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Trump Wants To Let Big Hog Farmers Decide If Pork Is Safe
The Trump administration plans to let the pork industry take over inspections of meat from industrial-scale hog farms, including all tests for deadly pathogens that sicken half a million Americans a...
Ethanol Blend Ruling Bad for American Consumers and the Environment
Duke-Backed Bill That Could Jack Up Rates for NC Ratepayers Passes State Senate
Legislation pushed by Duke Energy that could relax North Carolina regulators' oversight of electricity rates passed the state Senate Thursday, sponsored by lawmakers who have received hefty campaign...
Former EPA Head Scott Pruitt Hired as Lobbyist To Save Coal in Indiana. (He Can’t.)
A major coal mining company in Indiana has hired former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to lobby against plans to close several coal-fired power plants in the state.
Coal Boss Who Pushed for Industry Bailout Doubts Trump Will Deliver
A top coal executive who pushed the Trump administration for a bailout that would cost consumers billions of dollars a year admitted the president probably won't be able to keep his campaign pledge to...
Bush Violates Law Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
Victory Closer in Battle to Protect Grand Canyon
EWG Deconstructs California’s Toxic Fracking Recipe
The fluids used for hydraulic fracturing in California oil wells contain dozens of hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption and reproductive system damage, according to a new report by...
Report: Rapidly Expanding Frac Sand Mining is Hidden Danger of Fracking Boom in U.S.
Frac sand mining - the extraction of the fine-particle sand needed for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") of wells -- is expanding rapidly in the United States and poses a little-understood threat to...
Fields of Filth: Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog and Chicken Operations in North Carolina
A first-of-its-kind interactive map revealing the locations of more than 6,500 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, across the state of North Carolina was released today by Waterkeeper...
Formula Makers Pressed to Remove Toxic Chemical From Containers
EWG Seeks Details Over Trump EPA’s Decision To Kill Funding for Children’s Health Centers
Environmental Working Group has filed a public records request seeking internal records that could help shed light on the EPA's decision to jettison funding for a network of research centers that...
Roundup for Breakfast? Weed Killer in Landmark Cancer Verdict Found in Kids’ Cereals, Other Oat-Based Foods
Popular oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars come with a hefty dose of the weed-killing poison in Monsanto's Roundup, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by EWG. These new...
Bill Would Ban Late-Harvest Spraying of Roundup Weedkiller on Oats
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to dramatically limit American children's exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, in food.
Tests Reveal More Weed Killer Than Some Vitamins in Kids’ Cereals
New Round of EWG Tests Finds More Children’s Cereals Tainted With Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing Weedkiller
A toxic weedkiller linked to cancer was detected in every sample of oat-based cereals and snack products in a new round of laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group.
EWG Opposes USDA Recommendation To Deregulate 2,4-D-Tolerant Corn, Soybeans
A U.S. Department of Agriculture recommendation to deregulate new varieties of genetically engineered corn and soybean seeds would bring a chemical manufacturer one step closer to selling a new toxic...
Dow Crop Chemical Labeled "Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans"
The decision by an organization of the world's leading cancer experts to classify the herbicide 2,4-D as a possible carcinogen underscores the risk posed by the U.S. government's recent approval of 2...
Anti-GMO Labeling Bill Just Keeps Getting DARKer
This week the House Agriculture Committee is expected to mark up and vote on a bill that would take away the right of states to label food with genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs. According to...
Doctors, Scientists Urge Obama Administration to Reject Potent Herbicide Mix
35 prominent doctors, scientists and researchers have signed a letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny approval of a new double herbicide mix of 2,4-D and glyphosate, which...
Trump Officially Repeals Only Federal Mandate To Combat Climate Change, Lower Coal Plant Emissions
The Trump administration on Wednesday officially replaced the only federal program in place designed to combat climate change by lowering carbon dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants.
Top EPA Official, Who Oversaw Rollback of Key Climate Change and Pollution Control Initiatives, Quits
Bill Wehrum, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office of air and radiation, who played a key role in the Trump administration's efforts to repeal key Obama-era climate change...
Senate Passes Bill To Expand PFAS Monitoring, Eliminate Major Source of Contamination
The Senate today passed a defense spending bill including a bipartisan amendment to dramatically expand efforts to monitor the scope of the PFAS contamination crisis and eliminate a major source of...
EWG Applauds Bill to Regulate PFAS Discharges into Water
EWG today applauded Reps. Chris Pappas (D-N.H) and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) for introducing legislation to regulate discharges of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS into rivers, lakes and bays...
