General Mills to Disclose GMOs
EWG applauds General Mills for disclosing the presence of GMOs on their products.
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In Kids’ Cereals, Mini-Servings Hide Mountains of Sugar
Kids who eat a bowl a day of the most popular pre-sweetened cereals could consume five to nine pounds more sugar a year than parents might think from reading nutrition labels, according to a new...
House Oversight Chairman Seeks Details on Interior Secretary’s $139,000 Doors
The chairman of the House oversight committee is asking the Interior Department to provide details of a federal contract for $139,000 to replace doors in Secretary Ryan Zinke's office.
Rep. Gowdy Demands More Details on Scott Pruitt’s First-Class Travel, Condo Deal
Pressure from Congressional investigators mounted today on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to answer questions over his use of taxpayer money to fly first class over...
Scott Pruitt’s ‘Unethical and Potentially Illegal’ Acts, 4 EPA Email Accounts
There was stunning news today on the seemingly endless scandals engulfing Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Crisis of Fluorinated Chemical Pollution Keeps Spreading, With No End in Sight
Two decades after pollution from highly toxic fluorinated chemicals was first reported in American communities and drinking water, the number of known contamination sites is growing rapidly, with no...
White House to Launch Investigation Into Pruitt’s $43K Phone Booth
President Trump's top budget official promised lawmakers the White House will launch a probe into Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's illegal use of taxpayer money to purchase and...
Public Interest Groups Call for Release of Suppressed U.S. Study on PFAS Chemicals
A wide-ranging coalition of public interest groups is calling for the immediate release of a suppressed federal study that says perfluorinated chemicals in drinking water are hazardous at much lower...
Ethics Czar Calls for New Investigations into Latest Scott Pruitt Scandals Ahead of Potential ‘Corrective Action’
Today, the head of the Office of Government Ethics called for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Inspector General to further investigate the latest scandals involving the agency's chief...
EWG Petitions Government to Evaluate Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water
EWG petitions the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to evaluate cancer-causing potential of fluoride in tap water.
Tragic Accidental Death from Mixture of Cleaning Products a Cautionary Warning
The tragic death of a restaurant worker who was overcome from fumes after two cleaning agents were accidentally mixed together is a cautionary example of the serious risks to people when certain...
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Bumper Crop
Congress is now considering giving a handful of the largest farms in the country an enormous “bumper crop” in farm subsidies right before the election. The only farms that will be eligible for the extra subsidies are a few thousand of the very largest farms and agribusinesses in the nation.
Key PFAS Reform Provisions in Jeopardy
Manufacturers of the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS may have scored a big win if key provisions to reduce releases and clean up these contaminants from drinking water sources were...
Try, Try Again: Trump Mulling Taxpayer Bailout of Nuclear Industry
Although previous schemes to bail out the dying nuclear industry fizzled, the Trump administration is at it again. Bloomberg reports that the administration is considering using an obscure Cold War...
California Fails To Test Millions of Children for Lead Exposure
Today, the Auditor for the State of California found that efforts by the California Department of Health Care Services and California Department of Public Health to prevent lead poisoning have failed...
Biomass energy: The dangerous carbon shell game putting forests and climate at risk
To avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis, not only must we drastically cut emissions but we must also remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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The Cash Croppers: Farm Subsidies 1985-1994
Over the past 10 years, American taxpayers made payments totaling $108.9 billion through Federal farm subsidy programs. But just 2 percent of the programs' recipients - only about 60,000 corporations, partnerships and individual farmers - received an astronomical 26.8 percent of the subsidies, $29.2 billion in all.
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Weed Killers By The Glass
Beginning on May 15, 1995, a network of environmental organizations began testing tap water for weed killers in cities across the U.S. Corn Belt, in Louisiana, and in Maryland. Samples were collected every three days from people's homes or offices. Samples collected were sent to the Iowa State Hygienic Lab and analyzed for the presence of atrazine and cyanazine, two of the most heavily used
Medical monitoring bill will provide justice for victims of ‘forever chemicals’
Today, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) and Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) introduced bicameral legislation to allow people exposed to the toxic “forever chemicals” known as...
The EPA hasn’t banned this brain-damaging pesticide, so states are stepping up
Chlorpyrifos is the most widely used organophosphate pesticide in the U.S., with millions of pounds sprayed every year. Scientists have definitively linked it to severe brain damage in children and...
Only 25 percent of sunscreens offer adequate protection, no worrisome ingredients
Today the Environmental Working Group released its 15th annual Guide to Sunscreens. This year, EWG researchers rated the safety and efficacy of more than 1,800 products that advertise sun protection –...
Arsenic in baby food: N.Y. attorney general launches probe into four major brands
A new front just opened in the battle over toxic heavy metals in baby foods.
Hatch Cosmetics Legislation Fails to Protect Consumers From Toxic Ingredients
Yesterday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced legislation that fails to protect families from dangerous chemical ingredients in personal care products.
Environmental Working Group Urges Congress to Pass Landmark Mining Reform Legislation
WASHINGTON - Environmental Working Group (EWG) Public Lands Senior Analyst Dusty Horwitt, called on the Congress to reform the 1872 Mining Act, signed into law by Ulysses S. Grant and not amended in...