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USDA reverses course, commits to restore purged climate webpages in response to farmers’ lawsuit
Shortly after filing the lawsuit, the plaintiffs moved the court for a preliminary injunction, which sought a court order requiring USDA to restore the removed webpages and preventing USDA from taking...
PFAS tap water protections for almost 19 million Californians at risk if EPA weakens limits
Nearly 19 million Californians could lose critical protections against the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in their tap water if the Environmental Protection Agency rolls back its science...
California Senate committee advances bill to require tests of heavy metals in prenatal vitamins
The Environmental Working Group is urging California lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 646, a first-in-the-nation measure that would require prenatal vitamin manufacturers to test for and publicly...
California Assembly ESTM panel advances bill to protect schoolchildren from harmful UPF
On April 29 the California Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials voted to advance a bipartisan bill phasing certain ultra-processed food, or UPF, out of meals served in public...
Environmental and consumer coalition urges legislators to reject Assembly Bill 942, protect California’s Clean Energy Future
A powerful coalition of environmental, climate, clean energy, consumer, and economic justice advocates is calling on California legislators to reject Assembly Bill 942, a proposal that threatens to...
Cancer-causing chemicals in drinking water put 122M Americans at risk
A new report from the Environmental Working Group shows the shocking extent of a widespread public health crisis: Over 122 million Americans drink water with high levels of cancer-causing disinfection...
California Assembly committee advances bill to protect schoolchildren from harmful UPF
On April 9 the California Assembly Education Committee voted to advance a bipartisan bill to phase out by 2032 “particularly harmful” ultra-processed food, or UPF, from school meals served in the...
Key California Assembly committee advances bill to limit ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
California is one step closer to protecting millions of residents from tap water contaminated by the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
More than 1.3M New Yorkers at risk if EPA weakens PFAS standards
More than 1.3 million New Yorkers could lose critical protections from the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in their tap water if the Environmental Protection Agency rolls back its historic...
Hilary Swank backs California bill advocating prenatal vitamin heavy metals testing, disclosure
Activist and social entrepreneur Hilary Swank is urging California lawmakers to pass Senate Bill 646, which would require prenatal vitamin manufacturers to test for and disclose levels of potentially...
RFK Jr.’s reckless cuts to HHS put American lives at risk
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced devastating staff cuts to federal public health agencies within HHS, eliminating more than 10,000 jobs. Most of the job losses...
New EPA data shows 158M people exposed to ‘forever chemicals’ in U.S. drinking water
WASHINGTON – New data released by the Environmental Protection Agency shows an additional 15 million Americans have drinking water contaminated by the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. It...
California lawmakers introduce landmark bill to phase out harmful UPF from school meals
On Wednesday, California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) introduced a first-in-the-nation bill, A.B. 1264, to phase out “particularly harmful” ultra-processed food, or UPF, from school meals...
EWG partners with UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business to empower future environmental health leaders
The Environmental Working Group’s groundbreaking student leadership program, EWG+HS, has been chosen as one of a dozen social impact organizations to participate in the highly competitive Social...
Rutgers-Columbia study finds racial, economic disparities in personal care product safety
A new study from researchers at Rutgers and Columbia universities finds that Black women, middle-age adults and consumers with lower incomes are more likely to use personal care products that have...
California clean energy experts and consumer advocates expose utility spending and excessive profits as true cause of soaring electric bills
During a press briefing hosted by the Environmental Working Group on Wednesday, clean energy experts and consumer advocates presented new research that debunks claims by California’s monopoly...
EWG Tap Water Database update shows hundreds of contaminants widespread in U.S. tap water
This year’s update to the Environmental Working Group’s Tap Water Database shows millions of Americans are drinking water tainted with harmful chemicals, heavy metals and radioactive substances. Many...
Nationally recognized clean energy champion joins EWG to lead California advocacy work, energy policy
The Environmental Working Group is excited to announce the appointment of Bernadette Del Chiaro as its California senior vice president overseeing the organization’s policy priorities in the state.
Lawmakers, advocates introduce legislation to protect Californians from hazardous ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Today Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) introduced Assembly Bill 794, which would mandate new state drinking water standards to protect Californians from exposure to the toxic and dangerous...
EWG report: Hazardous chemicals in cosmetics disproportionately impact Black women
Black women still face disproportionately higher health risks with the toxicity of personal care products marketed to them, a new Environmental Working Group analysis finds, almost a decade after EWG...
