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EWG Action Fund: Senators Seek Answers Regarding Asbestos in Nation’s Schools
WASHINGTON – EWG Action Fund supports Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) in their effort to find out how states and schools across the U.S. have implemented a 1986 law...
Study Links Childhood Cancer and In-Home Pesticide Use
A new study by Harvard researchers provides disturbing evidence that children's exposure to household insecticides is linked to higher risks of childhood leukemia and lymphoma, the most common cancers...
Virtual Flood
Crop Insurance: An Annual Disaster for Taxpayers and the Environment
EWG's new analysis found that the federal crop insurance program is much more costly to taxpayers and more harmful to the environment than the disaster payment program it has largely replaced. EWG...
Proposal Would Reform Bloated Crop Insurance Program
Legislation introduced in Congress today would ease the burden placed on taxpayers and the environment by the bloated federal crop insurance program, according to the Environmental Working Group.
Like Oil and Water
Boxer Receives Inaugural EWG Courage Award
The Environmental Working Group has selected Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., a longtime champion of the environment and public health and ranking member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works...
New Report Shows Farmers Win Big on Crop Insurance
Most farmers collect more money in crop insurance payouts than they pay in premiums on their federal policies over time, making the term “insurance” a misnomer, according to a new report from EWG.
Maura Walsh Named EWG Vice President of Digital Strategy
EWG is pleased to announce that Maura E. Walsh has joined our growing team as vice president of digital strategy. Walsh, a highly-regarded digital communications leader, brings more than fifteen years...
Statement of EWG’s Scott Faber on Passage of DARK Act by Senate Agriculture Committee
The Environmental Working Group issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly passed a version of the House-adopted Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act...
New Draft of Senate’s DARK Act Blocks Consumers’ Right to Know
Today, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) filed the latest version of a bill known by opponents as the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act, or DARK Act, which the full Senate will likely consider this week.
EWG’s 2016 Dirty Dozen™ List of Pesticides on Produce: Strawberries Most Contaminated, Apples Drop to Second
Conventional strawberries top the Dirty Dozen™ list of EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, displacing apples, which headed the list the last five years running.
Chemical Reform Law Falls Short in Protecting Public Health, Environment
Environmental Working Group issued the following statement ahead of expected passage today by the House on H.R.3576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2016.
Tainted Catch
Levels of a little-known class of neurotoxic chemicals found in computers, TV sets, cars and furniture are building up rapidly in key indicator species of San Francisco Bay fish, according to tests by the Environmental Working Group (EWG.)
Top House Investigator Sends Aides to EPA to Comb Through Scott Pruitt’s Travel Records
The chairman of the House oversight committee is sending investigators to the Environmental Protection Agency to review Scott Pruitt's exorbitant travel expenses, according to media reports.
White House Support For EPA Chief Crumbling
President Trump's support for his ethically-challenged EPA administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be crumbling in advance of two come-to-Jesus congressional hearings Thursday. Photo courtesy of Gage...
EWG: Scott Pruitt Should be ‘Under Oath Before Breakfast’
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt will testify Wednesday before a Senate appropriations subcommittee, his fourth time before a congressional committee this year.
DuPont workers smoke Teflon-laced cigarettes in company experiments
Two-Thirds of Sunscreen Products Offer Poor Protection or Have Worrisome Ingredients
Today, just ahead of Memorial Day weekend, the Environmental Working Group released its 12th annual Guide to Sunscreens, rating the safety and efficacy of more than 1,000 sunscreens, moisturizers and...
HHS Releases ‘Nightmare’ PFAS Chemical Study Suppressed by Scott Pruitt, White House
A government report released today – which was suppressed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense and the White House for fear it would cause a “public relations nightmare” –...
National Academy Calls for Lowering Fluoride Limits in Tap Water
House Passes Farm Bill That Would Let Billionaires, Non-Farmers Collect Farm Subsidies
House Republicans pushed through their version of the 2018 Farm Bill today, which would waste billions more in taxpayer money with new loopholes. The bill would let the super rich and people who don't...
EWG Analysis: Trump Loophole Would Exempt 1 in 6 GMO Foods from New Disclosure Law
Loopholes proposed by the Trump administration could exempt more than 10,000 – or one out of six – genetically modified foods from a new GMO disclosure law, according to a new analysis by EWG.
Bill to Disclose Ingredients in Cleaning Products Gets Hearing
On Wednesday, March 29 at 9:30 a.m., the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee will consider the Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017 (SB-258).
