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EWG lauds Reid, Stabenow for advancing American Family Economic Protection Act
Environmental Working Group vice president for government affairs Scott Faber released the following statement on the American Family Economic Protection Act.
Groups Urge Probe of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case
More than 80 organizations from 12 states and a New York state senator today called on the inspector general of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate a decision to drop legal action...
Merrigan’s Departure Leaves Gaping Hole for Federal Food and Ag Policy
The departure of Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “leaves a gaping hole in the Obama administration's leadership on food and agriculture policy,”...
Lautenberg Renews Drive to Protect Public from Toxic Chemicals
Legislation introduced today by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) would overhaul the way synthetic chemicals are regulated. Lautenberg's proposal would for the first time place the burden of proof on...
Farm Bill Proposal Increases Subsidies for Big Farmers
The farm bill draft released today by the Senate Agriculture Committee contains the same flawed provisions as the 2012 Senate-passed bill that increase unlimited crop insurance subsidies to the...
AFFIRM Act Cuts Wasteful Insurance Subsidies, Increases Transparency
Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Tom Petri (R-Wis.) today introduced the Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures Act (AFFIRM), common sense legislation that will reform the heavily...
GE Wheat on Oregon Farm Raises New Concerns
The unapproved genetically engineered wheat that has turned up on an Oregon farm is yet another reason why consumers need clear labeling of GE foods, Scott Faber, EWG's Senior Vice President of...
White House Peddles Fossil Fuels at U.N. Climate Meeting, Despite Looming Closure of Dozens of U.S. Coal Plants
U.S. utilities plan to close 75 coal and nuclear power units in the next three years, according to federal data compiled by the Environmental Working Group. But the Trump administration is telling...
EWG Comments to NEJAC Recommending Measures for Addressing PFAS Contamination Crisis
The Environmental Working Group submitted written comments to the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council with recommendations on the necessary measures for addressing the PFAS contamination...
EWG Letter to CDC Director Calling for His Resignation
Attached is a letter EWG President Ken Cook wrote to Dr. Robert Redfield calling on him to resign as the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
EWG Comments to California OEHHA Supporting Their Decision on Synthetic Food Dyes
EWG submitted comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, expressing support for the OEHHA's conclusion that synthetic food dyes may cause or exacerbate...
EPA’s Risk Assessment is Too Flawed to Proceed
EWG Comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on Glyphosate Exposure
Below and attached are comments EWG has submitted to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on the agency’s proposed No Significant Risk Limit for human intake of Monsanto’s...
Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens
EWG Comments on the FDA's Draft Assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA)
Modernizing BPA Standards in Food to Protect Public Health
Protecting Public Health from Phthalates Will Require Consideration of Cumulative Risks
EWG supports California proposal to get toxics out of children's products
Letter to JOEM: Retract fraudulent chromium-6 paper
EWG Questions FDA Verdict on Plastic Chemical
Oversight Hearing on The Revised Environmental Impact Statement on Hydraulic Fracturing and New York City's Upstate Drinking Water Supply Infrastructure
EWG to FDA: Sunscreen Regs Good Step, Not Enough
EWG Urges Chair of DOE Natural Gas Panel to Step Down
EWG calls for resignation of John Deutch, chairman of the Secretary of Energy's advisory board on natural gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing, because of financial ties to the oil and gas industry...