EWG Urges Ban On Toxic Soft Soap Additive
EWG urges EPA to work with FDA to ban all non-medical uses of triclosan, an antibacterial additive and potent hormone disruptor. In a letter to EPA's pesticide division EWG outlines new evidence that...
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EWG Comments to Dioxin Review Panel
EWG agrees with the EPA's Science Advisory Board assessment that dioxin is carcinogenic to humans. It urges the panel to accelerate its scientific review of dioxin toxicity.
EWG President Ken Cook Testifies at Senate Water Contamination Hearing
EWG president Ken Cook testifies that ensuring safe, accessible drinking water is a core responsibility of the U.S. government.
FDA needs to protect people and the environment from triclosan contamination
EWG comments that FDA's assessment of triclosan in over-the-counter antimicrobial products should weigh evidence suggesting that antibacterial hand soaps and dish detergents are no more effective than...
EWG Testifies in Pa. on BPA
EWG's Richard Wiles testifies to the Pennsylvania legislature on the dangers of BPA in children's products.
Comments to EPA request premarket safety testing for nanomaterials
EWG opposes an EPA pesticide office plan for conditional registration of a nanoscale silver chemical known as HeiQ AGS-20 and used as an antimicrobial, pesticide and textile preservative. EWG asks the...
Nation's top food and nutrition experts call on Congress to invest in healthy food
Now is our chance to turn the farm bill into a healthier food bill, but we need you to stand with us.
Nation’s Top Chefs, Food and Nutrition Experts Call on Congress to Fix House Farm Bill
EWG's Kari Hamerschlag and authors Anna Lappé and Dan Imhoff write the House Agriculture Committee to protest cuts of $16 billion from nutrition assistance and $6.1 billion from conservation programs.
Congressional Testimony on Mining Reform
Congressional Testimony by Dusty Horwitt JD, Public Lands Analyst, Environmental Working Group to the oversight hearing on Hardrock Mining on Federal Land Before the Senate Committee on Energy and...
EPA Must Do More to Prevent Diesel in Fracking Fluid from Threatening Water
EWG comments on EPA's on draft guidance for oil and gas companies that use diesel in fracking fluids. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act requires them to obtain an EPA permit before injecting...
EWG's Ken Cook Testifies On Nuclear Waste Transportation
Hearing: Examination of the Licensing Process for the Yucca Mountain Repository Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at 10 am Submitted for the Record Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe, distinguished...
Groups Challenge Grant for Pro-Pesticide Campaign
We are writing to express our serious concern about the recent decision of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to award a Specialty Crop Block...
EWG response to EPA’s Draft Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet
Download PDF. Read our Bay out of Balance Report November 5, 2010 Water Docket Environmental Protection Agency Mailcode: 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20460 Re: Draft Chesapeake...
Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Stakeholder Perspectives
Testimony of Scott Fabe, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Groupb before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on...
Research
Reading, Writing and Risk
More than two million California children attend school in portable classrooms that can be a significant source of exposure to airborne toxic chemicals and molds, according to state and federal data analyzed by Environmental Working Group (EWG).
FTC FOIA Re: Brazilian Blowout
EWG has been monitoring reports from Oregon regarding the discovery of formaldehyde in test samples of Brazilian Blowout – despite claims that the products are “formaldehyde free.” Oregon health...
EWG response to EPA’s review of chromium-6 health effects
EWG comments on EPA's review of toxicological studies for hexavalent chromium say that there is no need to weaken the conclusions or delay issuing the document.
EWG Calls on FDA to Reform Nutrition Facts Labels to Address Added Sugars and Over-fortification of Food
Comments from Environmental Working Group on the Food and Drug Administration proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts label
EWG Comments to California Department of Public Health: Proposed Chromium 6 Drinking Water Standard Far Too High
In 2013, California proposed a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 micrograms per liter (μg/L) for hexavalent chromium. EWG, in conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Clean Water...
Statement on Federal GMO Labeling Proposal
EWG President Ken Cook issued the following statement in response to the proposal by Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on GMO labeling.
EWG’s Statement on FDA’s Finalized ‘GRAS Rule’
EWG Legislative Attorney Melanie Benesh issued the following statement today in response to the federal Food and Drug Administration's announcement Friday that it finalized its rule governing...
EWG Comments on Chemical Risk Evaluation Procedures Under New TSCA
EWG has spent over a decade advocating for reforms to strengthen the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA should use its expanded authority to create a robust, data-driven risk evaluation process...
EWG Comments on Prioritizing Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under New TSCA
The new requirements under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act will for the first time require the Environmental Protection Agency to systematically review existing...
House Bill to Strengthen Federal Personal Care Products Law
EWG Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber said that draft cosmetics legislation released today by Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., will help make regulation of...