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Scented Secrets

A major loophole in federal law allows fragrance manufacturers to hide potentially hazardous chemicals in product scents, including substances linked to allergies, birth defects, and even cancer. Because they won't tell you what's in the scents they sell you, we combed through thousands of Valentine's Day gift ideas to bring you products that not only smell great, but that are also free of hidden
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

7.2 Million Acres of Wetlands and Fragile Land Go Under the Plow

A new analysis released by Environmental Working Group shows that 1.9 million acres, or near 3,000 square miles of wetlands and nearby habitat, went under the plow in the United States between 2008...

Food & Water
Food
Food

Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Animals ‘Makes Everyone Less Safe,’ CDC Says

In its first comprehensive report on antibiotic resistance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledges what many public health officials have known for years: there is a critical link...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

New Supplemental Coverage Proposal Would Bulk Up Farm Subsidies and Crop Insurance, Report Shows

A proposed supplemental crop insurance program included in the pending farm bills in both the House and Senate would have boosted windfall profits for farm businesses and increased federally...

Toxic Chemicals
Flame Retardants
Regional Issues
California

California Finalizes Stronger, Healthier Fire Safety Rules

Gov. Jerry Brown's decision to revise regulations that led manufacturers to add large amounts of toxic fire retardants to foam furniture sold in California “is a public health victory for all...

Food & Water
Food
Food

FDA Plan For Livestock Antibiotics Phase-Out Is Too Little, Too Late

The federal Food and Drug Administration's call for the livestock industry to voluntarily stop dosing healthy animals with antibiotics is “is long overdue and inadequate”, Heather White, executive...

Energy
Midwest

EWG's Scott Faber Urges Congress to Reform Biofuels Policy

Congress should reform the federal biofuels program known as the Renewable Fuel Standard by reducing the requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline and ending corn ethanol's exemption from...

Food & Water
Food
Food

EWG’s Cook Applauds Wash State AG’s Lawsuit Against Food Industry’s Secretive Spending On GMO Labeling Initiative

Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook today called on the Grocery Manufacturers Association to fully disclose which member companies contributed money to the secretive and potentially illegal...

Food & Water
Food
Food

Senator Helps to Protect Our Food

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) helped to protect the safety of food today by stripping a controversial rider that would have given Monsanto and other agrichemical...

Food

Children's Drinks Contain Ingredients That Can Form Benzene

Today the Environmental Working Group (EWG) sent a letter to the FDA requesting that the Agency notify the public about the presence of two ingredients in many popular children's drinks that can mix...
Conservation

Administration Urged to Release New Pesticide Residue Data

For roughly two decades, the US Department of Agriculture has tested various fruits and vegetables for pesticide residues, usually making its findings available to the public in January. More than...
Toxic Chemicals

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...
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

Pombo Proposal Amounts to Largest Land Sell-Off in Modern American History (08 Nov 2005)

A little-known provision in the current House budget reconciliation could precipitate one of the largest land giveaways in American history.
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

State Attorneys General Oppose Shield for MTBE Polluters

In a letter to all U.S. senators, the chief legal officers of 12 states from New York to California are urging lawmakers to vote against the federal energy bill or any legislation that protects oil...

Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

IN BREAK WITH PARTY, SCHWARZENEGGER OPPOSES BIG OIL BAILOUT

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out against a provision in the federal energy bill shielding oil companies from lawsuits over water pollution by the toxic gasoline additive MTBE — a stance at odds...

Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

Environmental Working Group's Response to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association on Congress' Proposed MTBE Accountability Shield

The NPRA's propaganda about our report is painstakingly crafted to confuse the issues, but it makes one thing perfectly clear: The oil industry is desperate to get the accountability shield, and...

Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

'CHEERS' Children and Pesticides Debate Widens to Congress

The Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or CHEERS study would measure pesticide and chemical levels in 60 Florida children who would be selected for the study based on heavy pesticide...
Farm Subsidies

A $400 Million Xmas Present From U.S. Taxpayers

Every year, U.S. taxpayers give California farmers a $400 million Christmas present.
Cosmetics

USA TODAY Ad Names Cosmetics Companies That Won't Commit To Removing Toxic Chemicals From American Products

A full-page advertisement in USA Today challenges cosmetics companies to come clean about whether they plan to remove toxic chemicals that are banned in the European Union from products sold on...
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

Investigation Shows That Despite Claims, Oil And Gas Industry Has Had Wide Access To The West

The oil and gas industry and federal officials repeatedly claim that environmental protections have blocked their access to Western lands and hurt efforts to reduce dependence on foreign sources of...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

Federal Panel Okays Limited Pesticide Tests on Humans

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel today recommended limits on chemical industry testing of pesticides and toxic chemicals on human subjects.
Energy

Website Reveals Size, Scope and Locations of Utah Public Land Giveaways To Oil and Gas Companies

Today 5,000 acres of environmentally sensitive public land in Utah face permanent loss of protection at taxpayer-subsidized auction. A new computer investigation of federal data by the Environmental...
Research

Science Policy Memo Detailing EWG Findings on C8

Throughout the spring and summer of 2002, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducted a series of community meetings on the hazards of drinking tap water contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) from DuPont's manufacturing operations in Washington, West Virginia. Our analysis of the content of the materials presented by the DEP at these meetings finds
Mercury

U.S. Mercury Standard Among Worst in World

A joint UN - WHO expert food committee has just recommended a new international standard for mercury in seafood that continues to allow a dangerous mercury exposure level, and is particularly...