemical Policy
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics
Cleaning Supplies

California May Roll Back Cuts in Consumer Product Pollution

EWG urges the California Air Resources Board to reverse a proposal that would weaken safety and anti-smog standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other household products.

Chemical Policy
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics
Cleaning Supplies

EWG To California: Control Toxic Fumes from Household Products

EWG urged the California Air Resources Board to set strict, health-based standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other consumer goods.

Food

Congressional Testimony on GE Labeling

Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, testified Dec. 10 before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health against H.R...

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food

Statement Of EWG’s Scott Faber On Passage Of DARK Act By Senate Agriculture Committee

The Environmental Working Group issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly passed a version of the House-adopted Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act...

Toxic Chemicals
Energy

White House Cancels Climate Change Meetings, Sparks Speculation On Upcoming Paris Agreement Decision

A high-stakes series of meetings, including one between Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and Ivanka Trump, senior White House adviser and daughter of President Trump, on...

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG: Trump’s Pullout from Climate Pact ‘Calamitous’ for U.S. and Planet

WASHINGTON – President Trump officially pulled the United States out of the Paris agreement on climate change today – a calamitous decision that will have severe implications for the future of the...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Factory Farms

‘Right To Farm’ Laws - or ‘Right To Pollute’ Passes?

In recent months, all 50 states have enacted so-called right-to-farm laws that seek to block citizens from holding industrial animal factory farms and other large-scale agriculture operations...

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG Comments to NEJAC to Consider Both Historical and Current PFAS Contamination

Environmental Working Group presented comments to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council, urging the Council to consider both historical and current PFAS contamination and to ensure that...

Congress to Chemical Industry: You’re Under Investigation

WASHINGTON – The powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee today launched a landmark investigation in the chemical industry lobby group, The American Chemistry Council (ACC). In a letter addressed...
Mercury

Data Quality Act Challenge

Dr. David Acheson Chief Medical Officer Office of Science Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition U.S. Food and Drug Administration Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building 5100 Paint Branch Parkway Mail...

EPA Stops Controversial Study

Today Steve Johnson, nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the Agency is calling off a study that would have paid families $970 to videotape their children...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Perchlorate
Food & Water
Water

EWG Calls on EPA to Set Lower Limit on Perchlorate in Water

EWG commends EPA for taking action to protect Americans from perchlorate, an endocrine-disrupting compound and contaminant in tap water.
Energy

Congressional Testimony: Hearing on The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007

Download "Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD" PDF file EWG analyst Dusty Horwitt testified July 26, 2007 before a subcomittee of the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee that speculative...
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

EWG: Sen. Casey’s Conservation Bill Would Expand Protection of Drinking Water Sources from Agriculture Pollution

Proposal Would Triple Number of Farm Acres Eligible for USDA Conservation Program FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018 WASHINGTON – The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act, introduced today by...
Asbestos

EWG Letter in Support of the Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007

Download this letter as a PDF. The Honorable Barbara Boxer United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510-6175 July 30, 2007 Dear Madam...
Toxic Chemicals
Cosmetics

EWG Testimony on Exploring Current Practices in Cosmetics Development and Safety

The cosmetics industry has grown dramatically since 1938, when Congress last enacted cosmetics legislation. While most chemicals in cosmetics pose little or no risk, some chemicals have been linked to...

Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Food & Water

Senate Should Reject Scott Pruitt, Polluters’ Choice for EPA

WASHINGTON – Scott Pruitt, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the most hostile Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the history of the agency, and would almost certainly push policies...