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EWG to FDA: Sunscreen Regs Good Step, Not Enough
EWG Urges Chair of DOE Natural Gas Panel to Step Down
EWG calls for resignation of John Deutch, chairman of the Secretary of Energy's advisory board on natural gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing, because of financial ties to the oil and gas industry...
Up In Smoke
Electricity generation from old, heavily-polluting coal-fired power plants rose 15.8 percent nationwide between 1992 and 1998, an increase big enough to power all the industries, businesses and homes in the state of California for a year. This jump, which was spurred in large part by loopholes in the Clean Air Act and the deregulation of the wholesale electric power market, threatens to erode
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New York: Explain Why Drillers Got Early Info
Into the Mouths of Babes
n a little-noticed decision earlier this year, the EPA's top scientific committee on children's health declared that protections against the toxic weed killer atrazine in food and water should not be considered safe for infants and children. According to the Office of Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee:
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EWG Asks FDA, NTP to Wind Up Study of Vitamin A In Sunscreen
Comments to EPA on Chesapeake Bay Initiatives
Testing for pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the New York City drinking water supply
FDA FOIA Re: Brazilian Blowout
FOIA request to FDA regarding reports from Oregon regarding the discovery of formaldehyde in test samples of Brazilian Blowout.
Above the Law
An Environmental Working Group analysis of recently released enforcement records from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) reveals a persistent pattern of “significant violations” of the Clean Air Act (CAA) in five major industries. Hundreds of large facilities in auto assembly, iron and steel, petroleum refining, pulp manufacturing, and metal smelting and refining are threatening
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"Strengthen USDA Conservation Programs," Environmental Groups Tell Ag Committee Leaders
"As you renew food and farm policy, we urge you to strengthen USDA conservation programs in order to reward farmers and ranchers who take steps to protect our air, water and wildlife."
EWG Urges FDA Not to Remove Labeling From Artificially Sweetened Dairy Products
Regulation of New Chemicals, Protection of Confidential Business Information, and Innovation
Heather White testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy on Regulation of New Chemicals, Protection of...
EWG and 11 Other Health,Consumer Groups Call for New Cell Phone Radiation Standards
Citing the soaring number of wireless devices in the hands of children, long-standing flaws in federal cell phone radiation standards and new science raising questions about cell phone safety, 12...
Ban Methyl Parathion Now
Triclosan-containing antibacterial soaps neither safe nor effective:
Triclosan-containing antibacterial soaps neither safe nor effective: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the Food and Drug Administration proposed data requirements for antibacterial soaps...
Ken Cook Testifies Against Industry's Chemical Bill
Testimony of Kenneth Cook, President of the Environmental Working Group on S. 697 before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Testimony on S.543
Chemical Reform Law Falls Short in Protecting Public Health, Environment
Environmental Working Group issued the following statement ahead of expected passage today by the House on H.R.3576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2016.
EWG Comments on Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of Existing Collection
Trump to Pull Out of Climate Accord as Early as Tomorrow, Adviser Says
President Trump will pull out of the historic Paris climate agreement as early as Tuesday, according to the adviser who led the Environmental Protection Agency transition. The Hill newspaper reports...
EWG Fires Back at White House’s Lies on Pruitt’s Record
Statement from Scott Faber, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs: Scott Pruitt, and now the White House, have repeatedly lied about phosphorus standards for the Illinois River. In response to...
Mineral Fusion’s EWG VERIFIED® Products Heading to CVS Shelves
Denver-based cosmetics and personal care brand Mineral Fusion will begin selling over 125 EWG VERIFIED® color cosmetics in more than 300 CVS stores in California, making its product line more...