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News Wrapup: Earthquakes, Nail Polish and Diabetes

A summary of a U.S. Geological Survey finding associating earthquakes with the oil and gas drilling process was mentioned by The Atlantic, and re-printed in Yahoo! Finance and SFist. Bill Allayaud was...
Food & Water
Food
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

‘Forever chemicals’ in freshwater fish: Mapping a growing environmental justice problem

From coast to coast, and in almost every state in the U.S., high levels of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS contaminate freshwater fish. The potential harm is not limited to fish, but the...
Rainbow trout
Research

Dirty Secrets: Vinyl Chloride

The story of vinyl chloride is a tale of corporate deception in which chemical industry executives kept workers and government health officials in the dark about the debilitating and sometimes fatal consequences of working with the chemical.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

What they’re saying about the EPA’s proposal to regulate ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water

Here’s what leaders from environmental, health and community advocacy organizations are saying about the EPA’s announcement, which marks historic progress on addressing PFAS:

Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Loving those tasty spring holiday candies? Look out for harmful ingredients

Spring holidays are almost here and stores are flush with popular Easter- and Passover-themed sweets, but beware, some candies often contain chemicals that can harm your health.
Peeps
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
California

Gov. Newsom’s gas price penalty proposal targeting Big Oil sails through Senate

California’s Senate today passed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to give state energy regulators the authority to punish Big Oil refiners for hiking gas prices in the future.
Car being filled with gas
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Cancer risks and prevention

Cancer affects all communities, some disproportionately more than others. That’s why it’s vital to learn as much as possible about how to decrease cancer risk.
Outdoor exercise class
Chemical Policy
Mercury
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

FDA Warns Of Mercury in Skin Creams

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned this week that more than 35 imported skin creams, antiseptic soaps and anti-aging lotions have recently been tied to mercury poisoning that in some...
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
California

California gas prices tick up as lawmakers consider penalty on Big Oil’s windfall profits

The average price for a gallon of gas in California is roughly 24 cents more than a month ago, with prices up to almost $5 a gallon, once again some of the highest in the U.S.
Car being filled with gas
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
California

For Californians looking to install solar, time is running out to take advantage of state’s financial incentives

The financial incentives California offers residents and small business owners seeking to install solar panels and batteries will be slashed when new rules take effect in April.

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Groundbreaking map shows toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in more than 330 wildlife species

Today the Environmental Working Group published an analysis of peer-reviewed data that for the first time shows the global scope of contamination by the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, which may be...
Beluga whale
Research

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 330 other species of wildlife around the world, some endangered or threatened.
Polar bear
Research

Proof of problems: Bitcoin mining’s pollution toll on U.S. communities

Once-dead coal-fired power plants roaring back to life and spewing hazardous emissions, trout being overheated and chopped up by a utility’s water pipe, non-stop white noise at levels that can damage hearing – these are just some of the ways bitcoin mining has been polluting communities across the U.S.
Bitcoin on a fan
Change the Code, Not the Climate

Big air quality problems in Big Sky Country

Big Sky Country has a big air pollution problem, thanks to cryptocurrency mining. Air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise as a result of flaring, coal-fired power plants and other energy sources working 24 hours a day, seven days a week, just to “mine” bitcoin.
Bitcoin mine in Hardin, Montana
Change the Code, Not the Climate

Driven from their home, determined to fight

Cyndie Roberson finally had her dream home here. But the arrival of several crypto mines in this small community brought with it blaring high-pitched noise 24 hours a day, seven days a week – and it drove her to leave.
Appalachian mountains

EWG testimony to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on the 2023 Farm Bill

Attached is EWG’s testimony to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on conservation and forestry programs in the 2023 Farm Bill.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA proposes bold new limits for tackling 'forever chemicals' in drinking water

Today the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled unprecedented new limits on the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS as a way to tackle drinking water contamination. The proposal targets six...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

25 current members of the House collected $14 million in federal farm subsidies

Dozens of House lawmakers and their immediate family members, including eight members of the House Agriculture Committee or their family members, received over $14 million in federal farm subsidies...

U.S. Capitol building
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Regional Issues
California

The system works: How a new law could end Big Oil’s gas price gouging in California

At the end of March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law passed by leaders in the state legislature that aims to end Big Oil’s rampant gas price gouging at the pump.

Pumping gas
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Going, going, gone? EWG finds glyphosate levels drop in oat-based products

When it comes to a harmful pesticide in your cereal or oatmeal, do you want the good or bad news first?
Get glyphosate out of cereal
Family Health
Toxic Chemicals

California Assembly Environmental Committee advances ban on fiberglass in mattresses and other upholstered furniture

Today, the California Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxics Materials Committee approved a bill to ban the sale of mattresses and upholstered furniture that contain fiberglass and other toxic flame...
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from cleaners

Today California lawmakers in the Environmental Safety and Toxics Materials Committee approved a new bill to ban toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS from household and industrial cleaners sold in...
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California makes strides to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in artificial turf

On April 18, the California Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxics Materials Committee approved a measure that would ban the manufacturing and sale of artificial turf containing the toxic “forever...
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

EWG applauds President Biden for blasting House Republican plot to slash food assistance for hungry Americans

Today President Joe Biden addressed a proposal by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to end food assistance for many hungry people as a condition for raising the federal government’s debt ceiling...