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EWG Guidance for Industry on Use of Term "Healthy" in the Labeling of Food Products
Below are comments submitted by EWG in response to the Food and Drug Administration's request for input on guidance for the food industry on the use of the term "healthy" on food packaging. -- March 9...
Trump’s Pick to Head EPA Toxics Office Bad News for Children’s Environmental Health
WASHINGTON – In choosing Michael Dourson to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency’s chemicals and pesticides division, President Trump has continued his fox-in-the-henhouse approach to...
‘Homegrown Organic’ Bill Would Expand Market Opportunities for U.S. Producers, Increase Domestic Production
WASHINGTON – The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 – H.R. 3637, by Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H. – is a pro-jobs, pro-consumer and pro-environment proposal that would give farmers who want to transition to...
EWG’s Testimony to the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Flame Retardants
EWG's testimony to the Consumer Product Safety Commission in support of a petition to ban hazardous flame retardants in four categories of consumer products: children's products, mattresses, furniture...
EWG Comments on Pyrethroid/Pyrethrin Insecticide Risk Assessments
EWG’s public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticides demand it fully consider the risks of low-dose exposures to pyrethroid pesticides during pregnancy and childhood...
EWG Letter to CERHR, Re: Interim Draft Report on Bisphenol A
EWG’s Letter to FDA on Rodan + Field’s Misleading Cosmetics Claims
EWG sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to stop Rodan + Fields from making misleading claims about harmful ingredients in its products.
Catching the Limit
EPA’s Scott Pruitt Spent $1,560 of Taxpayer Money on 12 Pens
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt spent $1,560 in taxpayer money on 12 custom fountain pens emblazoned with his signature and the agency's seal, according to internal emails obtained...
Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Disastrous for Public Health, Clean Energy Investments
President Trump's 2021 budget proposal, released today, seeks deep cuts in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and other agencies, and shows the administration's...
Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act Would Ban Cosmetics With Chemicals Linked to Cancer or Reproductive Harm
On Thursday the California Assembly reintroduced the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 2762. If passed, the law would ban 12 toxic ingredients, such as mercury and formaldehyde, from the beauty and...
Prime Suspects
Study: PFAS Act Similar to Known Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Indiana University have for the first time conducted a review of 26 fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, and found that all display at least one...
AspenClean Brings First EWG VERIFIED® Cleaners to Consumers
Today AspenClean announced its collection of nine cleaning products that meet the Environmental Working Group's rigorous criteria for health, ingredient disclosure and transparency. These are the...
PFAS Could Contaminate More Than 600 Military Installations, DOD Says
The Department of Defense has released new data showing that more than 600 military sites and surrounding communities could be contaminated with perfluorinated chemicals, or PFAS – far more...
FOIA Data: Tap Water at 28 Military Bases Tainted With ‘Forever Chemicals’ Above States’ Safety Standards
Drinking water at more than two dozen U.S. military installations is contaminated with toxic fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, at levels that exceed the standards set or proposed by a number of states...
Trump Rollback of Auto Emissions Standards = 1 Billion More Tons of Air Pollution
Today the Trump administration is set to release a final rule rolling back auto fuel efficiency standards, which will let cars and light trucks emit 1 billion more tons, or more, of carbon pollution...
EWG: By Pulling Out of Paris Climate Pact, Trump Ignores 'Moral Responsibility'
By pulling the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement, President Trump will abdicate his responsibility as leader of the most powerful country in the world, to help fight the looming catastrophe of...
Trump’s Plan to Prop Up Coal and Nukes Would Drive Up Utility Bills
Millions of Americans could see their monthly electricity bills increase under the Trump administration's proposal to prop up the dying, dirty and dangerous coal and nuclear power industries, said EWG...
An Ill Wind
Picking Losers: Why Coal and Nuclear Interests Are Desperate For a Ratepayer Bailout
Without Energy Secretary Rick Perry's scheme to make utility customers buy more expensive electricity from aging, dirty and dangerous coal and nuclear u, utilities plan to close 75 coal and nuclear...
Clean Power Plan Hearing is Trump’s Latest Desperate Act to Save Dying Coal Industry
For the only public hearing on the proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the Trump administration picked a location where residents are sure to support the desperate attempt to save the dying coal...
Pollution Pays
Historic PFAS Investments Proposed in House Spending Bills
Three spending bills proposed by the House will make historic investments to address the regulation and cleanup of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS.
