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It’s Here: EWG’s Free iPhone App for Sunscreens
WASHINGTON, D.C – Consumers can now turn to their iPhones to assist them in selecting the most effective sunscreen products with a free application, or App, linked to Environmental Working Group's...
Concerns Remain on Voluntary C-8 Phase Out
Oakland, Calif. – The chemical industry's agreement with the federal Food and Drug Administration to phase out toxic perfluorinated compounds used to grease-proof pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags...
CA House Votes BPA Ban in Kids' Food Wares
Oakland, Ca – The health of California's children was the watchword today in Sacramento as the State Assembly voted 43-31 to ban the hormone-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and...
HBO to Premiere Explosive Natural Gas Documentary
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Film director Josh Fox grew up in rural Pennsylvania on the Delaware River, which sits above the natural gas-rich Marcellus shale formation deep underground.
San Francisco Says Cell Phone Retailers Must List Radiation Levels
SAN FRANCISCO, June 9 – The City of San Francisco will require cell phone retailers to display the levels of radiation emitted by their phones, following the Board of Supervisors' adoption Tuesday of...
Driving Under the Influence: Huge Taxpayer Investment in Ethanol Yields Paltry Payoff
WASHINGTON – June 15, 2010. Between 2005 and 2009, U.S. taxpayers spent a whopping $17 billion to subsidize corn ethanol blends in gasoline. What did they get in return? A reduction in overall oil...
Renewable Fuels Goals In Climate Bills Threaten Millions of Acres of Forest
Washington, D.C. – At least 30 million acres of America's forests could be cut down and used for fuel at US power plants if renewable fuels and biomass provisions of current Congressional climate and...
NC Panel OKs Toxic Teflon Chemical in Drinking Water
North Carolinians could be exposed to much higher concentrations of a notorious Teflon chemical than the rest of the country under a proposed state regulation that would allow unsafe levels of the...
EWG Urges Apple to Back Cell Phone Radiation Disclosure at San Francisco Retailers
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3 – Environmental Working Group (EWG), which published the first consumer-friendly guide to the radiation emitted by cellphones >, has requested that Apple lend its support to San...
2010 Shopper's Guide Helps Consumers Reduce Pesticide Exposure
Washington, DC - Environmental Working Group (EWG) delivers the sixth edition of its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides with updated information on 49 fruits and vegetables and their total pesticide load...
EWG Asks FDA, NTP to Wind Up Study of Vitamin A In Sunscreen
Washington, DC – Environmental Working Group (EWG) president Ken Cook today urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Toxicology Program (NTP) to speed their analysis of a seminal...
Report: Only 8 Percent of Sunscreens Recommended
Washington, D.C. - The fourth annual Sunscreen Guide by Environmental Working Group (EWG) gives low marks to the current crop of sunscreen products, with a few notable exceptions. EWG researchers...
International Study: High Cell Phone Use May Raise Tumor Risk
Washington, DC – The Interphone Study Group, a 10-year, 13-nation scientific collaboration coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a United Nations agency, has wrapped up its...
Secret chemicals revealed in celebrity perfumes, teen body sprays
San Francisco - A new analysis reveals that top-selling fragrance products—from Britney Spears' Curious and Hannah Montana Secret Celebrity to Calvin Klein Eternity and Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce...
President’s Cancer Panel Warns Public of Chemical Dangers
Washington, D.C. – In a landmark report issued today, the President's Cancer Panel asserts that public health officials have "grossly underestimated" the likelihood that environmental contaminants...
Despite Record Deficits and Anger Over Government Spending, Federal Commodity Crop Spending Continues Unabated
In a time of ballooning federal budget deficits, robust farm income and increasing populist anger over government spending and intervention in the private sector, it would seem prudent to trim...
Lawmakers Tackle Toxic Policy Reforms
The effort to protect Americans from chemical dangers took a historic step forward today as Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Environmental Health, introduced...
BPA Ban Now Law in Maryland
Maryland has become the fifth state to ban the use of the plastics chemical, bisphenol A (BPA) in children's products, including baby bottles and sippy cups.
Physicians, Makers and Advocates Press For Safer Sunscreens
The coalition led by EWG and dermatologist Steven Q. Wang has asked the FDA to finalize its sunscreen regulations this year and to expedite its review of new ingredients that could enhance the...
EWG To Monitor San Francisco Sludge Policy
The Environmental Working Group will join other watchdog groups in monitoring the San Francisco Public Utility Commission's (SFPUC) controversial management of sewage sludge. EWG President Ken Cook...