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EWG Lists the Top 10 Toxic Chemicals EPA Should Review Now
The nation's new chemical safety law promises to give the Environmental Protection Agency expanded authority to regulate hazardous chemicals in consumer products. But of the tens of thousands of...
Duke-EWG Study Finds Toxic Nail Polish Chemical In Women’s Bodies
Researchers at Duke University and Environmental Working Group have found evidence of a suspected endocrine-disrupting chemical widely used in popular nail polishes in the bodies of more than two...
EWG: ‘Brockovich’ Carcinogen Found in Tap Water of 200 Million Americans
Under an Environmental Protection Agency program, from 2013 to 2015, local water utilities took more than 60,000 water samples and found chromium-6 in more than 75 percent of samples. The EPA's tests...
Toxic Chemicals May Contaminate Oil Field Wastewater Used to Grow Calif. Crops
In the last three years, farmers in parts of California's Central Valley irrigated nearly 100,000 acres of food crops with billions of gallons of oil field wastewater possibly tainted with toxic...
Chemicals Targeted for EPA Review Include Carcinogens in Some Consumer Goods
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency named the first 10 chemicals it will evaluate under the new Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the first update since 1976 of...
Michelle Pfeiffer Joins EWG’s Board of Directors Actress, Environmentalist Is a Long-Time EWG Supporter
Golden Globe Award winner and three-time Academy Award nominated actress Michelle Pfeiffer has joined the board of directors at EWG. She brings not only enormous influence, but also a longstanding...
With EWG VERIFIED®, Shoppers Can Avoid Toxic Ingredients in Cosmetics
The EWG VERIFIED® program now features 833 top-rated personal care and cosmetics products, allowing consumers to quickly spot items that meet stringent ingredient and transparency requirements.
Despite Pruitt’s Cleanup Claims, Factory Chicken Farms Still Threaten Okla. Water
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, claims he made great progress in protecting the state's water from pollution by factory...
National Study: Toxic Nonstick Chemicals Still Found in Many Fast Food Wrappers
New research based on nationwide tests shows that many fast food chains still use food wrappers, bags and boxes coated with highly fluorinated chemicals. EWG's report supplements a new peer-reviewed...
Study: Dramatic Rise in Flame Retardant Levels in Kids and Adults
Levels of a cancer-causing flame retardant are increasing dramatically in the bodies of American adults and children, according to a new study led by Duke University scientists, in collaboration with...
Near-Partisan Vote Confirms Pruitt for EPA, Imperiling Public Health Protections
The nation's drinking water and air, safeguards against pesticides, and oversight of big polluters are at risk with the Senate's approval today of Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental...
FDA Sunscreen Rules Too Little and VERY Late
The federal Food and Drug Administration's new sunscreen rules, released today after nearly 33 years of deliberations, fall short.
Senate Votes To End Thirty-Three-Year-Old Ethanol Subsidies
The U.S. Senate voted today 73 to 27 to repeal the ethanol tax credit and ethanol tariff. This historic vote, which came on an amendment to S. 782, the Economic Development Revitalization Act...
Fracking Panel Schedules Follow-ups to Contentious Hearing
Following up on last week's contentious hearing in Washington, Pa., the U.S. Energy department has scheduled two all-day sessions for Tuesday, June 28, and Wednesday, July 13, to listen to people...
EPA’s New Chemical Data Reporting Rule Falls Short
Environmental Working Group senior scientist David Andrews issued the following statement in response to today's announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency of its revised Chemical Data...
EPA Report: Fracking Contaminated Drinking Water
Contrary to the drilling industry claim that hydraulic fracturing has never contaminated groundwater, the Environmental Protection Agency concluded in a 1987 study that “fracking” of a natural gas...
Soil Erosion In Corn Belt Is Much Worse Than Official Estimates
Data based on tracking erosion after every storm over a period of years shows that Iowa farms are losing precious topsoil up to 12 times faster than government estimates, a disturbing discovery...
EWG Supporters Urge USDA to Stop Funding Pro-Pesticide Campaign with Taxpayer Dollars
The Environmental Working Group today will send the U.S. Department of Agriculture a petition signed by more than 50,000 EWG supporters who object to the department's grant of $180,000 to a California...
2011 Sunscreen Database Profiles 1,700 Products
Consumers can trust a slim 20 percent of the beach and sport sunscreens assessed for the 2011 sun season, according to Environmental Working Group's survey of over 1,700 sun products.
Cities Confirm EWG Tap Water Tests
Top Chefs Urge Congress to Protect 40 Million Americans From Hunger
As Congress begins debate on food and farm policy, some of the nation's top chefs gathered on Capitol Hill today to urge lawmakers to protect the nation's most effective anti-hunger program from...
If Scott Pruitt Becomes Attorney General, Corporate Polluters Would Be Treated Like Jaywalkers
If Scott Pruitt becomes attorney general, he'd treat corporate criminal polluters like jaywalkers, said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook.
Toyota Tells EWG ‘No Plans’ to Help Scott Pruitt Gut EPA
Contrary to Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's testimony before a House committee, Toyota has no plans to partner with the agency, the company said in a letter to the Environmental...
EWG: Stop Rodan + Fields’ Misleading Claims
EWG urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and California's attorney general today to stop Rodan + Fields from making misleading claims about benzophenone, a chemical that has been linked to...
