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EWG News Roundup (8/24): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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On Cosmetics Safety, U.S. Trails More Than 40 Nations
U.S. regulation of chemicals and contaminants in cosmetics is falling behind the rest of the world, according to an EWG analysis.
Report: Boosting Energy Efficiency Would Bring Vast Health Benefits
A new report estimated the sweeping public health benefits that a 15 percent reduction in energy demand would yield in one year.
Pucker Up for a Dose of Lead
On Valentine's Day, sweethearts bestow millions of lipstick-stained kisses. But those smooches could include a dose of lead.
New GE Crops/Weed Killer Combo Puts Foods At Risk
More than 440,000 acres of food crops – including potatoes, peas, grapes and tomatoes – could soon be in the toxic spray zones of a weed-killing chemical linked to Parkinson's disease and reproductive...
Curb Farm-Payment Excesses
Des Moines Register Published July 14, 2007 Work on the 2007 farm bill comes at an exciting time for agriculture in America. Adding energy crops as a third major source of income, along with food and...
Half of Coal Plants Lose Too Much Money to Stay Open on the Free Market
Despite efforts by the Trump administration and some states to prop up the coal industry, its future remains bleak.
Senate Farm Bill Amendment Would Rein in Crop Insurance Subsidies for the Rich
A new amendment to the Senate farm bill that limits crop insurance subsidies for the wealthiest farmers would save taxpayers more than $490 million dollars over the next 10 years.
Study: Fracking Linked to Low Birth Weight in Babies
Babies of mothers who live near fracked natural gas wells are more likely to be born underweight, according to a new study of more than 1.1 million births in Pennsylvania.
EWG and Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals: 20 Years in the Fight Against PFAS
In 2001, attorney Robert Bilott filed a federal class-action suit against DuPont for polluting the drinking water of more than 70,000 people in and around Parkersburg, W.Va., with PFOA, a Teflon...
Frac Sand Mining, Coming to You Soon?
The boom in hydraulic fracking to extract natural gas and oil has created a huge demand for silica sand.
Too Loud To Be Silenced
Before Sunday's climate march in New York City, environmental groups expected a turnout of maybe 100,000. The NY police thought the number would be closer to 30,000. Hardly anyone expected the total...
How Corn Ethanol Is Worse For Climate Change Than The Keystone Pipeline
Do you think the federal government couldn't order something worse for the environment than the Keystone XL oil pipeline? Think again.
Earth to Paris: Corn Ethanol is a Climate Disaster
Corn ethanol, once thought of as a way for the U.S. to cut carbon pollution, is conspicuously absent from the emissions reduction plan the White House submitted ahead of the global climate conference...
Corn Growers Don’t Need the Corn Ethanol Mandate
The corn ethanol mandate requires refiners to blend more and more ethanol into gasoline. But there is already a “natural” marketplace demand for ethanol. If there were no mandate, gasoline refiners...
Clean Energy Jobs in Great Lakes Outnumber Jobs in Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Energy by More Than 4 to 1
The new clean energy economy provides over four times more jobs in the Great Lakes region than the fossil fuel and nuclear power industries, according to EWG's analysis of recent reports.
Trump’s Coal Bailout, Repeal of Clean Power Plan Would Bring Early Death to Many Americans
The Trump administration's proposals to prop up the coal industry and roll back clean air rules would mean early deaths for tens of thousands of Americans, according to new research.
Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy for the U.S. Possible? Yes.
Across America, devastating hurricanes, hellish wildfires, deadly heat waves and other disasters have brought the climate change crisis close to home. In response, more than 100 cities, counties and...
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Timeline: BPA from Invention to Phase-Out
BPA was invented nearly 120 years ago and currently used in enormous amounts to manufacture hard plastic water bottles and to make epoxy linings of metal food cans, like those for canned infant formula. Stuides conducted over the past 20 years now show it to be not only a ubiquitous pollutant in the human body - it contaminates nearly 93% of the population - but also a potent developmental toxin
A Disaster Waiting To Happen…Forever
A bid to establish a dedicated trust fund to compensate farmers and ranchers who suffer weather damage to crops and livestock would direct most of the funds to a handful of states where agricultural...
New Tests Find High Levels of Hazardous Chlorination Byproducts in D.C. Tap Water
In spite of the best efforts of the Washington Aqueduct to provide quality tap water to the District of Columbia, tests conducted by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in May of 2007 revealed toxic...
Down the Drain: Chemicals From Personal Care Products Polluting SF Bay
Hormone-disrupting chemicals from a wide variety of consumer products are polluting San Francisco Bay, posing risks to marine life and challenges for consumers and utility districts.
Ken Cook Statement on National Black Farmers Association President’s Congressional Subcommittee Testimony
Today, Dr. John Boyd, President of the National Black Farmer's Association, testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Drilling on Federal Game Habitat Has Doubled This Decade
Oil and gas drilling in big game habitat on Western public lands has more than doubled in the past decade, pushing sportsmen out of their favorite hunting spots, according to an Environmental Working...