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Trump EPA to Ease Limits on Mercury Emissions From Coal Plants
EWG Analysis: Nitrate Pollution of Drinking Water in Rural Minnesota Is Getting Worse
Nitrate contamination of drinking water has increased across Minnesota's farm country, an Environmental Working Group analysis of state data has found.
EWG Analysis: Half a Million Minnesotans Drink Tap Water Contaminated With Elevated Levels of Nitrate From Agricultural Pollution
An estimated half a million Minnesotans are drinking tap water contaminated with elevated levels of nitrate, a chemical associated with cancer and other serious health problems, according to a report...
EWG: Nitrate Pollution of U.S. Tap Water Could Cause 12,500 Cancer Cases Each Year
Nitrate pollution of U.S. drinking water may cause up to 12,594 cases of cancer a year, according to a new peer-reviewed study by the Environmental Working Group.
EWG Statement on USDA Rule for the Coronavirus Food Protection Program
Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a $19 billion COVID-19 farm and food relief initiative, including $16 billion in direct payments to farmers. These new payments come on top of at...
Study: Removal of ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Drinking Water Poses Severe and Costly Challenges to Local Communities
Removal of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS from drinking water costs local communities millions of dollars, says a new Environmental Working Group study, published today in the European...
High Levels of Bayer’s Weedkiller Found in Hummus, Chickpeas
Independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the notorious weedkiller linked to cancer, in more than 80 percent of non-organic hummus and chickpeas...
Study: Disposal of PFAS Waste Increases Contamination
In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Chemosphere, scientists at the Environmental Working Group conclude that burning, discarding and flushing waste containing the toxic fluorinated...
EWG: USDA Must Do More To Protect Meat Workers
The following is the statement of Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president of government affairs, on Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue's May 5 letter on meatpacker expectations.
FDA Plan For Livestock Antibiotics Phase-Out Is Too Little, Too Late
The federal Food and Drug Administration's call for the livestock industry to voluntarily stop dosing healthy animals with antibiotics is “is long overdue and inadequate”, Heather White, executive...
EWG's Scott Faber Urges Congress to Reform Biofuels Policy
Congress should reform the federal biofuels program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard by reducing the requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline and ending corn ethanol's exemption from...
EWG’s Cook Applauds Wash State AG’s Lawsuit Against Food Industry’s Secretive Spending On GMO Labeling Initiative
Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook today called on the Grocery Manufacturers Association to fully disclose which member companies contributed money to the secretive and potentially illegal...
Senator Helps to Protect Our Food
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) helped to protect the safety of food today by stripping a controversial rider that would have given Monsanto and other agrichemical...
Legislation Would Require Clear Labeling of GE Food
Environmental Working Group applauds Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) for introducing the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, bipartisan legislation that would...
EWG Commends Whole Foods for Setting Deadline for Labeling GE Foods
Environmental Working Group applauds food retailer Whole Foods Market for its decision to label any foods sold in its U.S. and Canadian stores that contain genetically engineered ingredients by 2018...
EWG President Ken Cook's statement on California Proposition 37
Top Natural Foods Industry Leaders Say California's Prop 37 GMO Labeling Bid Won't Raise Food Prices
Executives of Whole Foods Market and other top natural and organic food companies held a conference call with reporters yesterday to support California's Proposition 37, a ballot initiative that calls...
Chemical Giants Spend Millions To Fight GMO Food Labeling
GMO Ag Company Touts Seed Corn With A Bug Zapper in Every Bite
Johnson & Johnson Cleans Formaldehyde Out Of Baby Products, Moving To Adult Goods
Washington, D.C. – EWG executive director Heather White said that personal care products giant Johnson & Johnson has taken a major step forward by reformulating about 100 of its baby products to...
Farm Bill Falls Far Short Of Vital Reform
The bill produced by the farm bill conference committee falls far short of the reforms needed to create a federal food and agricultural policy that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, the...
Obama Energy Plan Threatens Air, Land, Water
President Obama's State of the Union message calling for accelerating natural gas production is “a serious threat to our air, land and water,” Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook said today...
Waxman’s Retirement Huge Loss for Environment, Public Health
The departure of environmental and public health champion Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., “will be an enormous loss to anyone who cares about safe drinking water, clean air, food safety and children's...
Farm Bill Takes Food and Farm Policy Down the Wrong Path
Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the following statement in response to the passage of the farm bill in the Senate.