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EWG’s Heather White Wins Sustainability Prize
EWG Executive Director Heather White has been named one of Green Building & Design Magazine's Top 20 Women in Sustainability Leadership.
Dietary Guidelines Fail to Recommend Less Meat Consumption
The federal government's new Dietary Guidelines miss a key opportunity to steer Americans toward a diet that is healthier and better for the environment by not clearly recommending that people reduce...
Americans Want Stronger Regulation of Cosmetics
A survey released today by the Mellman Group and American Viewpoint shows that voters overwhelmingly support stricter regulation of the chemical ingredients used in their personal care products.
National Academy of Sciences Urges Greater GMO Transparency
Today's National Academy of Sciences report on genetically engineered foods takes a major policy step in calling on the food and agriculture industries to increase transparency regarding GMO foods...
Senate Sends Obama Toxic Chemicals Bill That Falls Short of Needed Reforms
With tonight's voice vote in the Senate, chemicals policy reform legislation that fails to adequately protect human health and the environment is headed to the President, noted Environmental Working...
DuPont Study Finds Link Between Teflon Contaminant and Elevated Cholesterol
Pruitt’s Legacy: Worst EPA Chief in Agency’s History
After 18 months of ethical scandals, profligate spending of taxpayer dollars and rollbacks of public health protections, Scott Pruitt has resigned as administrator of the Environmental Protection...
Across U.S., Toxic Algal Blooms Threaten Lakes and Other Waterways
Across the U.S., a growing epidemic of toxic algal blooms is polluting lakes and other waterways, according to a new report by the Environmental Working Group.
PFCs: Global Contaminants
Federal Watchdog: More Than a Third of Schools Tested Have ‘Elevated Levels’ of Lead in Drinking Water
A troubling new report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that more than a third of the nation's schools that tested their water for lead found “elevated levels” of the neurotoxin. But...
Notorious Cancer-Causing Solvent TCE Taints Tap Water for 14 Million Americans
Tap water supplies for more than 14 million Americans are contaminated with a cancer-causing industrial solvent made notorious by the book and film “A Civil Action,” according to an Environmental...
Court Rebukes EPA, Orders Ban on Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains
In a scathing opinion, today a federal court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide linked to brain damage in children.
EWG Statement on the EPA Nomination of Alexandra Dapolito Dunn
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on the nomination of Alexandra Dapolito Dunn as the Assistant Administrator...
EPA Watchdog Blasts Former Agency Chief Scott Pruitt Over Spending on Security
oday, the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general released a scathing account of the abuses of taxpayer money by former agency head Scott Pruitt, who resigned in disgrace after a scandal...
Landmark BPA Study Finds Troubling Health Effects at FDA’s ‘Safe’ Levels
A groundbreaking new study, the first to test what happens in people immediately after they are exposed to bisphenol A, or BPA, shows that levels at which the federal government states is “safe” and...
Trump Admin. Seeks Reversal of Court Order to Ban Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains
Despite a federal court order to ban a pesticide that damages children's brains, the Trump administration is stubbornly fighting to keep it legal – further evidence that the administration places the...
Massive Study Finds Eating Organic Slashes Cancer Risks
Eating organic foods free from pesticides is strongly correlated with a dramatic reduction in the risk of cancer, according to a groundbreaking study published today in an American Medical Association...
Landmark Federal Study: ‘Clear Evidence’ Linking Cellphone Radiation to Cancer
Army Backs Down on FOIA, Waives $300K Fee for PFAS Contamination Data
Under pressure from Environmental Working Group and Capitol Hill lawmakers, the Army today agreed to waive its fee of almost $300,000 to process a public records request seeking information about...
Bipartisan PFAS Monitoring Bills Introduced in Congress
Today Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), and Reps. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) and Jack Bergman (R-Mich.) introduced bipartisan legislation to sample water for contamination with the...
Two Years and 10 Million Pounds Since Trump EPA Blocked Ban of Brain-Damaging Pesticide
On Thursday, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and a dozen of his fellow senators introduced legislation to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide that can harm children's brains and nervous systems. But if the Trump...
Trump’s USDA Wants To Kick 750,000 Americans Off Food Stamps, While Many Farmers Have Gotten Subsidies for Decades
A Trump administration proposal could force 750,000 low-income Americans to lose their meager federal food assistance – a cruel contrast to federal farm subsidies, which tens of thousands of farmers...
Michigan Legislators Introduce Legislation To Ensure Health Care for Veterans Exposed to PFAS Chemicals
Today Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.), with members of the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force, introduced the Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act. This legislation...
EPA’s Proposed PFAS Guidance Falls Far Short on Public Health Protection and Cleanup
The draft interim recommendations for cleanup of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, announced today by Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler, are a woefully inadequate...
