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EWG and Allies Urge Defeat of Biofuels Green House Gas Analysis Exemption

American Bird Conservancy * Center for Biological Diversity * Clean Air Task Force Clean Water Action * Defenders of Wildlife * Environment America * Environmental Working Group * Environmental...

EWG to FDA: Halt All Use of Deca-Laced Plastic Food Pallets

Dr. Margaret Hamburg Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Ave WO1-3339 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Re: Use of Deca in plastic food pallets Dear Dr. Hamburg...

California Urged To Add Bisphenol-A (BPA) To Prop 65 Toxics List

Oral testimony of Bill Allayaud, Director of Government Affairs, California Office, Environmental Working Group before the meeting of California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment's...

EWG's letter to EPA

The Honorable Stephen L. Johnson Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.. Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Johnson: In 2005, EPA and the...

Mercury Memo

Like lead, mercury is toxic to the developing brain. It blocks the natural formation and migration of nerve cells and alters brain growth and development. The fetus is most vulnerable to mercury and...

Probabilistic exposure and risk assessment for children who contact CCA-treated wood on playsets and decks and CCA-containing so

Statement by Jane Houlihan, Vice President for Research, Environmental Working Group on the probabilistic exposure and risk assessment for children who contact CCA-treated wood on playsets and decks...

EWG Comments to FDA on Nano-Scale Ingredients in Cosmetics

EWG submits comments to FDA on the need for a public process to identify and evaluate the safety of nanomaterials in cosmetics. Recommendations to FDA include the need to identify nano-scale materials...

EWG backs strict California chromium-6 goal

EWG urges California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to set a strict public health goal for hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium-6, a probable carcinogen, and move rapidly to...

EWG To New York: Don't Give Drillers Inside Track

Thomas Cluderay, EWG assistant general counsel offers remarks on New York's draft drilling plan on the steps of New York City Hall. He presents information received by EWG revealing that state...

U.S. Toxics Registry Should Set Exposure Limit For Chemicals in "Teflon" Family

EWG comments that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry draft toxicological profile for perfluoroalkyl compounds lacks risk-based values despite abundant data that the chemical family...

EWG's Ken Cook Lends Support for Washington State's GMO Labeling Initiative

On February 14, 2013, EWG President Ken Cook testified before the Washington State Senate's Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development Committee in support of the state's common-sense ballot...

EWG Letter in Support of Asbestos Ban

Click to download PDF file October 10, 2007 The Honorable Patty Murray United States Senate - Washington Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chair, Committee on Environment and Public...

Oral testimony of Heather White on the regulation of new chemicals, protection of confidential business information, and innovation

Oral testimony of Heather White, Executive Director, Environmental Working Group before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and the Ecomomy...

TRIPS Agreement as an Instrument for Cross Retaliation and the WTO Rules

An alternative for Brazil in case of non-compliance by the USA in the appellate decision on the cotton suit Prepared by Maristela Basso and Edson Beas of the Institute for Trade and Development Rights...

Testimony on S.697 before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

Testimony of Kenneth Cook on S. 697 before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

EWG’s Statement On House Consideration Of GMO Labeling Bill

EWG President Ken Cook issued the following statement today in response to the House's consideration of the Roberts-Stabenow GMO labeling bill the House is expected to take up this week.

Personal Care Products Safety Act Letter to Senate Leadership

Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced the Personal Care Products Safety Act, S.1014, which would modernize federal oversight of personal care products. The bill...

Congressional Leaders Push EPA to Scrap or Delay Proposed Bans on Toxic Chemicals

The House Appropriations Committee is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to scrap or delay proposed bans on three highly toxic chemicals – trichloroethylene, or TCE; methylene chloride, or MC...

California Sets Nation’s Toughest Tap Water Limit for Carcinogenic ‘Garbage’ Chemical

In a unanimous vote today, the California Water Resources Control Board adopted a stringent, health-protective drinking water limit for 1,2,3-trichloropropane, or TCP, an extremely potent carcinogen...

Nominee for White House Environment Czar, a Notorious Science Skeptic, Clears Committee

WASHINGTON – President Trump’s nominee to chair the Council on Environmental Quality was approved today in a party-line vote by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The nominee, Kathleen...

Senate Bill a Boon for Organic Agriculture and Consumers

The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 introduced today by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., would expand market opportunities for America's farmers and ranchers, generate more jobs in the fastest growing segment of...

EWG Asks Toyota to Issue Recall on “Partnership” Claimed by EPA

Attached is a letter by EWG to the Chief Executive Officer of Toyota Motor North America on their recently announced partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency. EWG calls on Toyota backtrack...

EWG’s Letter to California AG on Rodan + Field’s Misleading Cosmetics Claims

EWG sent a letter to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra urging the state to stop Rodan + Fields from making misleading claims about harmful ingredients in its products.

EWG Applauds Rep. Pallone’s Call for FDA Inquiry into Cosmetics Giant’s Deception

WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., urged the Food and Drug Administration to investigate whether cosmetics giant Rodan + Fields used deceptive marketing to downplay the risks of a possibly...