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FDA Glyphosate Testing Conspicuously Skips Oats, Wheat Products
The Food and Drug Administration failed to include oats and wheat products in its glyphosate testing program, leaving Americans largely in the dark about their exposure through food to the active...
Analysis: EPA Ignored Scientific Research Showing Monsanto’s Glyphosate Causes Cancer
A new analysis from the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Sciences Europe documents the diametrically different approaches the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health...
EWG: Latest Asbestos Recall of J&J Baby Powder Demands Congressional Action
In response to new asbestos detections of Johnson & Johnson's popular baby powder, EWG today urged Congress to act quickly to require warning labels on products made with talc.
Fuzzy Air
In the final weeks of the election season, competing philosophies about pollution control have come to the fore in presidential politics. A new computer investigation by the Environmental Working Group indicates that Gov. George W. Bush's approach to pollution control has been a major factor in making Houston the nation's smoggiest city and Texas our smoggiest state. Because states play a decisive
Trump EPA Rolls Back Coal-Fired Power Plant Waste Rule
On Monday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to roll back regulations on how coal-fired power plants store coal ash waste and dispose of industrial water contaminated with...
EPA Chief Promises Year of ‘Progress’ To Mark Agency’s 50th Anniversary
To mark the Environmental Protection Agency's 50th anniversary, agency chief Andrew Wheeler has announced plans for a year-long celebration, promising “to build on our progress for future generations”...
Report: EPA Broke Law by Ignoring Kids’ Health To Roll Back Rules on Dirty Engines in Big Trucks
The Trump Environmental Protection Agency violated federal regulations in order to speed up repeal of pollution rules for old, dirty diesel engines in new freight trucks, instructing agency officials...
Give Me a Fake: Stossel Under Fire
Report: Trump Considering Former Chemical Industry Shill To Lead Nation’s Consumer Watchdog Agency
President Trump is considering nominating a former top chemical industry executive, who at the Environmental Protection Agency has led the rollback of important chemical safety regulations, to lead...
Duke Energy Paid Less Than Zero in Federal Taxes
The nation's largest investor-owned electric utility – which is seeking huge customer rate hikes, making puny investments in renewable energy and emitting vast amounts of pollution that worsen the...
Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act Protects Public Health From Lead, Asbestos and Other Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products
Today supporters gathered at the California State Capitol to urge the state Assembly to pass the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 495. If passed, the law would ban toxic ingredients like lead, mercury...
‘Why Not Whale Oil?’
The coal industry is pushing a bill in the Indiana legislature to make it harder for utilities to close dirty, money-losing coal plants.
In Win for Bayer-Monsanto, Trump EPA Claims Cancer-Causing Weedkiller ‘Safe’
The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed its claims today that the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research...
White House Doubles Down on Dismissal of Climate Report: ‘Not Based on Facts’
Now we know why President Trump doesn't believe the dire climate change report issued by his own administration last week. Trump's press secretary says the report is “not based on facts.”
EWG VERIFIED® Found in Big Box Stores Nationwide
Most personal care products sold on store shelves today are made with chemicals introduced to the market decades ago. The vast majority of those ingredients have not been tested for safety, and many...
Trump Plan To Protect Kids from Lead Falls Far Short
The long-awaited plan by the Trump administration to “wage a war against lead” and protect children from exposure to the potent neurotoxin is a woefully unacceptable response to this public health...
EPA’s Wheeler Faces Confirmation Hearing Before Senate Environment Panel
Andrew Wheeler faces a Senate panel confirmation hearing Wednesday for head of the Environmental Protection Agency, after a six-month tenure as acting administrator that was marked by the rollback of...
Science Review Reveals West Va. Agency Policy Contradicted by Fed, Industry Research
Sources: Trump EPA Won’t Set Drinking Water Limit for PFAS Chemicals
The Trump administration will not set legal limits for two toxic chemicals that may contaminate more than 110 million Americans' drinking water, two sources familiar with the upcoming decision told...
Jerry Ensminger to EPA’s Wheeler: ‘The Time for Weasel Words Is Over’
Retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, who was stationed for many years at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina, lost his daughter Janey in 1985 at the age of 9 from leukemia...
MTBE With Knowledge
EWG: GAO Report Confirms Trump EPA Slow-Walking Chemical Safety
Under the direction of top political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency, career scientists were told to “limit” chemical safety assessments, according to a report by the nonpartisan...
Report: Organic Packaged Foods Only ‘Clean’ Option for Consumers
Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Help Protect Consumers From Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products
A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to ensure that the chemicals used in cosmetics and...
