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California

Almost Three-Fourths of California’s High-Risk Toddlers Miss Annual Lead Tests Required by Law

A new EWG analysis of state records shows that each year between 2012 and 2016, almost three-fourths of California toddlers enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state-run low-income health insurance program...

Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Food & Water

EPA Chief’s First-Class Travel in Crosshairs of GOP Investigation

The Republican chair of the House oversight committee is demanding the travel records of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.
Toxic Chemicals
Energy

In Pompeo, Trump Taps First Known Climate Denier For Secretary of State

If CIA Director Mike Pompeo becomes the next Secretary of State, he will be the first known climate denier to serve as the nation's chief diplomat Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore via Flickr.com

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Food & Water

Under Pressure, EPA Moves Forward with Drinking Water Standards for PFOA and PFOS

Under pressure from Congress, today the Environmental Protection Agency took the next step towards setting legal limits for two fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, in drinking water.

Toxic Chemicals

Trump Taps Former Chemical Industry Shill To Lead Consumer Product Safety Commission

President Trump intends to nominate a former top chemical industry executive, who at the Environmental Protection Agency has led the rollback of important chemical safety regulations, to lead the...

Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Consumers Demand Mandatory Testing of Cosmetics for Asbestos

Nearly 25,000 Americans are urging federal regulators to require the cosmetics industry to test for the presence of asbestos in cosmetics and to share the results.

Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

Senate Bill Will Help States Combat PFAS Chemicals in Drinking Water and Groundwater

Colin O'Neil, EWG's legislative director, issued the following statement on the introduction of the Providing Financial Assistance to States for Testing and Treatment Act of 2020, or PFAS Testing and...

Research

Green Acre$

Taxpayers may not realize it, but the money they send to Washington is hastening the demise of family farms through the agricultural subsidy pro- grams that purport to save them.

Toxic Chemicals
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

House GOP Seeks to Scuttle Playground Bans on Glyphosate

More than 50 city and county ordinances banning the use of the toxic weed killer glyphosate on local playgrounds, parks and school yards could be overturned by a provision championed by House...
Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Food & Water

Pruitt: Red Team-Blue Team Debate, Climate Deniers Versus Science, Coming Soon

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said today his “red team-blue team” debate, pitting climate change deniers against scientists who accept the facts about global warming, could be...

Energy

Congressional Testimony: Hearing on The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007

Download "Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD" PDF file EWG analyst Dusty Horwitt testified July 26, 2007 before a subcomittee of the House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee that speculative...
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

EWG: Sen. Casey’s Conservation Bill Would Expand Protection of Drinking Water Sources from Agriculture Pollution

Proposal Would Triple Number of Farm Acres Eligible for USDA Conservation Program FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018 WASHINGTON – The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Improvement Act, introduced today by...
Asbestos

EWG Letter in Support of the Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007

Download this letter as a PDF. The Honorable Barbara Boxer United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Dirksen Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510-6175 July 30, 2007 Dear Madam...

EWG Letter to EPA

January 4, 2007 Mr. Jim Jones, Director Office of Pesticide Programs Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 7510P 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Dear Mr. Jones, Four years...

BPA Comments for OEHHA

Download PDF file November 27, 2007 Ms. Cynthia Oshita Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Proposition 65 Implementation P.O. Box 401 1001 I Street, 19th Floor Sacramento, CA 95812-4010...
Toxic Chemicals
Perchlorate
Food & Water
Water

Environmental Working Group Applauds House Vote on The Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 8, 2007 CONTACT: Jovana Ruzicic, EWG Public Affairs (202) 939-9144 WASHINGTON - Environmental Working Group (EWG) Senior Scientist, Anila Jacob, M.D., M.P.H., praised...
Research

Smokestacks and Smokescreens

Tens of thousands of people die prematurely each year from microscopic toxic particles in the air we breathe. To reduce particle pollution to safe levels, EPA has proposed updating the decade-old health standard for so-called “particulate matter”. According to the EPA, updated health standards, in combination with other ongoing pollution control initiatives, will save 35,000 lives each year (EPA

EWG Letter to Harvard President Bok

42 CFR Parts 50 and 93 [PDF] October 11, 2006 Derek Bok, J.D. President Harvard University Massachusetts Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 USA Dear President Bok: I am writing to inform you of an apparent...

EWG Letter: EPA/DuPont Deal Contradicts Sound Science and EPA Principles

Click to download this letter (PDF). The Honorable Lisa Jackson Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 Dear...
Bug Repellent
Household & Consumer Products
Toxic Chemicals

EWG Says EPA Must Press Bug Repellent Companies To Give Users More Accurate Information

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a voluntary "repellency awareness graphic” that would be displayed on bug repellents. It represents a small step forward but falls short of...

Research

Share the Road

We all remember the thrill of riding our first bicycle as a child, and the new freedom it gave us. This year, more than 100 million Americans will go for a bicycle ride, and continue to enjoy the thrill as they pedal along with their families, commute to work on bicycles, or just ride around town. Each year, more Americans take to the road on bicycles than ever before. Ten million more Americans
Phthalates

EWG Supports Maryland Bill for Safer Children's Products

STATEMENT OF JANE HOULIHAN Vice President for Research, Environmental Working Group Hearing on House Bill 56: Phthalates and Bisphenol-A - Prohibitions - Toys and Child Care Articles Before the...
Farm Subsidies

Farm Policy for the Rest of Us

Kenneth A. Cook Speech to The American Bankers Association Agricultural Bankers Annual Meeting Minneapolis, Minnesota November 16, 2004 "Most people not on the receiving end of farm program payments...

FDA Is Challenged on Toxic Chemical in Baby Bottles

Statement of Dr. Anila Jacob, M.D., M.P.H Senior Scientist, Environmental Working Group Statements by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to a congressional inquiry reveal that the...