EWG’s official statements on legislation and policies.
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EWG statement on EPA rollback of PFAS water permit discharge guidance
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency has rescinded critical guidance that helped states use the Clean Water Act National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System , or NPDES, to monitor and...
EWG statement on UN confirming PFAS contamination is a global human rights crisis
WASHINGTON – The United Nations Human Rights Council today presented a landmark report saying the toxic “ forever chemicals ” known as PFAS are found in the blood of nearly every person on the planet...
EWG statement on decision upholding EPA ‘hazardous substances’ designation for two PFAS
WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court in a unanimous ruling this week rejected industry groups’ lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s “hazardous substances” designation for two...
EWG statement on FDA’s new GRAS proposal
WASHINGTON – Today the Food and Drug Administration proposed a new rule to amend the “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, food chemicals loophole. The GRAS regulatory loophole has, for years...
EWG statement on Senate Republican farm bill proposal
WASHINGTON – The Senate Agriculture Committee, chaired by John Boozman (R-Ark.), on July 31 released an updated farm bill proposal . The following is a statement from the Environmental Working Group’s...
EWG applauds Senate vote on UPF disclosure bill
WASHINGTON – Senate lawmakers today advanced a bill, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), that addresses the harms caused by ultra-processed food, or UPF. S. 5026 , the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act...
Statement on FDA’s delay of GRAS amendment proposal
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration’s plan to amend the “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS, regulatory loophole for food chemicals is slipping to December. The agency originally planned...
Senate farm bill undermines regenerative agriculture, Trump administration’s MAHA priorities
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans’ just-released farm bill proposal would undermine efforts to advance regenerative agriculture and runs counter to the Make America Healthy Again agenda touted by top...
EWG statement on California Supreme Court declining to hear rooftop solar case
SACRAMENTO – California’s Supreme Court in a brief order today declined to hear an appeal by the Environmental Working Group and allies of an appeals court decision that threatens the future of...
Mark Ruffalo condemns Trump EPA rollback of PFAS tap water standards
The following is a statement from activist and actor Mark Ruffalo on the Trump Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed efforts to weaken drinking water standards for the “forever chemicals” known...
MEDIA ADVISORY
ALBANY, N.Y. – State lawmakers and public health advocates will hold a rally at the New York Capitol on Wednesday, May 13, from 1 to 2 p.m. EST, to urge passage of legislation to ban the use of the...
EWG applauds House passage of Luna amendment to protect public from toxic pesticides
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers today passed a farm bill amendment, led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), that removes a controversial liability shield for pesticide manufacturers. The successful 280...
EWG seeks California Supreme Court review of anti-rooftop solar, anti-affordability ruling
SACRAMENTO – The Environmental Working Group, along with its allies, is asking the California Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that threatens the future of clean energy in the state...
California appeals court sides with CPUC, utilities in serious blow to rooftop solar
SACRAMENTO – The California Court of Appeal has dealt a major setback to rooftop solar , siding with the California Public Utilities Commission and the state’s three monopoly electric utilities in a...
EWG statement on House farm bill
WASHINGTON – H.R. 7567 , the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, breaks from the longstanding bipartisan, collaborative process that has traditionally produced durable farm bills, the...
West Virginia bill to ban harmful food chemicals from schools clears key vote
CHARLESTON, W.V. – Today the West Virginia Senate passed a bill , introduced by West Virginia Sen. Brian Helton (R-District 9), to protect school children in the state from harmful food chemicals. The...
Senate proposal would gut key provisions of chemical safety law
WASHINGTON – In a coordinated assault on public health, the Senate introduced a proposal to dismantle the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA, the nation’s primary defense against hazardous...
EWG statement: RFK Jr. doubles down on defense of Trump order boosting glyphosate production, betraying vow to crack down on toxic pesticides
WASHINGTON – Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is standing firm in his defense of a White House executive order to ramp up production of the weedkiller glyphosate. That’s...
In betrayal of MAHA, House GOP farm bill exposes kids to pesticides
WASHINGTON – House Republicans’ newly released farm bill proposal would undermine public health, environmental protection and food security, while handing sweeping new protections to pesticide...
Statement on FDA request for information on food additive BHA
WASHINGTON – Today the Food and Drug Administration issued a “request for information” about the food chemical preservative butylated hydroxyanisole, or BHA. Studies show BHA may cause cancer in rats...