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Maryland Lawmakers Vote to Ban BPA
The Maryland Senate today unanimously voted to ban the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups. The Senate's action, by a vote of 45 to 0, marks the last major hurdle...
Not-So-Smart Phones: Some New Favorites Rank High in Radiation
Among the flood of new smart phones, the Motorola Droid, Blackberry Bold, and Google Nexus One rate high marks from tech reviewers for performance and features. But the reviews and ads don't mention...
Will Black Farmers Finally See Justice?
Today (Feb 15th) may be the President's Day holiday, but for the president of the National Black Farmer's Association (NBFA) it's the culmination of a remarkable push to bring justice to thousands of...
Cities Confirm EWG Tap Water Tests
Testing by four municipal drinking water suppliers has confirmed the results of a study by the Environmental Working Group that detected widespread contamination by chromium-6, a suspected toxic...
Drinking Water Threatened by Toxic Natural Gas and Oil Drilling Chemicals
Companies drilling for natural gas and oil are skirting federal law and injecting toxic petroleum distillates into thousands of wells, threatening drinking water supplies from New York to Wyoming...
FDA Reverses Position, Now Supports Removing BPA from Infant Formula
Today's decision by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to reverse its position over the health risks posed by the chemical, bisphenol A (BPA) could be the Waterloo for the ubiquitous...
FDA Must Curb BPA
While other federal public health and environmental agencies have targeted the plastics ingredient bisphenol A (BPA) as a chemical of concern to human health, the Food and Drug Administration has...
Off the Books: Industry’s Secret Chemicals
Thousands of Chemical Names and Ingredients Kept Under Wraps At EPA
Industry Will Phase Out Toxic Flame Retardant
Late Thursday, three large chemical companies and officials of the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a deal to phase out the toxic flame retardant Decabromodiphenyl ether (Deca)...
CDC Analyzes Toxics In Humans
With its fourth and most ambitious edition of its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, released today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) casts the issue of...
Press Release: Updated Tap Water Databases and Drinking Water Quality Analysis
Tap water in many large metropolitan areas is polluted with a cocktail of chemical contaminants. These pollutants usually don't violate any legal standards, but they often come in potentially toxic...
Toxic Chemicals Found in Minority Cord Blood
Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Rachel's Network have detected bisphenol A (BPA) for the first time in the umbilical cord blood of U.S. newborns.
Sound Science Trumps Special Interests In EPA Ethanol Blend Decision
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that it would wait until mid-2010 to decide on whether to grant a waiver request that would allow for the use of up to 15 percent ethanol in...
Embracing New Media Tools to Protect Public Health and the Environment Earns EWG Top Web Honor
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is proud to announce that president and co-founder Ken Cook has been voted The Huffington Post's Ultimate Green Game Changer of 2009 for harnessing new media to...
Toxic Cleaner Fumes Could Contaminate California Classrooms
Air pollution testing conducted for the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals that cleaning supplies used in 13 key California school districts can cloud classroom air with more than 450 distinct...
Cardin Offers Hope for the Chesapeake Bay
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced legislation today aimed at reducing pollution that has endangered the Chesapeake Bay watershed for over 25 years. The Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem...
Climate Change Far Greater Threat to Farmers Than Climate Legislation
Farm industry leaders and their supporters in Congress are trying to derail climate change legislation by insisting that the House-passed bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), will...
Seasoned Environmental Attorney and Pulitzer Journalist Join EWG As Chief of Staff and Executive Editor
Heather White, a lawyer and former director of education advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation, has been named chief of staff and general counsel of the Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
EPA Chief Announces Sweeping Reforms for Toxic Chemicals
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has announced historic plans to overhaul federal toxic chemicals controls, with more rigorous testing and safety...
California Climate Change Policy Leaves Out Agriculture
California agriculture, which grows roughly 40 percent of America's food, faces grave threats spurred by climate change, including volatile weather, crippling drought and assaults by growing hordes of...