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Food & Farm Workers

EWG: USDA Must Do More To Protect Meat Workers

The following is the statement of Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president of government affairs, on Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Purdue's May 5 letter on meatpacker expectations.

Research

Freedom to Farm in Iowa

The first analysis of Freedom to Farm payments in Iowa shows that the program provided the vast majority of recipients with financially meaningless amounts of aid, often just a few hundred dollars per farm, just as a major economic crisis was tightening its grip on the farm belt. At the same time, a handful of Iowa's largest farming operations came away with hundreds of thousands of dollars in
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

At Wildfire Briefing, Trump Scoffs at Climate Crisis: “I Don’t Think Science Knows”

A failure in forest management – not climate change – is fueling the catastrophic wildfire inferno on the West Coast, President Trump said today.

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

UPDATE: Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Likely Contaminate More Than 700 Military Sites

More than 700 Department of Defense sites are likely to be contaminated with the fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, according to new data released this week by the Pentagon.

Research

Attack of the Killer Weeds

Section 18 of the Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act allows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to grant "emergency" and "crisis" exemptions from pesticide health and safety standards for farmers facing sudden and potentially catastrophic pest infestations. By definition, granting these exemptions is a hurried procedure, accompanied by less than a full scientific study of
COVID-19
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers

EWG Applauds HEROES 2.0 Act

Today the House unveiled the HEROES 2.0 Act. Here is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California Law Bans Toxic PFAS From Firefighting Foam

California Gov. Gavin Newson signed into law a measure to ban the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS from firefighting foams. PFAS-based firefighting foams – known as aqueous film-fighting foam...

Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Algae

Toxic Beaches: Hundreds of Closures and Health Warnings in 2020

Toxic algae and bacteria forced the closure of at least 116 U.S. beaches and triggered health warnings at 162 more this spring and summer, according to an investigation by the Environmental Working...

Toxic Chemicals
COVID-19

Former CDC Director, Hero of Smallpox Fight, Joins EWG’s Call for Redfield To Resign Over Trump Administration’s Botched Covid-19 Response

The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who led the successful effort to stamp out smallpox, has joined EWG in calling on the current CDC director to resign over the...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG: EPA’s Deceptive Action Will Keep Cancer-Causing Formaldehyde Legal for Years

The Environmental Protection Agency announced a confusing and deceptive decision today about the notorious carcinogen formaldehyde: Under the guise of taking action, the decision likely will have the...

Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Michelle Pfeiffer Launches Henry Rose Collection of Fine Fragrances

Today Michelle Pfeiffer launched Henry Rose, a new collection of five distinct scents that meets the Environmental Working Group's rigorous criteria for health, ingredient disclosure and transparency...

Research

Particle Civics

Airborne soot and dust, technically known as particulate air pollution, causes or contributes to the deaths of more Californians than car accidents, murder and AIDS combined. State health officials are proposing new air pollution rules that could save or extend more than 6,500 lives a year, but the proposal faces strong and well-financed opposition from major oil companies and automakers.
Energy
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Reform Bill Paves the Way for Cleaner Biofuels

Bipartisan legislation introduced today to eliminate the federal requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline would pave the way for cleaner biofuels, said Environmental Working Group Vice...

Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food
Food

Just Released: EWG’s 2019 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

Kale has higher pesticide residues than nearly all other produce found on supermarket shelves, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2019 Dirty Dozen™.
Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Gov. Newsom Bans Use of Brain-Damaging Pesticide In California

In a major move to protect California children, farm workers and their families, the administration of Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today it will ban the use of a toxic pesticide shown to cause brain...

Research

Anniston, Alabama: In-Depth

The story of Anniston is a cautionary tale. Monsanto's internal documents, many of which are being posted here for the first time for the world to finally see, uncover a shocking story of corporate deception and dangerous secrets.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Food & Water

EPA’s Criminal Enforcement Against Polluters Plummets Under Trump

Under President Trump and Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency has cut back criminal action against polluters to the lowest levels since the Reagan administration...

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Energy
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

Trump Nominates Ex-Coal Lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, To Head EPA

President Trump today officially nominated Andrew Wheeler, a former top lobbyist for the coal and chemical industries, to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Energy
Fossil & Nuclear

U.S. Coal Consumption Plummets to 40 Year Low

Total U.S. coal consumption is expected to fall to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to a report by the federal Energy Information Agency.

Energy

Confusion at the Grand Canyon

The U.S. Department of the Interior last week authorized mining for uranium on federal land near Grand Canyon National Park in an apparent violation of a Congressional resolution passed last June that...
Energy

Conflict at the Canyon

The Obama administration's imminent decision on the future of uranium mining near the Grand Canyon could be swayed by the analysis of a mining industry consultant who stands to reap hundreds of...

Energy
California
Food & Water

New Industry-Friendly Fracking Rules Fall Short

The Obama Administration's new hydraulic fracturing rules, released Friday, leave too much control in the hands of the oil and gas industry, particularly when it comes to public disclosure of the...

Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Factory Farms
Toxic Chemicals
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Overriding Veto of CAFO Bill Would Dump On Rights of 270,000 North Carolinians

The long-held property rights of hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians are at stake in the latest round of the ongoing battle between state lawmakers and Gov. Roy Cooper.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen
Cosmetics

Two-Thirds of Sunscreen Products Offer Inferior Protection or Contain Worrisome Ingredients

Today EWG released its 13th Annual Guide to Sunscreens, which rates the safety and efficacy of more than 1300 SPF products, including sunscreens, daily moisturizers and lip balms with SPF values. EWG...