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Ohio Regulators: Link Between Recent Quakes and Fracking 'Compelling,' Prompting New Standards

Polluted water resources. Compromised housing values. And now, earthquakes? As companies increasingly rely on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to expand U.S. oil and gas operations, regulators are...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Wildlife warning: More than 330 species contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

Polar bears have a PFAS problem: Pollution from the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS contaminates polar bears, tigers, monkeys, pandas, dolphins and fish and has been documented in more than 600...
Polar bear
Change the Code, Not the Climate

Bitcoin miner ‘greenwashing’: Claims that nuclear-powered crypto operation is clean energy

As cryptocurrencies struggle with soaring electricity prices that squeeze profits, one major bitcoin mining operation will soon be the first in the U.S. to use nuclear power, falsely claiming it’s...

EWG news roundup (2/3): Updated Farm Subsidy Database, FDA creates new role to address food safety failures and more

EWG news roundup (2/3): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup
California

Fraccidents

We've all seen (or at least heard of) the movie "Erin Brockovich" in which a bold and fiercely determined mom takes on a chemical company for exposing a small town and the families and children that...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Chlormequat
Pesticides

Chlormequat: What you need to know about this problematic pesticide

The Environmental Protection Agency could soon allow chlormequat, a pesticide that may harm children’s health, on non-organic wheat and oats used to make hundreds of popular food products. Here’s what...
Baby eating oatmeal
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Proposed cuts “devastating” to farmers, hungry people

The following is the statement of Scott Faber, EWG’s senior vice president for government affairs, on the annual Department of Agriculture spending bill released today by Republican members of the...
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
North Carolina

Duke Energy’s solar attack heads to court

DURHAM, N.C. – The North Carolina Utilities Commission blatantly ignored state law in March by approving Duke Energy’s plan to lower financial benefits for residential solar customers, which would...
Personal Care Products
Sunscreen
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

EWG VERIFIED® Sunscreens: Pioneering healthier choices for consumers

With the launch of EWG VERIFIED® Sunscreens, the Environmental Working Group in a groundbreaking move aims to transform the sunscreen industry and redefine the expectations for sunscreen safety.
Sunscreen bottle with EWG VERIFIED mark
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

California Assembly advances bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in artificial turf

Today the California Assembly in a [insert vote count] vote approved a bill that would ban the manufacturing and sale of artificial turf containing the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
Child touching turf grass
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
California

California Assembly approves ban on fiberglass in mattresses and other upholstered furniture

Today the California Assembly handily passed a state-wide ban on the sale of mattresses and upholstered furniture that contain fiberglass and other toxic flame retardant chemicals.
Child on mattress
Water
Lead
California

California Assembly advances bill to eliminate lead from school drinking water as new test data shows alarming levels at child care centers

Today the California State Assembly voted [insert vote count] in favor of a bill aimed at removing all lead from drinking and cooking water used in schools. If passed, it would help protect young...
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Chemicals

Supreme Court ruling will weaken EPA's authority to protect drinking water sources from agriculture pollution

Today's Clean Water Act ruling by the Supreme Court will limit the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to safeguard much of the country’s drinking water sources from farm pollution runoff.
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies
Family Health
Children’s Health

EWG statement on the debt ceiling agreement: It will hurt hungry people

The following is the statement of Scott Faber, EWG’s senior vice president for government affairs, on the debt ceiling agreement released this week by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin...
Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Chlormequat
Pesticides

EWG comments to EPA on chlormequat

The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the agency not approve the currently petitioned tolerances for chlormequat chloride, revoke the...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Perchlorate

EWG applauds federal court ruling mandating EPA regulate toxic perchlorate in drinking water

On Tuesday a federal appeals court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must use its authority under the Safe Drinking Water Act, or SDWA, to regulate the toxic chemical perchlorate in the U...
Faucet with running water

Taxpayer, farm, rural and environmental advocates urge Congress to reject farm subsidy increases

A diverse group of taxpayer, farm, and environmental groups today urged Congressional leaders to reject attempts to increase reference prices for covered commodity crops as Congress debates the farm...
Crop harvesting
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California advances bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cleaners

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Household and industrial cleaning products sold in California may soon be free of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. Today the California Assembly voted 60-0 in favor of...
Cleaning spray being used on a table

EWG’s 2021 annual report

FOREWARD

As we at EWG reflect on the accomplishments of another year – empowering people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment – we continue to be astonished by the growing community of consumers who use our work every day, the millions of people who have changed the trajectory of what we do, and how EWG has become a powerful force for change. 

In 2021, EWG worked more closely

Hands in a pile
Personal Care Products
Sunscreen
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Protecting delicate skin from harmful UV radiation: Sun safety tips for babies and children

As summer starts, it’s crucial for parents and caregivers to make their kids’ sun safety a priority. Babies and young children have thinner and more sensitive skin that is more vulnerable to the...

Child applying sunscreen
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Regional Issues
California

EWG analysis: As the climate emergency heats up the Southwest, crop insurance payouts for heat surge

Hotter weather linked to climate change drove up crop insurance costs for heat-related crop damage and losses in the Southwest, according to a new Environmental Working Group analysis of federal data...
Crop fields in Las Cruces, NM
Paraquat

The New Lede exposes Syngenta’s efforts to conceal weedkiller link to Parkinson’s disease

Chemical giant Syngenta for decades plotted to hide its own scientific evidence and undermine independent research showing a link between exposure to the company’s weedkiller paraquat and Parkinson’s...
Weedkiller
Children’s Health
Food & Water
Food

Stand Up for REAL Food - Twinkies Aren't Breakfast

Of course you don't serve your kids Twinkies or Chips Ahoy! cookies for breakfast. But many of us are serving our kids just as much - or more - sugar every day in the good ol' American cereal bowl.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

EWG applauds National Defense Authorization Act provisions tackling ‘forever chemicals’

Today the Environmental Working Group applauds the House Armed Services Committee for including several provisions to tackle the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in the National Defense Authorization...