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Senator Helps to Protect Our Food
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) helped to protect the safety of food today by stripping a controversial rider that would have given Monsanto and other agrichemical...
Children's Drinks Contain Ingredients That Can Form Benzene
Today the Environmental Working Group (EWG) sent a letter to the FDA requesting that the Agency notify the public about the presence of two ingredients in many popular children's drinks that can mix...
Administration Urged to Release New Pesticide Residue Data
For roughly two decades, the US Department of Agriculture has tested various fruits and vegetables for pesticide residues, usually making its findings available to the public in January. More than...
CDC Analyzes Toxics In Humans
With its fourth and most ambitious edition of its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, released today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) casts the issue of...
Pombo Proposal Amounts to Largest Land Sell-Off in Modern American History (08 Nov 2005)
A little-known provision in the current House budget reconciliation could precipitate one of the largest land giveaways in American history.
State Attorneys General Oppose Shield for MTBE Polluters
In a letter to all U.S. senators, the chief legal officers of 12 states from New York to California are urging lawmakers to vote against the federal energy bill or any legislation that protects oil...
IN BREAK WITH PARTY, SCHWARZENEGGER OPPOSES BIG OIL BAILOUT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has come out against a provision in the federal energy bill shielding oil companies from lawsuits over water pollution by the toxic gasoline additive MTBE — a stance at odds...
Environmental Working Group's Response to the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association on Congress' Proposed MTBE Accountability Shield
The NPRA's propaganda about our report is painstakingly crafted to confuse the issues, but it makes one thing perfectly clear: The oil industry is desperate to get the accountability shield, and...
'CHEERS' Children and Pesticides Debate Widens to Congress
The Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or CHEERS study would measure pesticide and chemical levels in 60 Florida children who would be selected for the study based on heavy pesticide...
A $400 Million Xmas Present From U.S. Taxpayers
Every year, U.S. taxpayers give California farmers a $400 million Christmas present.
USA TODAY Ad Names Cosmetics Companies That Won't Commit To Removing Toxic Chemicals From American Products
A full-page advertisement in USA Today challenges cosmetics companies to come clean about whether they plan to remove toxic chemicals that are banned in the European Union from products sold on...
Investigation Shows That Despite Claims, Oil And Gas Industry Has Had Wide Access To The West
The oil and gas industry and federal officials repeatedly claim that environmental protections have blocked their access to Western lands and hurt efforts to reduce dependence on foreign sources of...
Federal Panel Okays Limited Pesticide Tests on Humans
A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel today recommended limits on chemical industry testing of pesticides and toxic chemicals on human subjects.
Website Reveals Size, Scope and Locations of Utah Public Land Giveaways To Oil and Gas Companies
Today 5,000 acres of environmentally sensitive public land in Utah face permanent loss of protection at taxpayer-subsidized auction. A new computer investigation of federal data by the Environmental...
Research
Science Policy Memo Detailing EWG Findings on C8
Throughout the spring and summer of 2002, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) conducted a series of community meetings on the hazards of drinking tap water contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) from DuPont's manufacturing operations in Washington, West Virginia. Our analysis of the content of the materials presented by the DEP at these meetings finds
U.S. Mercury Standard Among Worst in World
A joint UN - WHO expert food committee has just recommended a new international standard for mercury in seafood that continues to allow a dangerous mercury exposure level, and is particularly...
Research
EWG Assessment of EPA Draft Human Health Risk Assessment for the Teflon Chemical PFOA
An Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) newly released draft human health risk assessment for the Teflon chemical (C-8, APFO, or PFOA) shows that the Agency has dramatically underestimated human health risks from exposures to this ubiquitous, persistent toxic chemical (EPA 2005). The Agency substantially tilts the assessment in DuPont's favor
Senator Boxer's letter to FDA
Correspondence regarding perchlorate contamination in food growth in the United States
Environmental Working Group calls for Immediate Recall of Arsenic-Treated Playsets and Reimbursement for Consumers
The Environmental Working Group today asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to ban the use of arsenic-treated wood in outdoor play structures and to order consumer refunds for millions...
Ford Hid SUV Rollover Evidence For Decades
Like other car companies, Ford has consistently fought mandatory increases in fuel economy for SUVs and other vehicles by invoking fears that higher mileage requirements would result in smaller, more...
NAS Committee Meets on Testing of Pesticides, Toxic Chemicals on Humans
A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel, requested by the Bush Administration, will meet January 8-9, 2003 to begin its review of the ethics of chemical companies using humans in laboratory tests...
Glacier's Press Release
Statement by Brian McInerney, President and CEO of Glacier Water Services, Inc.
EWG Study Finds FDA Out to Lunch on Protecting Women from Mercury in Fish
Internal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documents obtained by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) reveal that the agency is failing in its public health obligation to protect pregnant women and...
Thyroid Toxin Taints Water Supplies for Millions in Calif. & Nationwide
Sources of drinking water for more than 7 million Californians and unknown millions of other Americans are contaminated with a chemical that disrupts child development and may cause thyroid cancer...