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Chemical Industry Wrote FDA’s Glowing Assessment of BPA
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that internal documents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that an agency task force assessment of the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A...
Safeway Stores to Remove BPA-Laced Baby Bottles from Shelves
Safeway's announcement today that it will stop selling baby bottles containing the plastics component bisphenol-A (BPA) in its 1,775 stores in the U.S. and Canada is a promising first step toward...
Teflon chemical linked to increased cholesterol levels
A chemical used to make Teflon, food wrappers and dozens of other consumer products is linked to higher levels of cholesterol, according to the latest findings of a multi-year study of 69,000 West...
Canada to Take Immediate Action to Reduce BPA Exposure for Infants
As soon as tomorrow, Canadian health officials are poised to list the synthetic sex hormone bisphenol-A (BPA) as a toxic substance. Canada's action, which paves the way for an expected ban on BPA...
Pollution Solutions For Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Disaster
Nitrogen and phosphorus pollution from agriculture sources flowing from the Mississippi River is devastating the northern Gulf of Mexico and impacting human health, killing fish and limiting...
Bottled Water Lobby’s Misinformation Campaign
Yesterday, the lobby group for the bottled water industry used untruths, misleading statements and claims that were outright wrong in its attempt to dispel a study by Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
Harmful Chemicals Found in Bottled Water
Ten popular U.S. bottled water brands contain mixtures of 38 different pollutants, including bacteria, fertilizer, Tylenol and industrial chemicals, some at levels no better than tap water, according...
PRESS Release -- Chemical additives in bottled water plastics
An Environmental Working Group investigation found that the recycling code 1 PET plastics contain numerous chemical additives, numerous manufacturing impurities and degradation byproducts, with 90...
Conflict of Interest Cloud Hangs Over FDA
With yet another conflict of interest swirling around the Bush administration's assessment of potential health risks from exposure to the toxic plastic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), Environmental...
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe For Nation’s Drinking Water
The nation's top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans.
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill to Ban Cancer-Causing Teflon Chemicals in Food Packaging
On the same day Gov. Schwarzenegger touted himself as the leader of a comprehensive chemical reform program, he vetoed a bill that would have made California the first state to ban toxic chemicals...
EPA Ignores Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
Under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to set cleanup or safety standards for a toxic rocket fuel chemical that contaminates drinking...
State-by-State Conservation Cuts
WASHINGTON – September 22, 2008. Today, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a follow up report to Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill’s Passage that details the...
State by State EQIP Cuts
Today, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a follow up report to Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill's Passage that details the proposed conservation program cuts...
Hormone-Altering Cosmetics Chemicals Found in Teenage Girls
Teenage girls across America are contaminated with hormone-altering chemicals found in cosmetics and body care products, confirms a new study released today by EWG.
Investigators Hear From Scientist EPA Fired After Chemical Lobby Pressure
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) welcomed today's House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigation of the chemical lobby's role in pressuring the Bush administration to manipulate an...
Making Chemicals Safe for Kids: Senate Panel Will Examine ‘Broken’ Toxics Law
The nation's toxic chemical regulatory law is broken and fails completely to protect children and other Americans from exposure to dangerous industrial compounds, experts will tell a Senate oversight...
FDA Insists Toxic Sex Hormone and Plastics Chemical BPA, Good for Babies
At an open meeting today, officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came under increased fire for the agency's position that bisphenol A (BPA) - the artificial sex hormone and plastics...
Congress Poised To Cut Conservation Funds That Aided Farm Bill’s Passage
Behind the thin green gloss Congressional leaders spread across the subsidy-laden 2008 farm bill, the Democratic Congress is now hacking away at pledges to expand conservation and other environmental...
Young Children in U.S. Among World’s Most Polluted With Fire Retardants
In the first nationwide investigation of chemical fire retardants in parents and their children, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that toddlers and pre-schoolers typically had 3 times more of...