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EWG Petitions CDC to Test for PFOA
EWG Statement on S. 796, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009
EWG Supports EPA's Decision to Suspend CHEERS
EWG to FDA, EPA: Expand Nano Investigations
EWG’s in-depth analysis of the Shimkus proposal’s critical flaws.
Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) recently authored the Chemicals in Commerce Act, a discussion draft of legislation purporting to reform our nation’s weak and outdated chemicals management law, the Toxic...
FDA Warns Cosmetics Industry to Follow Law on Untested Ingredients
EWG Comments on Use of Term "Healthy" in the Labeling of Food Products
EWG Applauds Rep. Pingree’s Plan To Combat Climate Crisis Through Reducing GHG Emissions From Farms
WASHINGTON – Environmental Working Group today applauded Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) for introducing the Agriculture Resilience Act, critical legislation that would dramatically reduce greenhouse...
EWG: More Stimulus Support for Nutrition Programs, Food and Farm Workers and Clean Energy Jobs
WASHINGTON – Following passage today of the $2.2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, Environmental Working Group urged Congress to include support for hungry families, food and farm workers, and the...
EWG Comments to EPA on Neonicotinoids
EWG submits comments opposing the EPA’s decisions to allow continued use of five neonicotinoid insecticides. EWG urges the EPA to restrict the use of these pesticides to prevent harm to pollinators...
EWG Comments to EPA on the “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” Proposed Rule
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) objects to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to apply polluter-friendly limitations to the types of scientific data that can be considered for...
EWG Statement on House Passage of Heroes Act
WASHINGTON – Today the House passed the HEROES Act, a $3 billion coronavirus stimulus package. Here is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber: Millions of...
EWG Calls for Food and Farm Protections in Next COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
Congress must make support for the nation's food and farm system a priority in the next COVID-19 stimulus bill, said Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs at EWG.
California Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act Clears Another Legislative Hurdle
Attempts In California to Ban Toxic Chemicals From Food Packaging Advance in State Senate
ACC's $2 million Grant to EPA Comes With String Attached
EPA, DuPont Agree to Virtually Eliminate Perfluorinated Chemicals by 2015
EWG Asks Five States, Does Your Tap Water Contain Teflon Chemicals?
EWG Calls on EPA to Protect the Health of Americans and Set Standards for Pollutants in Tap Water
At Wildfire Briefing, Trump Scoffs at Climate Crisis: “I Don’t Think Science Knows”
A failure in forest management – not climate change – is fueling the catastrophic wildfire inferno on the West Coast, President Trump said today.
UPDATE: Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Likely Contaminate More Than 700 Military Sites
More than 700 Department of Defense sites are likely to be contaminated with the fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, according to new data released this week by the Pentagon.
EWG Applauds HEROES 2.0 Act
Today the House unveiled the HEROES 2.0 Act. Here is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber
California Law Bans Toxic PFAS From Firefighting Foam
California Gov. Gavin Newson signed into law a measure to ban the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS from firefighting foams. PFAS-based firefighting foams – known as aqueous film-fighting foam...
Toxic Beaches: Hundreds of Closures and Health Warnings in 2020
Toxic algae and bacteria forced the closure of at least 116 U.S. beaches and triggered health warnings at 162 more this spring and summer, according to an investigation by the Environmental Working...
