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Black Farmers Finally See Justice
Yesterday (Nov 19) it was announced that the $1.15 billion awarded black farmers in the Pigford settlement that arose from decades of discriminatory practices at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Calif. Officials Honored for Efforts to Protect Public Health and Environment
Six dedicated public servants will be honored tonight in San Francisco for their shared commitment to protecting the health and environment of Californians.
Throwing Good Money at Bad Land
A new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis has found that a federal Bureau of Reclamation proposal to continue farming on a vast swath of selenium-tainted acreage in the Central Valley's giant...
EPA poised to send known carcinogen back to the public
On January 19, EPA will decide whether or not to allow unrestricted use of the potent human carcinogen chromium-6 in a wood preservative known as ACC (acid copper chromate), for lumber sold at the...
Harvard Professor Cleared of Ethics Charges is Million Dollar Donor
A Harvard Medical School professor recently cleared by a Harvard ethics panel of charges that he suppressed critical research findings made a million dollar contribution to the University's Dental...
FDA Finds High Benzene Levels in Limited Test of Drinks
Today FDA announced it found high levels of benzene in several samples in a test of a small number of sodas and juice drinks.
JOEM Retracts Fradulent Chromium Article
In a real-life epilogue to "Erin Brockovich," a peer-reviewed medical journal will retract a fraudulent article written and placed by a science-for-hire consulting firm whose CEO sits on a key federal...
Bonus Subsidy 2006
A new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis identifies and posts online prospective recipients of a pending $1.5 billion crop subsidy bonus that is contained in an emergency spending bill the...
FDA Data Undercut Public Safety Assurances by Top Agency Official
Letter to the FDA regarding benzene in soft drinks with compilation of data from 1995-2001 study.
Former DuPont Top Expert: Company Knew, Covered Up Pollution of Americans' Blood for 18 Years
Breakdown chemicals from DuPont coatings and related sources are now in the blood of 95 percent of Americans, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent the last several years trying to...
BLM Steamrolls Public on Otero Mesa
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) next month will release 250,000-acres for oil and gas development in the heart of New Mexico's Otero Mesa despite strong local opposition from the governor, the...
EWG Supports Proposed Toxics Legislation
The legislation, entitled the "Kids-Safe Chemicals Act of 2005," contains much-needed fundamental reforms of TSCA, the nation's notoriously weak chemical safety law. TSCA has not been reformed in...
U.S. Reps. Solis and Bishop Propose Ban on EPA Support for Pesticide Experiments on People
As Congress prepares to vote on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget for the next year, U.S. Representatives Hilda Solis of California and Tim Bishop of New York will introduce an...
Congress to Chemical Industry: You’re Under Investigation
The powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee today launched a landmark investigation into the chemical industry lobby group, The American Chemistry Council (ACC). In a letter to ACC President Jack...
EWG News Release
The Bush Administration is paying some of the biggest and richest agribusinesses in America $17 million for cutbacks in their taxpayer-subsidized water supply. But an Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
EWG Applauds Farm and Food Worker Protection Funds in Covid-19 Relief Package
EWG applauds the inclusion of funds for Covid-19 protections for farm and food workers in the pandemic relief package congressional leaders agreed to on Sunday. The package, which awaits a final vote...
Information Quality Appeal
EWG appeal requesting correction of FDA seafood advisory entitled "What you need to know about mercury in fish and shellfish: 2004 FDA and EPA advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are...
Statement on Human Testing Before NAS Committee
Statement by Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group, Before the Committee on Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Participants January 8, 2003 Thank you for the opportunity to appear...
EWG joins allies in promoting smart transportation planning for the 21st century
Download PDF. United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator, The 102 undersigned national, regional and local organizations write to request your support for S. 1036, the Federal...
Update to EWG petition to EPA concerning DuPont's response to EPA's inquiry of possible TSCA Section 8(e) substantial risk reporting violations
NOTE: 12 AUGUST 2004 | DuPont is continuing to make the same excuses to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on their violations of federal law. This analysis by EWG of DuPont's 2003 response to...
Water Utilities Urge Caution on Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
Major water utilities in Nevada, Arizona and California have urged the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to weigh carefully the potential risks of contamination of the Colorado River from...
Science Review Reveals West Va. Agency Policy Contradicted by Fed, Industry Research
A review of federal and industry science on the toxic industrial chemical commonly called C8 (perflouroctanoic acid, used to make Teflon) reveals that water pollution policy by the West Virginia...
OTA: ABC planned apology does not go far enough
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) today said ABC News intentions to announce a brief token apology on Friday's 20/20 falls far short of what the network must do to make amends to the organic...
EWG Press Release
The watchdog group that forced John Stossel's on-air apology for an erroneous story on organic food today asked ABC News to make good on a promise to halt circulation of tapes and transcripts of the...