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Biofuels and Bad Weather: America’s Food-to-Fuel Gamble
Mining Threats to Grand Canyon and Crested Butte Halted
Major Infant Bottled Water Company Provides Parents with Misleading & False Information About Benefits of Fluoridated Water
Government Report Focuses on Agriculture as 'Dead Zone' Culprit
Chemical Exposures on the Job May Be Linked to Diseases in Nurses
A first ever national survey of nurses' exposures to chemicals, pharmaceuticals and radiation on the job suggests there are links between serious health problems such as cancer, asthma, miscarriages...
U.S. One-Year Olds Overexposed to Rocket Fuel Chemical
Tonight: EWG’s Ken Cook to Debate GMO Labeling Initiative at Commonwealth Club
Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, will join other experts at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club at 6 p.m. tonight for a debate on California ballot initiative Proposition 37, to...
Gas Gouge Calculator
GAO: After Decades and Billions Spent On Voluntary Measures Agriculture Pollution Remains Unchecked
A new Government Accountability Office report recommends that Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency should toughen the federal Clean Water Act's approach to curbing pollution from...
200 Groups Call on Obama to Keep Campaign Pledge: Label GMOs
Congressional champions for GE labeling, led by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., held a press conference in support of a letter sent to President Obama. Congressional leaders were joined by Center for Food...
Chemical Company Sues California Over Flame Retardants
The chemical company Chemtura sued the state of California yesterday seeking to block new fire safety regulations that would permit furniture production without toxic flame retardants.
New EWG Guide Aims to Help Shoppers Avoid GE Food
A new shopping guide released by the Environmental Working Group today will help consumers find supermarket foods made without ingredients likely to be genetically engineered.
Proposed Nutritional Label Will Promote Healthier Diets
The long-overdue changes to the Nutrition Facts label announced today by First Lady Michelle Obama would improve Americans' diets and promote healthier eating, Environmental Working Group said in a...
Budget Proposal Includes Important Crop Insurance Reforms
The 2015 federal budget released by the White House this morning includes important and very welcome initiatives to reform the bloated crop insurance program, Environmental Working Group said in a...
Cosmetics Industry Reform Proposal Fails Public Health
Renee Sharp, research director at the Environmental Working Group said today that the cosmetics industry's legislative proposal to reform cosmetics law would deprive the federal Food and Drug...
California Moves to Remove First in a Series of Toxic Chemicals from Consumer Products
The state of California has launched an important initiative to protect its residents from exposures to toxic substances by calling on industry to find safer alternatives for three widely used...
House ‘Chemical Reform’ Bill Would Erode Protections for Health, Environment
Legislation proposed by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) to reform federal chemicals management law would leave the public at even greater risk of exposure to toxic substances than under the outdated...
Senate Bill Would Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies
A new bill introduced Wednesday by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) aims to cap crop insurance subsidies, a reform that Environmental Working Group has long advocated.
EWG’s Ken Cook Announces New Landmark Food Project at TEDxManhattan
Environmental Working Group (EWG) plans to launch a new food database and mobile app that aims to change the way Americans eat and shop for foods.
Dead in the Water
Erin Brockovich, Veterans Rally Against Government’s Position in Supreme Court Pollution Case
Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, dozens of military veterans, and watchdog groups rallied today to voice frustration over the federal government's support of a known polluter in a landmark U.S...
Sales of Organic Produce Surge
Sales of organic food topped $32 billion in 2013 – up 11.5 percent from the year before – and organic fruits and vegetables now account for more than 10 percent of all produce sold in the United...
High Demand for EWG Sunscreen Sampler Box Reflects Consumer Calls for Safer Sun Protection
EWG's top-rated sunscreen samples, offered to promote the EWG Sun Safety Campaign and 2014 Guide to Sunscreens, sold out in less than two hours.
New York State Ruling is a Huge Victory Against Fracking Industry
A new ruling by New York's highest court protecting local communities' right to ban oil and gas drilling in their backyards is a “big win for every town across the state fighting to safeguard the...