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EWG president Ken Cook testifies that ensuring safe, accessible drinking water is a core responsibility of the U.S. government.

EWG comments that FDA's assessment of triclosan in over-the-counter antimicrobial products should weigh evidence suggesting that antibacterial hand soaps and dish detergents are no more effective than...

EWG's Richard Wiles testifies to the Pennsylvania legislature on the dangers of BPA in children's products.

EWG opposes an EPA pesticide office plan for conditional registration of a nanoscale silver chemical known as HeiQ AGS-20 and used as an antimicrobial, pesticide and textile preservative. EWG asks the...

Now is our chance to turn the farm bill into a healthier food bill, but we need you to stand with us.

EWG's Kari Hamerschlag and authors Anna Lappé and Dan Imhoff write the House Agriculture Committee to protest cuts of $16 billion from nutrition assistance and $6.1 billion from conservation programs.

Congressional Testimony by Dusty Horwitt JD, Public Lands Analyst, Environmental Working Group to the oversight hearing on Hardrock Mining on Federal Land Before the Senate Committee on Energy and...

EWG comments on EPA's on draft guidance for oil and gas companies that use diesel in fracking fluids. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act requires them to obtain an EPA permit before injecting...

Hearing: Examination of the Licensing Process for the Yucca Mountain Repository Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at 10 am Submitted for the Record Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe, distinguished...

We are writing to express our serious concern about the recent decision of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to award a Specialty Crop Block...

Download PDF. Read our Bay out of Balance Report November 5, 2010 Water Docket Environmental Protection Agency Mailcode: 28221T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. Washington, DC 20460 Re: Draft Chesapeake...

Testimony of Scott Fabe, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Groupb before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on...

EWG has been monitoring reports from Oregon regarding the discovery of formaldehyde in test samples of Brazilian Blowout – despite claims that the products are “formaldehyde free.” Oregon health...

EWG comments on EPA's review of toxicological studies for hexavalent chromium say that there is no need to weaken the conclusions or delay issuing the document.

Comments from Environmental Working Group on the Food and Drug Administration proposed revisions to the Nutrition Facts label

In 2013, California proposed a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 micrograms per liter (μg/L) for hexavalent chromium. EWG, in conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Clean Water...

EWG President Ken Cook issued the following statement in response to the proposal by Sens. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., on GMO labeling.

EWG Legislative Attorney Melanie Benesh issued the following statement today in response to the federal Food and Drug Administration's announcement Friday that it finalized its rule governing...

EWG has spent over a decade advocating for reforms to strengthen the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA should use its expanded authority to create a robust, data-driven risk evaluation process...

The new requirements under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act will for the first time require the Environmental Protection Agency to systematically review existing...

EWG Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber said that draft cosmetics legislation released today by Reps. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., and Rep. Leonard Lance, R-N.J., will help make regulation of...

Today the Environmental Protection Agency released its list of 10 priority chemicals.

Using its strengthened powers under the recently modernized chemical safety law, the Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to ban a chemical's use as an aerosol spray degreaser and spot...