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Statement of Anila Jacob, MD, MPH
Ban Dursban
National Consumer, Environmental Groups Urge Indiana Lawmakers To Reject Coal Bailout Bill
A coalition of leading national environmental and consumer protection groups today called on state lawmakers in Indiana to scrap legislation that would make it difficult for electric utilities to...
Negative Energy: Senate Bill Would End Tax Credits for Renewables and EVs, But Boost Coal, Gas and Nukes
The Senate is likely to pass legislation that would fail to extend tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles but does include financial incentives for coal, natural gas and nuclear power...
FDA Tests Find Asbestos in Nearly 20 Percent of Cosmetics Products
Laboratory tests commissioned by the federal Food and Drug Administration of talc-based cosmetics products found the notorious carcinogen asbestos in roughly 20 percent of the samples assessed.
Actor and Advocate Mark Ruffalo Applauds $20 Billion PFAS Cleanup Proposal
Actor and environmental advocate Mark Ruffalo applauded the introduction today of the Providing Financial Assistance to States for Testing and Treatment Act of 2020, or PFAS Testing and Treatment Act...
EWG Board Member Michelle Pfeiffer Urges Congress To Reform Outdated Cosmetics Law
EWG board member Michelle Pfeiffer met with federal lawmakers today to urge them to support bipartisan legislation to reform a woefully outdated law governing the cosmetics industry.
Monsanto Relied on Shady EPA Risk Study To Dispute Court Verdict That Roundup Caused Cancer
In a legal brief filed with a federal appeals court this week, EWG staff attorneys argue Monsanto relied heavily on an untrustworthy and dubious government risk assessment to dispute a jury's findings...
Report: Trump Wants Huge Cut to Clean Energy Research
President Trump will seek nearly three-fourths cuts to federal renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, according to White House budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.
Mass Exodus of EPA Experts Tasked to Protect the Public from Toxic Chemicals, Contaminated Water
A report today by the New York Times and ProPublica describes in stark detail the impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's disregard of science and scientists, and...
Walmart Pushes Companies to Get Products Verified by EWG
Walmart, the biggest brick-and-mortar retailer in the world, announced this week it is encouraging all companies that sell personal care products in its U.S. stores to get the EWG VERIFIEDTM seal.
Perry’s Scheme to Bail Out Coal and Nukes Will Boost Utility Bills, Not Energy Resiliency or Jobs
Energy Secretary Rick Perry's scheme to require the use of electricity from coal and nuclear plants, even when cheaper sources are available, would drive up Americans' utility bills by billions of...
We're Number 1: U.S. Only Remaining Nation to Reject Climate Change Accord
Under President Trump's leadership, the U.S. has attained a unique – and shameful – distinction: the only nation on Earth to reject the Paris agreement on climate change.
Roundup for Breakfast? Weed Killer in Landmark Cancer Verdict Found in Kids’ Cereals, Other Oat-Based Foods
Popular oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars come with a hefty dose of the weed-killing poison in Monsanto's Roundup, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by EWG. These new...
Bill Would Ban Late-Harvest Spraying of Roundup Weedkiller on Oats
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to dramatically limit American children's exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, in food.
Tests Reveal More Weed Killer Than Some Vitamins in Kids’ Cereals
New Round of EWG Tests Finds More Children’s Cereals Tainted With Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing Weedkiller
A toxic weedkiller linked to cancer was detected in every sample of oat-based cereals and snack products in a new round of laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group.
EWG Opposes USDA Recommendation To Deregulate 2,4-D-Tolerant Corn, Soybeans
A U.S. Department of Agriculture recommendation to deregulate new varieties of genetically engineered corn and soybean seeds would bring a chemical manufacturer one step closer to selling a new toxic...
Dow Crop Chemical Labeled "Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans"
The decision by an organization of the world's leading cancer experts to classify the herbicide 2,4-D as a possible carcinogen underscores the risk posed by the U.S. government's recent approval of 2...
Anti-GMO Labeling Bill Just Keeps Getting DARKer
This week the House Agriculture Committee is expected to mark up and vote on a bill that would take away the right of states to label food with genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs. According to...
Doctors, Scientists Urge Obama Administration to Reject Potent Herbicide Mix
35 prominent doctors, scientists and researchers have signed a letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny approval of a new double herbicide mix of 2,4-D and glyphosate, which...
Lead Pollution at Outdoor Firing Ranges
Lead is the most prevalent contaminant at Superfund sites across the country (EPA 2001a). The highly toxic metal triggers more Superfund cleanups than any other industrial chemical or waste product in the environment. Lead is considered the number one environmental threat to children's health by the federal government, and at very low levels is linked to subtle developmental delays and reduced I.Q
Trump Officially Repeals Only Federal Mandate To Combat Climate Change, Lower Coal Plant Emissions
The Trump administration on Wednesday officially replaced the only federal program in place designed to combat climate change by lowering carbon dioxide emissions from coal-burning power plants.
Top EPA Official, Who Oversaw Rollback of Key Climate Change and Pollution Control Initiatives, Quits
Bill Wehrum, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency's office of air and radiation, who played a key role in the Trump administration's efforts to repeal key Obama-era climate change...
