We've compiled and archived letters and other official correspondence from EWG to government agencies, elected officials, industry associations and companies.
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Remove CSI Toy with Asbestos from Shelves
Download this letter as a PDF Download the PDF of the ADAO report View EWG press release View letter to Costco December 4, 2007 Tom DeLuca/Al Kaufman Toys “R” Us, Inc. Headquarters One Geoffrey Way...
Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens
November 26, 2007 Docket: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph Docket number: 1978N-0038 RIN: 0910-AF43 Download this document as a PDF The...
Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens
EWG's comments to FDA regarding its 2007 draft sunscreen rules.
Letter to the West Virginia DEP Regarding PFOA
"Contamination of drinking water supplies by the toxic industrial chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) is a continuing concern to the residents of Parkersburg and surrounding areas of Wood...
BPA Comments for OEHHA
Download PDF file November 27, 2007 Ms. Cynthia Oshita Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Proposition 65 Implementation P.O. Box 401 1001 I Street, 19th Floor Sacramento, CA 95812-4010...
Mercury Memo
Like lead, mercury is toxic to the developing brain. It blocks the natural formation and migration of nerve cells and alters brain growth and development. The fetus is most vulnerable to mercury and...
EPA Sets an Ominous Precedent
October 15, 2004 Michael Leavitt EPA Administrator Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Leavitt: Environmental Working Group is deeply troubled to...
Statement on Human Testing Before NAS Committee
Statement by Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group, Before the Committee on Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Participants January 8, 2003 Thank you for the opportunity to appear...
Information Quality Appeal
EWG appeal requesting correction of FDA seafood advisory entitled "What you need to know about mercury in fish and shellfish: 2004 FDA and EPA advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are...
EWG Letter in Support of Asbestos Ban
Click to download PDF file October 10, 2007 The Honorable Patty Murray United States Senate - Washington Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chair, Committee on Environment and Public...
Government Asked to Evaluate the Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water
Citing a strong body of peer-reviewed evidence, EWG today asked the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water in its authoritative...
Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD at Oversight Hearing on Hardrock Mining on Federal Land
Before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. Public Lands Analyst Environmental Working Group Submitted for the Record Background Mr. Chairman...
Cosmetics With Banned and Unsafe Ingredients
Download this letter and its attachments as a PDF. September 26, 2007 Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D. Commissioner of Food and Drugs U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD...
TRIPS Agreement as an Instrument for Cross Retaliation and the WTO Rules
An alternative for Brazil in case of non-compliance by the USA in the appellate decision on the cotton suit Prepared by Maristela Basso and Edson Beas of the Institute for Trade and Development Rights...
EWG Letter to Infant Formula Manufacturers
Background. BPA is a toxic plastics chemical that leaches from the lining of metal food cans, including infant formula cans. Based on limited data from an FDA testing program of infant formula (14...
EWG Comments to BPA Advisory Panel
BPA Experts Find Hundreds of Errors in Government Assessment Download a PDF of EWG's comments below, or view the press release. August 6, 2007 Dr. Michael D. Shelby Director Center for the Evaluation...
EWG Letter in Support of the Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007
Download this letter as a PDF. The Honorable Barbara Boxer United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510-6175 July 30, 2007 Dear Madam...
EWG Letter to CERHR, Re: Interim Draft Report on Bisphenol A
Download a PDF of this letter. June 20, 2007 Dr. Michael D. Shelby Director Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction National Institute of Environmental Health Services Department of...
In an email to the JOEM editorial board
The following email was sent by JOEM editor Paul Brandt-Rauf to the members of the Journal's Editorial Board via Managing editor Marjory Spraycar. From: Paul Brandt-Rauf Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006...
Judge Becker: Asbestos Arbiter - FAIR or UnFAIR?
Judge Edward Becker of the U.S. Circuit Court in Philadelphia was asked by Senate leaders to oversee negotiations around a compromise asbestos trust fund bill. In a letter to Judge Becker, EWG...