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EPA Stops Controversial Study

Today Steve Johnson, nominee for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, announced that the Agency is calling off a study that would have paid families $970 to videotape their children...

EWG Calls on EPA to Set Lower Limit on Perchlorate in Water

EWG commends EPA for taking action to protect Americans from perchlorate, an endocrine-disrupting compound and contaminant in tap water.

Testimony of Deborah Rice, Ph.D.

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Science Under Siege: Scientific Integrity and the Environmental Protection Agency Download PDF file of...

EWG Urges EPA: Protect Public from Chromium-6 in Tap Water

EWG submits comments on EPA's IRIS program draft toxicological review of hexavalent chromium.

EWG Takes a Stand on Food Marketed for Children

EWG strongly supports the proposed nutrition principles of the Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children.

New Research Fuels Demand for BPA-Free Food Cans

EWG writes FDA commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg that a pivotal new study intensifies concerns about the danger of bisphenol A, plastics chemical and synthetic estrogen, to public health.

EWG’s Ken Cook Testifies On House Bill to Reform Chemicals Law

EWG President Ken Cook testifies to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection about the major shortcomings in the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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From Bureaucrats to Fat Cats

Most Washington insiders are familiar with the concept of the revolving door— former government officials leave their respective agencies to work as lawyers, lobbyists and consultants, offering easy access to the government process and insider knowhow to clients. The problem is so pervasive that one of President Clinton's first presidential acts was to establish rules dictating how long former

EWG Calls on Fast Food Companies to Remove Nonstick Chemicals From Packaging Supply Chain

This morning EWG released a report, which showed that many fast food chains nationwide still use food wrappers, bags and boxes coated with highly fluorinated chemicals.

EWG Letter to the Department of Justice, Calling for an Investigation Into Scott Pruitt

Below is the text of a letter from EWG to the Department of Justice, calling for an investigation into claims made by EPA nominee Scott Pruitt.

Products Carrying the EWG VERIFIED® Seal Coming to Target

Target made a giant commitment to the better beauty movement by adding W3LL PEOPLE, one of the leading nontoxic cosmetics companies in the country, to store shelves. W3LL PEOPLE has more than 30...

Senate Should Postpone Pruitt Vote Until Review of Industry Emails

EWG joined several members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in urging Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to postpone a vote on Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's confirmation to...

EWG: Latest Trump Executive Order Will Put Food Safety, Air, Water and Public Health in Peril

President Trump and his top aide, Steve Bannon, are charging ahead with their plans to “deconstruct the administrative state,” by threatening vital protections that safeguard food, drinking water, air...

EWG: Rollback of Clean Power Plan Shows Trump’s Contempt for Public Health

President Trump's executive order gutting the Clean Power Plan shows his disregard for protecting public health and the environment, said EWG President Ken Cook.

EWG Letter to the Food Companies in Opposition to H.R. 5

Below is the text of a letter from EWG and other environmental health non-governmental organizations to food companies in opposition of H.R. 5, the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017...

EWG: Trump’s Policies Endanger Drinking Water for Rural Americans

President Trump's actions during his first 100 days in office will put the drinking water for millions of rural Americans in jeopardy, noted EWG senior vice president for government affairs, Scott...

In Continued Assault on Public Safety, Key Senate Panel Approves ‘License to Kill’ Bill

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed the so-called Regulatory Accountability Act today, sending the proposal to the full Senate. The bill, dubbed the “License to Kill...

Trump Proposal Puts Americans at Greater Risk from Toxic Chemicals

President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt have determined protecting the public from notorious cancer-causing chemicals like asbestos and 1,4-dioxane is far less...

EWG Testimony to the Senate Agriculture Committee on Organic Agriculture’s Place in the 2018 Farm Bill

Below is testimony submitted for the record to the Senate Agriculture Committee for the hearing “Opportunities in Global and Local Markets, Specialty Crops, and Organics: Perspectives for the 2018...

EWG Urges EPA to Ban Unnecessary Uses of Bee-Killing Pesticides

EWG and 122,210 supporters write to EPA’s pesticide office urging it to ban all unnecessary uses of neonicotinoid insecticides as it completes its assessment of their ecological effects. Canada and...

EWG: Pruitt’s $25,000 Sound Proof Phone Booth Raises Serious Concerns

WASHINGTON – The reports today that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has spent $25,000 in taxpayer’s money to install a soundproof, secure phone booth in his office is an...

EWG Comments on EPA Methods to Set Goal Level for Perchlorate in Tap Water

EWG’s public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Drinking Water urge it to protect American children from perchlorate exposure by establishing a Maximum Contaminant Level Goal...

EWG’s Letter to Live Water on Recent Company Publicity

EWG sent a letter to Live Water regarding recent brand publicity. The letter, also sent by mail, was penned following several inquiries about their product and the “raw water” movement.

EWG’s Letter to CVS on New Truth in Advertising Initiative

EWG sent a letter to CVS praising its new truth in advertising initiative for cosmetic products. The letter, also sent by mail, was penned following CVS’s announcement.