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Leaked Memo Details Trump's Plans for War on Public Health, Environment and Science

An internal memo by President Donald Trump's top environmental policy adviser reveals the new administration's plans to dismantle key air and water protection programs, and slash the budget of the...

EWG Calls on Fast Food Companies to Remove Nonstick Chemicals From Packaging Supply Chain

This morning EWG released a report, which showed that many fast food chains nationwide still use food wrappers, bags and boxes coated with highly fluorinated chemicals.

EWG Letter to the Department of Justice, Calling for an Investigation Into Scott Pruitt

Below is the text of a letter from EWG to the Department of Justice, calling for an investigation into claims made by EPA nominee Scott Pruitt.

Products Carrying the EWG VERIFIED® Seal Coming to Target

Target made a giant commitment to the better beauty movement by adding W3LL PEOPLE, one of the leading nontoxic cosmetics companies in the country, to store shelves. W3LL PEOPLE has more than 30...

Senate Should Postpone Pruitt Vote Until Review of Industry Emails

EWG joined several members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in urging Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to postpone a vote on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's confirmation to...

EWG: Latest Trump Executive Order Will Put Food Safety, Air, Water and Public Health in Peril

President Trump and his top aide, Steve Bannon, are charging ahead with their plans to “deconstruct the administrative state,” by threatening vital protections that safeguard food, drinking water, air...

EWG: Rollback of Clean Power Plan Shows Trump’s Contempt for Public Health

President Trump's executive order gutting the Clean Power Plan shows his disregard for protecting public health and the environment, said EWG President Ken Cook.

EWG Letter to the Food Companies in Opposition to H.R. 5

Below is the text of a letter from EWG and other environmental health non-governmental organizations to food companies in opposition of H.R. 5, the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017...

EWG: Trump’s Policies Endanger Drinking Water for Rural Americans

President Trump's actions during his first 100 days in office will put the drinking water for millions of rural Americans in jeopardy, noted EWG senior vice president for government affairs, Scott...

In Continued Assault on Public Safety, Key Senate Panel Approves ‘License to Kill’ Bill

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act today, sending the proposal to the full Senate. The bill, dubbed the “License to Kill...

Trump Proposal Puts Americans at Greater Risk from Toxic Chemicals

President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt have determined protecting the public from notorious cancer-causing chemicals like asbestos and 1,4-dioxane is far less...

EWG Testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Organic Agriculture’s Place in the 2018 Farm Bill

Below is testimony submitted for the record to the Senate Agriculture Committee for the hearing “Opportunities in Global and Local Markets, Specialty Crops, and Organics: Perspectives for the 2018...

CDC Investigates Potential Link Between ‘Forever Chemicals’ and Decreased Effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines

A federal health agency is investigating whether exposure to the fluorinated "forever chemicals" called PFAS could affect the potential effectiveness and duration of a Covid-19 vaccine.

EWG Thanks Hedstrom

Susan Meek Vice-President of Licensing & Communications Hedstrom Corporation 3436 North Kennicott Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Dear Susan, I am writing to thank you for Hedstrom’s laudable step of...

Judge Becker: Asbestos Arbiter - FAIR or UnFAIR?

Judge Edward Becker of the U.S. Circuit Court in Philadelphia was asked by Senate leaders to oversee negotiations around a compromise asbestos trust fund bill. In a letter to Judge Becker, EWG...

Government Asked to Evaluate the Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water

Citing a strong body of peer-reviewed evidence, EWG today asked the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water in its authoritative...

More Civil Rights Trouble at USDA: GAO Investigators Kicked Out of Offices

WASHINGTON, March 3 – Last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials ordered auditors from the Government Accountability Office out of their offices, and ordered USDA employees not to speak with...

EWG testimony to the FDA's Science Board

Testimony by Olga V. Naidenko, Ph.D. to the FDA's Science Board regarding the FDA's draft risk assessment for BPA in food packaging.

Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD

Oversight Hearing on Natural Gas Drilling in the New York City Watershed, Part II Before the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection Friday, December 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m...

EWG's comments on EPA's exposure assessment report for PBDEs

Download this PDF. National Center for Environmental Assessment Environmental Protection Agency c/o EPA Docket Center, Mail Code 2822T EPA West Building 1301 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005...
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Get Glyphosate Out of Our Food!

By mecker | March 22, 2021

EWG tests have found shockingly high levels of cancer-linked glyphosate in popular PepsiCo products like Quaker Oats and Sabra Hummus.

But PepsiCo continues to allow this dangerous chemical in their food. This is unacceptable. Consumers and parents shouldn't have to worry about cancer-linked pesticides in food.

Join EWG and tell PepsiCo to get this cancer-linked weedkiller out of their products

New State Data: More Than 100 Ohio Water Systems Contaminated With Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

Newly released test data from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency show that more than 100 public water systems in the state are contaminated with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.

Biden’s Pick To Head USDA Recognizes New Food and Farm Challenges

Today President Biden's nominee for secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack, who held the same post in the Obama administration, testified in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture...