EWG’s official statements on legislation and policies.
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Statement on FDA’s delay of GRAS amendment proposal
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration’s plan to amend the “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, regulatory loophole for food chemicals is slipping to December. The agency originally planned...
Senate farm bill undermines regenerative agriculture, Trump administration’s MAHA priorities
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans’ just-released farm bill proposal would undermine efforts to advance regenerative agriculture and runs counter to the Make America Healthy Again agenda touted by top...
EWG statement on California Supreme Court declining to hear rooftop solar case
SACRAMENTO – California’s Supreme Court in a brief order today declined to hear an appeal by the Environmental Working Group and allies of an appeals court decision that threatens the future of...
Mark Ruffalo condemns Trump EPA rollback of PFAS tap water standards
The following is a statement from activist and actor Mark Ruffalo on the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed efforts to weaken drinking water standards for the “forever chemicals” known...
MEDIA ADVISORY
ALBANY, N.Y. – State lawmakers and public health advocates will hold a rally at the New York Capitol on Wednesday, May 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. EST, to urge passage of legislation to ban the use of the...
EWG applauds House passage of Luna amendment to protect public from toxic pesticides
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers today passed a farm bill amendment, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), that removes a controversial liability shield for pesticide manufacturers. The successful 280...
EWG seeks California Supreme Court review of anti-rooftop solar, anti-affordability ruling
SACRAMENTO – The Environmental Working Group, along with its allies, is asking the California Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that threatens the future of clean energy in the state...
California appeals court sides with CPUC, utilities in serious blow to rooftop solar
SACRAMENTO – The California Court of Appeal has dealt a major setback to rooftop solar , siding with the California Public Utilities Commission and the state’s three monopoly electric utilities in a...
EWG statement on House farm bill
WASHINGTON – H.R. 7567 , the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, breaks from the longstanding bipartisan, collaborative process that has traditionally produced durable farm bills, the...
West Virginia bill to ban harmful food chemicals from schools clears key vote
CHARLESTON, W.V. – Today the West Virginia Senate passed a bill , introduced by West Virginia Sen. Brian Helton (R-District 9), to protect school children in the state from harmful food chemicals. The...
Senate proposal would gut key provisions of chemical safety law
WASHINGTON – In a coordinated assault on public health, the Senate introduced a proposal to dismantle the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, the nation’s primary defense against hazardous...
EWG statement: RFK Jr. doubles down on defense of Trump order boosting glyphosate production, betraying vow to crack down on toxic pesticides
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm in his defense of a White House executive order to ramp up production of the weedkiller glyphosate. That’s...
In betrayal of MAHA, House GOP farm bill exposes kids to pesticides
WASHINGTON – House Republicans’ newly released farm bill proposal would undermine public health, environmental protection and food security, while handing sweeping new protections to pesticide...
Statement on FDA request for information on food additive BHA
WASHINGTON – Today the Food and Drug Administration issued a “request for information” about the food chemical preservative butylated hydroxyanisole, or BHA. Studies show BHA may cause cancer in rats...
Kennedy’s FDA retreats from pledge to ban artificial food dyes
WASHINGTON – Despite repeated pledges to crack down on artificial food dyes, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced that the Food and Drug Administration will ease...
EWG statement on House lawmakers opposing limits on state, local pesticide safety policies
WASHINGTON – A group of 137 House lawmakers is urging leaders in Congress and the House Agriculture Committee to reject any legislation that would limit longstanding state and local pesticide safety...
Virtual press briefing on California ‘balcony solar’ bill
Update appended SACRAMENTO — On January 29, supporters of California’s new “balcony solar” legislation, SB 868, will hold a virtual press briefing to explain how the bill would expand consumer access...
EWG statement on EPA’s plan to end animal testing
WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it is moving forward to end mammalian animal testing. The planned phaseout revives a policy proposed under the first Trump...
EWG statement on Indiana bill to ban 13 harmful chemicals from school food
INDIANAPOLIS – On Jan. 22, the Indiana House passed a bill , introduced by Indiana Rep. Julie McGuire (R-District 93), to protect school children in the state from harmful food chemicals. If enacted...
House proposal would weaken EPA safeguards and fast-track toxic chemicals into American homes and workplaces
WASHINGTON – In a move that could dramatically increase Americans’ exposure to hazardous chemicals, House Republicans have released the unofficial draft of a bill that would weaken the country’s...