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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

Under pressure from EWG and other environmental and public health groups, the Food and Drug Administration has banned seven substances used in artificial flavors that have been linked to cancer in...
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DuPont Hid Teflon Pollution For Decades

Secret tests conducted in 1984 by the DuPont chemical company found a Teflon-related contaminant (C8) in the tap water of the Little Hocking Water Association in Ohio, just across the river from the company's Teflon plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. But the company never told the community, its water utility or state regulators about the tap water testing program, which continued through at

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.

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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

An order issued today by a federal judge allows a class action case against 3M, DowDuPont, Chemours and six other companies to proceed when he denied every motion to dismiss the case brought by these...

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's comments to FDA regarding its 2007 draft sunscreen rules.

EWG Comments on the FDA's Draft Assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA)

Comments to the BPA Subcommittee Chair, Office of Science and Health Coordination, Food and Drug Administration on the FDA's draft assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA).

EWG Letter to FDA regarding Melamine

Download this letter in PDF format. May 4, 2007 Dr. David Acheson Assistant Commissioner for Food Protection U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, Maryland 20857 Dear Dr...

EWG Offers Detailed Analysis of New Industry-Friendly Toxic Chemicals Control Bill

The Environmental Working Group's legal team has concluded that the Chemical Safety Improvement Act proposed last week (May 21) by Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and David Vitter (R-La.) would...

EWG Urges Drinking Water Standards for Teflon Chemical

By Olga V. Naidenko, PhD EWG Senior Scientist Download this letter[PDF] May 21, 2008 Water Docket (2822T) Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20460 Regarding...

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...