EWG Thanks Hedstrom
Susan Meek Vice-President of Licensing & Communications Hedstrom Corporation 3436 North Kennicott Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Dear Susan, I am writing to thank you for Hedstroms laudable step of...
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Judge Becker: Asbestos Arbiter - FAIR or UnFAIR?
Judge Edward Becker of the U.S. Circuit Court in Philadelphia was asked by Senate leaders to oversee negotiations around a compromise asbestos trust fund bill. In a letter to Judge Becker, EWG...
Government Asked to Evaluate the Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water
Citing a strong body of peer-reviewed evidence, EWG today asked the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water in its authoritative...
More Civil Rights Trouble at USDA: GAO Investigators Kicked Out of Offices
WASHINGTON, March 3 – Last week, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials ordered auditors from the Government Accountability Office out of their offices, and ordered USDA employees not to speak with...
EWG testimony to the FDA's Science Board
Testimony by Olga V. Naidenko, Ph.D. to the FDA's Science Board regarding the FDA's draft risk assessment for BPA in food packaging.
Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD
Oversight Hearing on Natural Gas Drilling in the New York City Watershed, Part II Before the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection Friday, December 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m...
EWG's comments on EPA's exposure assessment report for PBDEs
Download this PDF. National Center for Environmental Assessment Environmental Protection Agency c/o EPA Docket Center, Mail Code 2822T EPA West Building 1301 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20005...
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Polluter Privilege
Across Ohio, small and large businesses have polluted public drinking water supplies with impunity. An Environmental Working Group analysis of Ohio EPA data and an internal, unpublished report from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) shows that industries have contaminated at least 54 public water supplies, but have been held responsible for contributing toward cleanup in only
EWG presses regulators to investigate use of pesticide in liquid soap
Download PDF version. Office of Pesticide Programs Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Regarding: EPA’s Decision to Support Re-registration of Triclosan...
Leading Scientists Call for Increases Pesticide Testing on Children's Favorite Foods
Leading pesticide researchers write FDA, USDA and EPA to call for increased monitoring of pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables, as well as more study of pesticide effects on children.
EWG's Comments on CCA Ban Petition HP01-3
Testimony before the Consumer Product Safety Commission Jane Houlihan Vice President for Research Environmental Working Group Washington DC Download the PowerPoint File March 17, 2003 I appreciate the...
Remove CSI Toy with Asbestos from Shelves
Download this letter as a PDF Download the PDF of the ADAO report View EWG press release View letter to Costco December 4, 2007 Tom DeLuca/Al Kaufman Toys “R” Us, Inc. Headquarters One Geoffrey Way...
Statement of Kenneth A. Cook
Statement of Kenneth A. Cook, President, Environmental Working Group before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation on crucial issues surrounding the safety and...
Testimony of Deborah Rice, Ph.D.
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Science Under Siege: Scientific Integrity and the Environmental Protection Agency Download PDF file of...
EWG Urges EPA: Protect Public from Chromium-6 in Tap Water
EWG submits comments on EPA's IRIS program draft toxicological review of hexavalent chromium.
EWG Takes a Stand on Food Marketed for Children
EWG strongly supports the proposed nutrition principles of the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children.
New Research Fuels Demand for BPA-Free Food Cans
EWG writes FDA commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg that a pivotal new study intensifies concerns about the danger of bisphenol A, plastics chemical and synthetic estrogen, to public health.
EWG’s Ken Cook Testifies On House Bill to Reform Chemicals Law
EWG President Ken Cook testifies to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection about the major shortcomings in the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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From Bureaucrats to Fat Cats
Most Washington insiders are familiar with the concept of the revolving door— former government officials leave their respective agencies to work as lawyers, lobbyists and consultants, offering easy access to the government process and insider knowhow to clients. The problem is so pervasive that one of President Clinton's first presidential acts was to establish rules dictating how long former
EWG Commends McDonald's on Eliminating Polystyerene Cups
EWG President Ken Cook urges company CEO to press ahead with other efforts to improve the sustainability of its restaurants' practices.
EWG's Scott Faber Testifies Before Congress about Renewable Fuel Standard
Testimony of Scott Faber, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group before the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety and the Senate Committee on Environment and...
Hexavalent Chromium Carcinogenic to Humans: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium
June 10, 2014 Re: IRIS Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium; Cr(VI) Docket EPA-HQ-ORD-2014-0313 Environmental Working Group is a research and advocacy nonprofit organization working to protect...
California May Roll Back Cuts in Consumer Product Pollution
EWG urges the California Air Resources Board to reverse a proposal that would weaken safety and anti-smog standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other household products.
EWG To California: Control Toxic Fumes from Household Products
EWG urged the California Air Resources Board to set strict, health-based standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other consumer goods.