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Attack of the Killer Weeds

Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act allows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant "emergency" and "crisis" exemptions from pesticide health and safety standards for farmers facing sudden and potentially catastrophic pest infestations. By definition, granting these exemptions is a hurried procedure, accompanied by less than a full scientific study of
COVID-19
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers

EWG Applauds HEROES 2.0 Act

Today the House unveiled the HEROES 2.0 Act. Here is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California Law Bans Toxic PFAS From Firefighting Foam

California Gov. Gavin Newson signed into law a measure to ban the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS from firefighting foams. PFAS-based firefighting foams – known as aqueous film-fighting foam...

Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Algae

Toxic Beaches: Hundreds of Closures and Health Warnings in 2020

Toxic algae and bacteria forced the closure of at least 116 U.S. beaches and triggered health warnings at 162 more this spring and summer, according to an investigation by the Environmental Working...

Toxic Chemicals
COVID-19

Former CDC Director, Hero of Smallpox Fight, Joins EWG’s Call for Redfield To Resign Over Trump Administration’s Botched Covid-19 Response

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who led the successful effort to stamp out smallpox, has joined EWG in calling on the current CDC director to resign over the...
Energy
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
California
Federal & State Energy Policy

World Energy Outlook: Solar Power Will Be ‘the New King’ by 2030

Renewables, led by solar power, will become the dominant source of the world's electricity by 2030, according to a just-released analysis by the International Energy Agency.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Defying a Federal Court Order, Trump’s EPA Approves Continued Use of Toxic Weedkiller Dicamba

In defiance of a federal court order, on Tuesday the Environmental Protection Agency extended the use of a weedkiller linked to cancer, pitting farmers who use it on genetically engineered crops...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies

National Black Farmers Association and EWG Applaud the Justice for Black Farmers Act

The following is the statement of John Boyd, founder and president of the National Black Farmers Association, and Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs, on the introduction...

Children’s Health
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

In Major Win for Consumers, Johnson & Johnson Ends Sale of Talc-Based Baby Powders

EWG today welcomed the news that Johnson & Johnson will soon end the sale of talc-based baby powders in the U.S. and Canada, and called on other cosmetic companies to end the use of talc in other...

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

In Final Defense Bill, Too Little Progress on ‘Forever Chemicals’

A House-Senate conference committee today approved a final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021, which both houses will vote on before it goes to the White House for President...

Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

Next Agriculture Secretary Must Confront New Food and Farm Challenges

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Tom Vilsack to be Secretary of Agriculture, according to news reports. Here is a statement from Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs

Energy
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
Fossil & Nuclear
Federal & State Energy Policy

Biden’s Choice of Granholm for Energy Secretary Heralds Shift to Clean, Renewable Sources

President-elect Joe Biden's pick of former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be energy secretary signals a commitment to the clean energy revolution – a sharp contrast to the Trump administration's...

Conflict of Interest: Minn. Official Tied to 3M Drags Feet on Teflon Testing

EWG sent this letter to Sheryl Corrigan, Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. A Minnesota Public Radio investigation raised concerns about Corrigan's priorities with regard to 3M...

EPA Needs to Set Enforceable Standards for Currently Unregulated Drinking Water Pollutants

Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board (SAB), Public Teleconference on the EPA SAB Drinking Water Committee report on EPA's draft Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate...
Chromium-6

In an email to the JOEM editorial board

The following email was sent by JOEM editor Paul Brandt-Rauf to the members of the Journal's Editorial Board via Managing editor Marjory Spraycar. From: Paul Brandt-Rauf Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006...

EWG Letter to Infant Formula Manufacturers

Background. BPA is a toxic plastics chemical that leaches from the lining of metal food cans, including infant formula cans. Based on limited data from an FDA testing program of infant formula (14...
Energy

Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD at Oversight Hearing on Hardrock Mining on Federal Land

Before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. Public Lands Analyst Environmental Working Group Submitted for the Record Background Mr. Chairman...
Farm Subsidies

Statement: Washington Post "Backward in the Senate"

Charles Lane uncorked this beaut last week, after the Dorgan-Grassley and Klobuchar amendments went down. It's a fitting contribution to the legacy of the late Peter Milius, who roared on the Post's...
Phthalates

Risks of Plastic Chemical Add Up for Infants

Statement of Olga Naidenko, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Environmental Working Group to the National Research Council Meeting 2 – Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates

FDA should adopt EPA tap water health goals as enforceable limits for bottled water

Regarding proposed amendment of 21 CFR Parts 129 and 165 Docket No. FDA-2008-N-0446 Download as PDF file. Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a non-profit health and environmental research and...

Infant Formula Companies Should Come Clean on Melamine, BPA

Download the letter PDF version. Stephen W. Golsby President, Mead Johnson & Company 2400 W. Lloyd Expressway Evansville, IN 47721 Re: Melamine in baby formula Dear Mr. Golsby, We are concerned about...

EWG and Allies Urge Defeat of Biofuels Green House Gas Analysis Exemption

American Bird Conservancy * Center for Biological Diversity * Clean Air Task Force Clean Water Action * Defenders of Wildlife * Environment America * Environmental Working Group * Environmental...

EWG to FDA: Halt All Use of Deca-Laced Plastic Food Pallets

Dr. Margaret Hamburg Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Ave WO1-3339 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 Re: Use of Deca in plastic food pallets Dear Dr. Hamburg...
Regional Issues
California

California Urged To Add Bisphenol-A (BPA) To Prop 65 Toxics List

Oral testimony of Bill Allayaud, Director of Government Affairs, California Office, Environmental Working Group before the meeting of California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment's...