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Ruffalo: ‘Approval of Willow project will undermine progress on climate change’
The Biden administration on March 13 approved the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska in the federally owned National Petroleum Reserve. This is a statement from actor and activist Mark...
EWG applauds deal between Gov. Newsom, legislative leaders to hold Big Oil accountable for future gas price gouging
Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom and leaders from the state legislature have announced a deal to hold big oil refiners accountable for future gas price gouging, like the outrageous windfall profits the...
With Big Oil emboldened in U.S. and around the world, it’s vital lawmakers adopt Newsom’s gas price penalty
The fossil fuel industry has fresh swagger as Big Oil hauls in record profits while punishing hard-working Americans at the pump. It’s imperative for U.S. leaders to fight back by approving a pending...
Biden administration to cut use of ‘forever chemicals’ in federal buildings
The Environmental Protection Agency and the General Services Administration announced today that federal contractors will be required to use cleaning products free of PFAS, known as “forever chemicals...
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Drought drove almost $10B in crop insurance payments to Texas farmers over 22 years
A new EWG investigation shows that drought conditions in Texas triggered more federal crop insurance payments to farmers than any other reason and made up an astounding 43 percent of all crop insurance payments in the state between 2001 and 2022.
First-time homeowners, first-time twins: How one mom relied on EWG to babyproof her house
“When we found out we were having twins, my husband was speechless with shock,” said Katherine Armstrong, who gave birth to two girls late last year. “While I was initially surprised too, I was also...
ABRIL 27, 2024
Chris Campbell (EWG) y Scott Faber (EWG)
La empresa californiana Wonderful promociona su popular zumo de granada y otros productos "icónicos y saludables". Pero esta empresa también es el segundo mayor consumidor estatal de paraquat – un herbicida tóxico relacionado con un mayor riesgo de enfermedad de Parkinson y otros daños.
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EWG honors 2024 Changemakers at 15th Annual Earth Day Dinner in San Francisco
The Environmental Working Group is proud to announce five recipients of its 2024 Changemakers Award, which recognizes exceptional leaders in California business and politics who have dedicated their...
California lawmakers advance bill to shield school children from harmful food dyes
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On April 23, the California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials voted to advance a bill to ban six harmfu l food dyes and titanium dioxide from food...
Only 1 in 4 sunscreens deemed safe by EWG, offering balanced UVA and UVB protection
Today the Environmental Working Group released its 2024 Guide to Sunscreens, revealing that a staggering three-quarters of almost 1,700 SPF products evaluated fall short of adequate sun protection...
EWG statement on competing House and Senate farm bill frameworks
Today leaders from the House and Senate Agriculture Committees issued competing frameworks for renewing the farm bill, which sets farm and food policy. The following is a statement from Scott Faber...
At least 10,000 farmers took over $11B in farm subsidies over 39 consecutive years
For nearly 40 years, the Department of Agriculture annually paid more than 10,000 farmers billions in taxpayer-funded farm subsidies or disaster relief, a new EWG analysis finds.
Coalition statement on CPUC approval of utility tax on millions of working California families
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The California Public Utilities Commission, or CPUC, on Thursday voted to impose a new utility tax of $24 a month on millions of hardworking California families. The tax is more...
Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions could surge without climate guardrails
Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. farming could surge if House Republicans get their way. They’re fighting now to scrap legislative guardrails designed to ensure that Department of Agriculture...
Benefit of boost in crop reference prices would mostly only aid large farmers in just 100 counties
Here we go again: House Republicans are trying to rig subsidy programs to benefit Southern farmers. Their proposal would raise price guarantees for commodity crops in the upcoming farm bill, mostly to...
EWG unveils summer fellowship honoring renowned North Carolina environmental leader
The Environmental Working Group proudly announces the creation of a summer fellowship program with Catawba College’s Center for the Environment.
EWG statement on FDA’s list of food chemicals to review
Today the Food and Drug Administration announced an updated list of food chemicals under review of their safety.
Five fatal flaws in EPA’s justification for using toxic weedkiller paraquat
More than 60 countries have banned the weedkiller paraquat because of its links to Parkinson’s disease. But the Environmental Protection Agency continues to defend its use in the U.S., based on a...
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Paraquat disproportionately threatens California’s low-income Latino communities
Latinos in some of California’s lowest-income communities are exposed to far higher amounts of paraquat – a toxic weedkiller linked to an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s disease – than other areas, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis.
Two Pennsylvania bills target toxic chemicals in food
On March 19, a bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers introduced two bills to ban a total of nine toxic chemicals, including color additives, from food made, distributed or sold in the state.
Over 240 California community organizations unite against proposed utility tax raising electricity bills for millions of working families
SACRAMENTO – Across California, more than 240 community organizations and leaders are joining together in the Stop the Big Utility Tax coalition to fight a proposal that would hike electricity bills...
Behind the science: How EWG found the pesticide chlormequat in most people tested
EWG recently revealed that the dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat was found in four out of five people we tested.
At ‘forever chemicals’ event, EWG scientists advance debate on cancer risk, tap water
Three EWG scientists partnered with university researchers at a major conference to discuss the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, including the link between PFAS and cancer and how to filter...
