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Most U.S. Apples Coated with Chemical Banned in Europe
A chemical widely used on non-organic American apples was banned in the European Union in 2012 because its makers could not show it did not pose a risk to human health, according to a new analysis by...
EWG To Ethanol Lobby: Tell the Truth on the Renewable Fuel Standard
Washington, D.C. -- Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, has issued a statement calling EWG's new report, Ethanol's Broken Promise: Using Less Corn Ethanol Reduces Greenhouse Gas...
California Poised to Ban Toxic Microbeads from Cosmetics
The California State Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a proposal to ban the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics products because they contaminate oceans, other waterways and seafood.
New FDA Seafood Guidelines Risky for Children, Pregnant Women
New seafood consumption guidelines announced today by the federal Food and Drug Administration could put at risk the health of young children and pregnant and nursing women, according to Environmental...
More Scientific Evidence That Organic Food Is More Nutritious
A new study led by a team of scientists at Newcastle University in England provides the most compelling and comprehensive evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than their conventional...
Government’s Top Doctor Issues Wake-Up Call on Sun Exposure Risks
The government's top doctor's urgent warning today is an important call to action to reduce the skyrocketing rates of skin cancer, EWG said in a statement.
EWG’s Scott Faber Testifies Against Anti-GE Labeling Bill
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs at EWG, urged a congressional panel to oppose legislation that would deny consumers information about what's in their food and how it was grown.
EWG’s White Praises Obama’s Pledge to Veto Keystone XL
EWG Executive Director Heather White said today that by pledging to veto the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama is sending a message to anti-environmentalists in Congress: “Bring it on.” We welcome...
EWG Letter to Infant Formula Manufacturers
Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD at Oversight Hearing on Hardrock Mining on Federal Land
Statement: Washington Post "Backward in the Senate"
Risks of Plastic Chemical Add Up for Infants
FDA should adopt EPA tap water health goals as enforceable limits for bottled water
Infant Formula Companies Should Come Clean on Melamine, BPA
EWG and Allies Urge Defeat of Biofuels Green House Gas Analysis Exemption
EWG to FDA: Halt All Use of Deca-Laced Plastic Food Pallets
California Urged To Add Bisphenol-A (BPA) To Prop 65 Toxics List
EWG's letter to EPA
Mercury Memo
Do As We Say, Not As We Do
Probabilistic exposure and risk assessment for children who contact CCA-treated wood on playsets and decks and CCA-containing so
EWG Comments to FDA on Nano-Scale Ingredients in Cosmetics
High Levels of Bayer’s Weedkiller Found in Hummus, Chickpeas
Independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the notorious weedkiller linked to cancer, in more than 80 percent of non-organic hummus and chickpeas...
Study: Disposal of PFAS Waste Increases Contamination
In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Chemosphere, scientists at the Environmental Working Group conclude that burning, discarding and flushing waste containing the toxic fluorinated...
