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BLM Steamrolls Public on Otero Mesa

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) next month will release 250,000-acres for oil and gas development in the heart of New Mexico's Otero Mesa — despite strong local opposition from the governor, the...
Toxic Chemicals
Children’s Health

EWG Supports Proposed Toxics Legislation

The legislation, entitled the "Kids-Safe Chemicals Act of 2005," contains much-needed fundamental reforms of TSCA, the nation's notoriously weak chemical safety law. TSCA has not been reformed in...
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture

U.S. Reps. Solis and Bishop Propose Ban on EPA Support for Pesticide Experiments on People

As Congress prepares to vote on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget for the next year, U.S. Representatives Hilda Solis of California and Tim Bishop of New York will introduce an...
Chemical Policy

Congress to Chemical Industry: You’re Under Investigation

The powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee today launched a landmark investigation into the chemical industry lobby group, The American Chemistry Council (ACC). In a letter to ACC President Jack...
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen
Cosmetics
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (6/9): Two Maps – Protecting Our Land and Finding Toxic Nonstick Chemicals in Drinking Water

This week, EWG released two reports.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (6/8): 28,000 Farmers Collected Subsidies for 32 Years Straight, EPA May Scuttle Ban on Carcinogenic Chemical and More

News Roundup (6/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (7/27): Carcinogenic TCE in Tap Water, Food Additives to Avoid and More

News Roundup (7/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (8/3): Nonstick Chemicals Contaminate Drinking Water, Americans Urge EPA to Ban TCE and More

EWG News Roundup (8/3): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Children’s Health
Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Energy
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (9/27): ‘Forever Chemicals’ in California, Electric Cars Draw Ire of Big Oil and More

EWG News Roundup (9/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

EWG-Commissioned Tests Finds Cancer-Causing Asbestos in Talc-based Cosmetics

Earlier this year, EWG reported results of tests that found the notorious carcinogen asbestos in samples of talc-based cosmetics. EWG-commissioned tests by Scientific Analytical Institute found...

EWG News Roundup (12/4): Pressure Mounts on Automakers To Back California Emission Standards, Defense Bill Falls Short on PFAS Protections for Service Members and More

EWG News Roundup (12/4): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Cosmetics

Cosmetics Safety 'Virtually Unregulated' by Federal Law

WASHINGTON, May 14 – Cosmetics and personal care products may be the main routes of exposure for Americans to many harmful chemicals. But the U.S. cosmetics industry is almost completely unregulated...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

EWG Farm Bill Platform

This year's effort to renew America's food and farm policy through the farm bill creates an opportunity for Congress to do more to support family farmers, protect the environment, encourage healthy...
Pesticides

Common Pesticides Associated With Lower Birth Weight, Shortened Pregnancy

A new study is reinforcing obstetricians' standard warning that pregnant women should avoid exposure to pesticides in foods and weed killers because the chemicals can harm the developing fetus.

Chemical Policy
BPA
Household & Consumer Products
Cookware & Food Containers
Food

FDA Keeps Toxic Plastic Chemical in Food, Infant Formula

Once again, the federal agency charged with protecting the public from tainted food has ignored a mountain of scientific research and decided to allow a toxic chemical to remain in food packaging. The...

Research

Seizing a Watershed Moment

The Mississippi River flows more than 2,000 miles from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico and is the world's third-largest river basin. Millions of residents get their drinking water from the Mississippi. The River supports a vast array of economic, commercial, and recreational activities.
California

California Regulators Turn a Blind Eye to Fracking

State regulators have no idea how many oil and gas wells have been fracked in California despite having requested and received $3 million in new funding in 2010 to regulate the practice.

Food & Water
Food

How Much Added Sugar is in Food? Eaters Have the Right to Know

If Americans knew exactly how much added sugar came with the food and beverages they and their families consume, many might make different choices.

Veteran Food and Farm Advocate Joins EWG

Washington, D.C. -- Scott Faber, a long-time food and farm policy advocate, has joined the Environmental Working Group as EWG's Vice President for Government Affairs. During his 20-year career as an...

California
Federal & State Energy Policy

President's Speech Misses Mark in Addressing Concerns Over Fracking

During last night's State of the Union address, President Obama appeared ready to throw the full support of his administration behind the expansion of natural gas drilling operations throughout the...
California

Gas Drilling Doublespeak

Gas drilling companies routinely warn their investors of a litany of possible disasters – such as leaks, spills, explosions, bodily injury and even death – but regularly fail to mention these risks...

Chemical Policy
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Cleaners’ ingredients would finally be disclosed under new bill

A ground-breaking consumer right-to-know bill introduced today by Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) would close labeling requirement loopholes that have allowed manufacturers to hide untested and even...

Chemical Policy
BPA

Chemical Giants Bow to BPA Ban in Kids' Foodware

Yielding to pressure from parents, health advocates, and lawmakers, the chemical industry has conceded that the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A should not be used to make baby bottles and sippy...

Research

CDC Scientists Find Rocket Fuel Chemical In Infant Formula

Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported that 15 brands of powdered infant formula are contaminated with perchlorate, a rocket fuel component detected in drinking water in 28 states and territories.