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In Senate Hearing, EPA’s Wheeler Rejects Calls To Ban Asbestos, Dodges Risks From PFAS Chemicals
In testimony today before a Senate appropriations committee, Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler refused to support banning asbestos, one of the deadliest known carcinogens, and...
Trump Wants To Let Big Hog Farmers Decide If Pork Is Safe
The Trump administration plans to let the pork industry take over inspections of meat from industrial-scale hog farms, including all tests for deadly pathogens that sicken half a million Americans a...
Ethanol Blend Ruling Bad for American Consumers and the Environment
Focus Pocus
Duke-Backed Bill That Could Jack Up Rates for NC Ratepayers Passes State Senate
Legislation pushed by Duke Energy that could relax North Carolina regulators' oversight of electricity rates passed the state Senate Thursday, sponsored by lawmakers who have received hefty campaign...
Former EPA Head Scott Pruitt Hired as Lobbyist To Save Coal in Indiana. (He Can’t.)
A major coal mining company in Indiana has hired former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to lobby against plans to close several coal-fired power plants in the state.
The Poisonwood Rivals
Nationwide sampling by a coalition of public interest groups* found dangerous levels of arsenic on the surface of “pressure treated” wood purchased at The Home Depot and Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse. These twin giants of the home improvement industry aggressively promote their concern for the environment, but they stack their shelves with highly hazardous lumber infused with the arsenic
Coal Boss Who Pushed for Industry Bailout Doubts Trump Will Deliver
A top coal executive who pushed the Trump administration for a bailout that would cost consumers billions of dollars a year admitted the president probably won't be able to keep his campaign pledge to...
Bush Violates Law Protecting Grand Canyon From Uranium Mining
Victory Closer in Battle to Protect Grand Canyon
Consider the Source
Chlorinating tap water is a critical public health measure that saves thousands of lives each year by reducing the incidence of waterborne disease. But chlorination is no substitute for cleaning up America's waters.
EWG Deconstructs California’s Toxic Fracking Recipe
The fluids used for hydraulic fracturing in California oil wells contain dozens of hazardous chemicals linked to cancer, hormone disruption and reproductive system damage, according to a new report by...
Rocket Science
Sources of drinking water for almost 7 million Californians and unknown millions of other Americans are contaminated with a toxic legacy of the Cold War: A chemical that interferes with normal thyroid function, may cause thyroid cancer and persists indefinitely in the environment, but is unregulated by the state or federal government.
Report: Rapidly Expanding Frac Sand Mining is Hidden Danger of Fracking Boom in U.S.
Frac sand mining - the extraction of the fine-particle sand needed for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") of wells -- is expanding rapidly in the United States and poses a little-understood threat to...
Fields of Filth: Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog and Chicken Operations in North Carolina
A first-of-its-kind interactive map revealing the locations of more than 6,500 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, across the state of North Carolina was released today by Waterkeeper...
Formula Makers Pressed to Remove Toxic Chemical From Containers
EWG Seeks Details Over Trump EPA’s Decision To Kill Funding for Children’s Health Centers
Environmental Working Group has filed a public records request seeking internal records that could help shed light on the EPA's decision to jettison funding for a network of research centers that...
EWG Applauds Bill to Regulate PFAS Discharges into Water
EWG today applauded Reps. Chris Pappas (D-N.H) and Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) for introducing legislation to regulate discharges of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS into rivers, lakes and bays...
EWG Applauds Passage of Amendment to Designate PFAS as “Hazardous Substances”
The House of Representatives today approved an amendment to designate PFAS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA, the Superfund law.
The Facts About Diazinon
Green Energy Guide
New California Law Creates Strictest Lead and Cadmium Limits in Jewelry in U.S.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law bipartisan legislation to protect Californians, especially children, from jewelry tainted with highly toxic heavy metals into law. SB 647 imposes the nation's...
New California Law Protects Workers From Toxic Lead Poisoning
Last night Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a powerful measure that will help California protect workers from toxic lead poisoning. With his signature, the governor has directed health officials to...
