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EPA Pick Pruitt Stymied Cleanup of Scenic River Fouled by Factory Chicken Farm Waste
After taking $40,000 in campaign contributions from poultry industry interests, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt – President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection...
Bill Would Give Californians Right to Know What’s in Cleaning Products
State Sen. Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, introduced legislation today to require manufacturers to disclose the ingredients in cleaning products used by consumers and professional cleaning workers. If...
EWG Applauds Schumer and Gillibrand Petition to Ban Carcinogen in Personal Care Products
The Environmental Working Group commends Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for protecting Americans from exposure to a potentially toxic contaminant in personal care products.
Trump’s EPA Solicits Ideas on How Polluters Can Attack Water Protections
The Trump administration is holding a meeting next week to look for ways to let polluters dump more toxic contaminants into the nation's drinking water. Americans who want clean water can also try to...
"The Height of Idiocy": Americans Tell Trump's EPA What They Think About Easing Drinking Water Safeguards
Almost 40,000 Americans have let the Environmental Protection Agency know what they think about the Trump administration's agenda to eliminate "burdensome" environmental regulations, including those...
Trump Budget Slashes Funds to Help Rural America Keep Farm Pollution Out of Drinking Water
Trump Proposal Puts Americans at Greater Risk from Toxic Chemicals
President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt have determined protecting the public from notorious cancer-causing chemicals like asbestos and 1,4-dioxane is far less...
Report: Some Chemicals May Alter Gene Function for Several Generations
The harmful effects of some chemicals can be passed down not only to children, but also to grandchildren and even great-grandchildren, according to a new EWG report on the growing body of...
Environmental Groups Sue FDA to Take Formaldehyde Out of Salons
The Food and Drug Administration has failed to act on dangerous hair straighteners that contain unsafe levels of formaldehyde and pose a significant health hazard to consumers and salon workers, the...
Report: One-Third of California’s High-Risk Kids Not Tested for Lead Poisoning
Lead is a major threat to children's health, and an EWG analysis of California's most recent lead testing data shows the state has fallen far short of its responsibility to test children at the...
EPA Chief to be Fêted at Chemical Industry Soirée
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will deliver remarks at the annual board meeting of the American Chemistry Council, the main chemical industry trade and lobby group...
Toyota Asked to Issue Massive Recall On “Partnership” Claimed by EPA Chief
The Environmental Working Group is urging Toyota to reject a partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency, because EPA chief Scott Pruitt's plan to "evaluate management practices" is cover for...
Controversial Trump Nominee for Top Chemical Safety Position at EPA Withdraws from Consideration
Michael Dourson, who President Trump nominated to run the chemical safety division at the Environmental Protection Agency, withdrew his name from consideration after it was clear there were not enough...
Scott Pruitt’s Taxpayer Spending Tab Mounts: $120K For GOP Opposition Research Firm to Track News Media
The Environmental Protection Agency spent $120,000 to hire a Republican opposition research and PR firm – the latest example of Administrator Scott Pruitt's questionable spending, which has already...
Scott Pruitt Axed EPA Center That Helps Protect Babies from Arsenic, Pesticides
In Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's latest blow to children's health, the agency is shutting down a vital office that provides funding to scientists studying the impacts of toxic...
Noted Entrepreneur, Philanthropist Shazi Visram Joins EWG Board of Directors
American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder and CEO of Happy Family Brands Shazi Visram has joined the Environmental Working Group's board of directors.
Italian Study Links Cellphone Radiation to Heart and Brain Tumors
Children’s Bath Products Contaminated with Formaldehyde, 1,4-Dioxane
Pruitt Illegally Installed $43K Phone Booth When EPA Already Had 2
Before Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt illegally installed a private phone booth in his office to the tune of $43,000 from taxpayers, there were already two soundproof booths called...
Dems Demand Scott Pruitt Testify Under Oath at House Hearing
Top democrats from the House Energy and Commerce Committee have called for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to testify under oath during a congressional hearing he is...
EWG: Scott Pruitt Should Follow Aides’ Lead and Resign
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt should join his aides Albert “Kell” Kelly and Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta, and resign immediately, said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook...
House Farm Bill Fails
House leaders failed to garner enough support to pass their version of the 2018 farm bill. The following is a statement from Environmental Working Group Senior Vice President for Government Affairs...
Pruitt Taps Former Oil Company PR Flack, Creator of ‘Lock Her Up’ Chant to Run EPA’s Calif. Office
The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency's regional office is a former spokesman for a California oil company that has a long record of environmental violations.
Nearly 28,000 Farmers Got USDA Payments for 32 Straight Years, Totaling $19 Billion
Nearly 28,000 U.S. farmers received taxpayer-funded federal farm subsidies or disaster relief payments for 32 straight years, according to a new EWG analysis of data from the Department of Agriculture...
