Pesticide Defenders Say the Darndest Things
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Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, will join other experts at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club at 6 p.m. tonight for a debate on California ballot initiative Proposition 37, to...
A new Government Accountability Office report recommends that Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency should toughen the federal Clean Water Act's approach to curbing pollution from...
Congressional champions for GE labeling, led by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., held a press conference in support of a letter sent to President Obama. Congressional leaders were joined by Center for Food...
The chemical company Chemtura sued the state of California yesterday seeking to block new fire safety regulations that would permit furniture production without toxic flame retardants.
A new shopping guide released by the Environmental Working Group today will help consumers find supermarket foods made without ingredients likely to be genetically engineered.
The long-overdue changes to the Nutrition Facts label announced today by First Lady Michelle Obama would improve Americans' diets and promote healthier eating, Environmental Working Group said in a...
The 2015 federal budget released by the White House this morning includes important and very welcome initiatives to reform the bloated crop insurance program, Environmental Working Group said in a...
Renee Sharp, research director at the Environmental Working Group said today that the cosmetics industry's legislative proposal to reform cosmetics law would deprive the federal Food and Drug...
The state of California has launched an important initiative to protect its residents from exposures to toxic substances by calling on industry to find safer alternatives for three widely used...
Legislation proposed by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) to reform federal chemicals management law would leave the public at even greater risk of exposure to toxic substances than under the outdated...
A new bill introduced Wednesday by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) aims to cap crop insurance subsidies, a reform that Environmental Working Group has long advocated.
Environmental Working Group (EWG) plans to launch a new food database and mobile app that aims to change the way Americans eat and shop for foods.
Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, dozens of military veterans, and watchdog groups rallied today to voice frustration over the federal government's support of a known polluter in a landmark U.S...
Sales of organic food topped $32 billion in 2013 – up 11.5 percent from the year before – and organic fruits and vegetables now account for more than 10 percent of all produce sold in the United...
EWG's top-rated sunscreen samples, offered to promote the EWG Sun Safety Campaign and 2014 Guide to Sunscreens, sold out in less than two hours.