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Many California farmers produce food in ways that protect public health and the environment, but too many others use practices that take a serious toll on the state's water resources. A slew of agricultural pollutants, including fertilizers, pesticides, pathogens and sediment, are seriously damaging California's surface and ground water, poisoning fish and threatening drinking water for many

Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Cosmetics
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food

EWG News Roundup (Nov. 8): Factory Farms, Nontoxic Cleaning and GMOs

This week, EWG joined forces with our colleagues at Waterkeeper Alliance again to show how industrial animal farms can wreak havoc on public health and the environment. Through startling aerial...

Energy
Renewable Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

Despite Federal Roadblocks, States and Cities Lead on Solar Power

The Trump administration is not only trying to revive the dying coal industry, but is working to slow the rapid growth of solar power. But at the state and local levels, governments and citizens...

Energy
Fossil & Nuclear
Federal & State Energy Policy

U.S. Regulators Again Reject Trump Scheme to Bail Out Failing Coal and Nuclear Plants

Yesterday, a panel of federal regulators unanimously rejected President Trump's order for an emergency bailout of financially failing coal and nuclear power plants. The bailout would have increased...

Energy
Fossil & Nuclear
Family Health
Women's Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Study: Premature Births Drop After Coal, Oil Power Plants Shut Down

The rate of premature births to California mothers living near coal and oil power plants dropped significantly after the plants were shut down, researchers from the University of California and Johns...

Energy
Renewable Energy

The Future of Energy Is Blowing in the Wind

In 2009, a study in the research journal Utilities Policy concluded that wind and other sources of renewable energy would “never be able to contribute significantly to electric power supply.” What a...

Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Factory Farms

Don’t Waste Conservation Dollars on Concentrated Animal Waste!

Raising animals in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) is bad for public health and the environment.

Energy
Renewable Energy
Fossil & Nuclear

Former U.S. Nukes Chief: “New nuclear is off the table”

From 2009 to 2012, Gregory Jaczko was chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which approves nuclear power plant designs and sets safety standards for plants. But he now says that nuclear power...

EWG News Roundup (5/31): EWG Seeks Details on Trump Cuts to Children’s Health Research, Calif. Lead Bill to Protect Workers Advances, Monsanto Caught Paying Front Group to Defend Weedkiller and More

EWG News Roundup (5/31): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
COVID-19
Household & Consumer Products

Air Pollution, on the Rise Under Trump, Puts People at Risk of Severe Illness From Coronavirus

As the novel coronavirus sweeps across the U.S. and the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 climbs by the hour, the Americans at greatest risk are the elderly and those with...
Research

Drilling Doublespeak

As natural gas development has pushed into populated areas, gas drillers have consistently disclosed to shareholders and potential investors daunting lists of possible mishaps, including leaks, spills, explosions, bodily injury, limited insurance coverage – and death.

Farm Subsidies

City Slickers Harvest Cash Crop

Residents of America's 54 largest cities collected more than $24 million in Direct Payment farm subsidies in 2012, according to new research by the Environmental Working Group.
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG Investigates: Trump’s Agriculture Nominee Brings the Swamp to Washington

In his campaign, President Trump promised to “drain the swamp” in Washington. But his nominee for secretary of agriculture, former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, is mired in ethical lapses, self-dealing...
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae

Manure From Unregulated Factory Farms Fuels Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Blooms

Across America, outbreaks of toxic algae, triggered by polluted farm runoff, are increasing in frequency and severity, fouling drinking water with dangerous toxins. In 2014, an algae outbreak in Lake...
BPA

EWG Tests Find High BPA Loads on Receipts

WASHINGTON, DC – Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) have found high levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) on 40 percent of receipts sampled from...
Research

Bush Ignores Law Protecting Grand Canyon as Uranium Mining Claims Soar

The Bush administration allowed Phoenix-based Neutron Energy to stake 20 new mining claims south of the Grand Canyon on August 7, in violation of an emergency Congressional resolution passed seven weeks earlier that declared off limits to mining activity approximately 1 million acres adjacent to Grand Canyon National Park.
Chemical Policy
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

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...
Research

Tips to avoid BPA exposure

Although completely eliminating exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may not be possible, there are steps you can take to reduce your family's exposure to this chemical by avoiding common sources and limiting exposure for the highest risk groups.
Toxic Chemicals

To Chairman Rush: chemicals in umbilical cord blood – including PBTs – need urgent action

Subject: Industrial chemicals in umbilical cord blood – including persistent and bioaccumulative compounds – need urgent action
BPA

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...
Research

Bottled Water Quality Investigation

The bottled water industry promotes an image of purity, but comprehensive testing by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveals a surprising array of chemical contaminants in every bottled water brand analyzed, including toxic byproducts of chlorination in Walmart's Sam's Choice and Giant Supermarket's Acadia brands, at levels no different than routinely found in tap water. Several Sam's Choice
Energy
Midwest

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...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

EWG Lauds Obama Pick for USDA’s No. 2 Job

Statement of Ken Cook President, Environmental Working Group Feburary 24, 2009 "President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack have done the public a great service by nominating Kathleen Merrigan...