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Food and Chemical Companies Spent Big in 2014 to Defeat GMO Labeling
Food and biotechnology companies spent $63.6 million in 2014 alone to oppose mandatory labeling of genetically modified food ingredients, or GMOs, according to a new analysis by EWG.
Feinstein-Collins Bill Would Improve Cosmetics Safety
A bill introduced by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, would help the federal Food and Drug Administration ensure that cosmetics and other personal care products are safer.
House TSCA Update Fails to Protect Public Health
EWG opposes the draft legislation put forth by U.S. Reps. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) to update the federal Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. The proposal will not keep the...
Toxic Weed Killer Found in Breast Milk, Infant Formula
The widely-used herbicide glyphosate, now classified as a probably carcinogenic to humans by the World Health Organization, has been found in a number of items, including honey, breast milk and infant...
House TSCA Proposal “Falls Far Short” on Public Health Protections
A draft legislative proposal to fix the failed federal chemicals law put forth by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) and Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) is a slight improvement over the Udall-Vitter plan introduced in...
Analysis Finds Hormone Disruptor Used in Cosmetics in Nearly 50 Different Foods
A new EWG analysis has found propyl paraben, a preservative linked to hormone disruption and not allowed in food sold in the European Union, in nearly 50 U.S. snack foods, including Sara Lee cinnamon...
EWG Calls on Monsanto to Retract Remarks on WHO Weed-Killer Report
In response to the World Health Organization's decision to classify the weed-killer glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” Monsanto's top executive pulled out the rhetorical machine guns...
EWG Blasts EPA’s GMO Weed Killer Expansion Plan
Ignoring the World Health Organization's conclusion that the crop chemical glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the glyphosate-containing...
EWG Action Fund: Senators Seek Answers Regarding Asbestos in Nation’s Schools
WASHINGTON – EWG Action Fund supports Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in their effort to find out how states and schools across the U.S. have implemented a 1986 law...
Claims that GMOs Will “Feed the World” Don’t Hold Up
A report released today by Environmental Working Group delivers a stinging rebuke to conventional agribusiness' argument that genetically modified crops are the answer to future global food shortages...
DARK Act Blocks States From Mandating GMO Labeling
A bill expected to be introduced today by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) would block states from requiring labeling on genetically modified food, and also hamper any U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
EWG’s White Named Top 100 Women to Watch in Wellness
EWG's Executive Director Heather White has been named one of the top 100 Women To Watch In Wellness by popular health and wellness website MindBodyGreen.
Feinstein Introduces Bill To Protect People From BPA
Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., introduced a bill yesterday that would help protect Americans from the toxic chemical bisphenol A, known as BPA, the Environmental Working Group said in a statement...
New Industry-Friendly Fracking Rules Fall Short
The Obama Administration's new hydraulic fracturing rules, released Friday, leave too much control in the hands of the oil and gas industry, particularly when it comes to public disclosure of the...
World Health Organization Labels Glyphosate Probable Carcinogen
The Environmental Working Group today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require mandatory GMO labeling after the World Health Organization's cancer research arm designated the...
Leading Legal Scholars, Public Interest Lawyers Call Industry’s Chemical Bill ‘Deeply Problematic’ for Human Health
WASHINGTON – A group of top legal scholars, law professors and public interest lawyers with years of collective experience in public health law, including state and federal toxics policy, today took...
Coalition of NGOs Releases Nanotech Recommendation Reflecting Concern About Use of Nanotech In Foods
Responding to rising concern about manufacturers using unregulated nanomaterials in food, a coalition of advocacy groups in the U.S. and abroad has released a policy recommendation for companies in...
EWG Welcomes Boxer-Markey Bill To Fix Badly Broken Chemical Safety Law
Legislation introduced today by Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Edward Markey, D-Mass., to fix the nation's badly broken and outdated chemical safety law would be a major step in ensuring that...
Industry Chemical Bill Fails Americans
Americans expect the chemicals used in everyday products to be safe. But a chemical industry-supported bill introduced today by Sens. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and David Vitter, R-La., falls far short of...
California’s Fracking Wastewater Full of Toxic Chemicals
The recent discovery of high levels of benzene in wastewater from oil and gas fracking operations in California turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg. An extensive review of a year-old state...