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EPA Watchdog Investigating Potential Enforcement Failure of Critical Pollution Monitoring Program
The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog is launching an investigation over whether the agency has failed to enforce a critical program that tracks toxic spills into the environment.
FDA Bans 7 Cancer-Causing Food Additives Found in Popular Foods
DuPont Hid Teflon Pollution For Decades
Senate Approves Trump Climate Skeptic To Run Environmental Enforcement at Justice Dept.
A climate change skeptic who once labeled President Obama's efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a communist plot is now the nation's top environmental enforcement official.
California Baby® Creates New Plant-Based Preservative
California Baby®, a global skincare leader, is advancing the marketplace with a plant-based solution for preservatives in personal care products.
In Rebuke of Trump Administration, Voters Deliver Strong Backing for Public Health and Environmental Protection
The results of the mid-term elections are a repudiation of President Trump's pro-polluter agenda that could not have come at a more critical time for the health and well-being of every American, said...
EWG Applauds Passage of Amendment to Restrict PFAS Pollution into Drinking Water Supplies
EWG applauds the House passage of an amendment authored by Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) to limit industrial discharges of fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.
Every Breath You Take
Independent scientific monitoring by the Environmental Working Group found dangerously high concentrations of a partially banned pesticide in the air San Joaquin Valley residents breath. One-third of ambient air monitoring samples detected the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which the federal government has recently banned for home use as unsafe for children but remains the most widely used agricultural
EPA Data: Under Trump, a Sharp Increase in Unhealthy Air in Big Cities
The number of unhealthy air days in nearly three dozen cities soared in the first two years of the Trump administration, according to an annual air pollution report released Wednesday by the...
Ohio Passes Nuclear Bailout Bill, Bringing State-Level Nuke Subsidies to $15.5 Billion
Ohio legislators today passed by a one-vote margin a bill giving a $1.1 billion bailout to two nuclear power plants.
Trump Skips G-7 Climate Meeting, Slams Renewable Energy, but Insists ‘I’m an Environmentalist’
President Trump insisted today he's an environmentalist – but he had a peculiar way of showing it. After skipping a key meeting of world leaders at the G-7 summit on climate change, Trump said he...
Fields of Filth: First Inventory of Hurricane’s Impact on N.C. Factory Farms
Hurricane Matthew's rampage through North Carolina's coastal plain flooded more than 140 feces-strewn swine and poultry barns, more than a dozen open pits brimming with hog waste and thousands of...
Governors Urge Congress To Keep PFAS Provisions in Defense Bill
Governors from 15 states, including many facing mounting contamination of drinking water sources from toxic perfluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, are urging Congressional leaders to include provisions in...
New State Data: Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in California Drinking Water Sources
Drinking water sources for 74 community water systems serving 7.5 million Californians are contaminated with the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to an Environmental Working...
New Study Confirms High PFAS Blood Levels Among Firefighters
A new scientific review finds “unequivocal evidence” that firefighters using foams made with the fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have “unacceptably” high levels of two toxic PFAS chemicals in...
Federal Judge's Ruling Allows Class Action Suit Against PFAS Makers to Proceed
EWG Comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on Glyphosate Exposure
Below and attached are comments EWG has submitted to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on the agency’s proposed No Significant Risk Limit for human intake of Monsanto’s...
Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens
EWG Comments on the FDA's Draft Assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA)
EWG Letter to FDA regarding Melamine
EWG Offers Detailed Analysis of New Industry-Friendly Toxic Chemicals Control Bill
EWG Urges Drinking Water Standards for Teflon Chemical
House Farm Bill: A Missed Opportunity for Leadership and Real Reform
Washington, July 27 — House Agriculture Chairman Collin Peterson, Ranking Member Bob Goodlatte, members of their committee, and their staffs, are to be commended for working long and hard to produce...
Trump to Pull Out of Climate Accord as Early as Tomorrow, Adviser Says
President Trump will pull out of the historic Paris climate agreement as early as Tuesday, according to the adviser who led the Environmental Protection Agency transition. The Hill newspaper reports...