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EWG Urges California to Protect Kids from Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing Herbicide
California's landmark health guideline for Monsanto's herbicide glyphosate is a huge step forward, but falls short of protecting children's health, according to evidence assembled by EWG scientists.
LA County Bans Use of Monsanto’s Roundup Weedkiller on County Property Over Health Concerns
The same day that a second jury in seven months found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, causes cancer, Los Angeles County banned any further use of the toxic weedkiller by...
Bipartisan PFAS Package Clears Key Senate Committee
A key Senate committee today approved a bipartisan proposal to expand dramatically government efforts to monitor the scope of the PFAS contamination crisis.
Bipartisan Bill To Protect Californians From Toxic Jewelry Clears Key Committee
Bipartisan legislation to protect Californians, especially children, from jewelry tainted with highly toxic heavy metals sailed through a key committee Wednesday.
In Indiana, Latest Duke Energy Proposal Clings to Fossil Fuels, Dismisses Renewables
Duke Energy wants to force its Indiana customers to pay for a business-as-usual plan that continues to rely almost exclusively on dirty and expensive coal- and gas-fired power plants, ignoring the...
EWG Calls on CDC To Monitor US Population for Monsanto’s Weedkiller Glyphosate
Glyphosate, the most heavily used pesticide in the U.S., should be added to the list of toxic chemicals the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regularly measures in the bodies of the...
Brain Food
On January 12, 2001, government health officials issued new advisories warning women to limit fish consumption during pregnancy to avoid exposing their unborn children to unsafe levels of methylmercury. Methylmercury can cross the placenta and cause learning deficits and developmental delays in children who are exposed even to relatively low levels in the womb. The principal exposure route for the
Children’s Bath Products Contaminated with Formaldehyde, 1,4-Dioxane
Pruitt Illegally Installed $43K Phone Booth When EPA Already Had 2
Before Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt illegally installed a private phone booth in his office to the tune of $43,000 from taxpayers, there were already two soundproof booths called...
Dems Demand Scott Pruitt Testify Under Oath at House Hearing
Top democrats from the House Energy and Commerce Committee have called for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to testify under oath during a congressional hearing he is...
EWG: Scott Pruitt Should Follow Aides’ Lead and Resign
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt should join his aides Albert “Kell” Kelly and Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta, and resign immediately, said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook...
House Farm Bill Fails
House leaders failed to garner enough support to pass their version of the 2018 farm bill. The following is a statement from Environmental Working Group Senior Vice President for Government Affairs...
Pruitt Taps Former Oil Company PR Flack, Creator of ‘Lock Her Up’ Chant to Run EPA’s Calif. Office
The new head of the Environmental Protection Agency's regional office is a former spokesman for a California oil company that has a long record of environmental violations.
Nearly 28,000 Farmers Got USDA Payments for 32 Straight Years, Totaling $19 Billion
Nearly 28,000 U.S. farmers received taxpayer-funded federal farm subsidies or disaster relief payments for 32 straight years, according to a new EWG analysis of data from the Department of Agriculture...
Reports: Before Confirmed, Scott Pruitt Wanted EPA Office, Private Phone Booth in Okla.
Congressional leaders are demanding information from Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt over allegations he wanted taxpayers to open an office in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla., before he...
EWG Statement on Senate’s Bipartisan Farm Bill
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on the Senate version of the farm bill.
Statement from EWG on the Senate Farm Bill
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on passage of the Senate version of the farm bill by the Senate Committee on...
Groups Demand Immediate Halt to Food Uses of Fluoride-Based Pesticide
Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide tolerances on food
EWG: Senate Farm Bill Far Better Than House Proposal, But Fails to Rein in Farm Subsidies
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on the full Senate's passage of its version of the farm bill.
EWG Celebrates 20 Years of Game-Changing Work
This week, the Environmental Working Group celebrated 20 years of groundbreaking environmental health research and advocacy at its 4th annual Earth Dinner at the Ferry Building in San Francisco...
Spring Cleaning: EWG’s Tips on What to Use – and What to Avoid
From kitchen, bathroom, glass and all-purpose cleaners to dishwashing detergent, laundry soap and bleach, Environmental Working Group has scoured the chemical ingredients of more than 2,000 different...
An Outpouring of Thanks for Outgoing USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan
More than 100 food and farm leaders, CEOs, actors, chefs, pediatricians, authors, environmentalists and public interest groups sent a heartfelt letter today to Kathleen Merrigan, who is resigning as...
Superbugs Invade America’s Supermarket Meat
The latest round of tests by federal scientists, quietly published in February, has documented startlingly high percentages of supermarket meat containing antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a...