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Sources: Trump EPA Won’t Set Drinking Water Limit for PFAS Chemicals
The Trump administration will not set legal limits for two toxic chemicals that may contaminate more than 110 million Americans' drinking water, two sources familiar with the upcoming decision told...
Jerry Ensminger to EPA’s Wheeler: ‘The Time for Weasel Words Is Over’
Retired Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger, who was stationed for many years at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in North Carolina, lost his daughter Janey in 1985 at the age of 9 from leukemia...
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EWG: GAO Report Confirms Trump EPA Slow-Walking Chemical Safety
Under the direction of top political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency, career scientists were told to “limit” chemical safety assessments, according to a report by the nonpartisan...
Report: Organic Packaged Foods Only ‘Clean’ Option for Consumers
Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Help Protect Consumers From Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products
A bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) would give the Food and Drug Administration the power to ensure that the chemicals used in cosmetics and...
Tests Find PFAS Chemicals in Cosmetics at ‘Elevated Levels’
A new study from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency found toxic fluorinated, or PFAS, chemicals at high levels in nearly one-third of the cosmetics products it tested.
Calif. Bill Would Ban Cosmetics With Chemicals Linked to Cancer or Reproductive Harm
Landmark legislation introduced today would ban the use in cosmetics sold in California of 20 highly toxic chemicals known to cause cancer, reproductive harm or hormone disruption.
Cheap With His Own Money, Not Ours: Pruitt Had Sweetheart Rental Deal With Energy Lobbyist’s Wife
According to press reports, for the first six months of 2017, Pruitt paid $50 a night to rent space in a Capitol Hill condo, paying only for the nights he actually slept there. The condo is co-owned...
GAO: Pruitt Broke Law in Buying $43K Private Phone Booth
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's use of $43,000 in taxpayer funds for a private phone booth broke federal law, according to a report today from the federal Government...
At Pruitt’s EPA, Stricter Limits to Protect Americans from Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals are ‘Nightmare’
EWG Applauds Lowe’s for Protecting Public from Dangerous Paint Stripping Chemicals
The national home improvement chain Lowe's announced this week it will begin removing two highly toxic chemicals from its paint stripping products, with the phaseout to be completed by the end of this...
Ahead of Farm Bill Markup, EWG Urges Senate to Back Grassley’s Subsidy Reform Efforts
On Wednesday, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, will offer an amendment to the Senate farm bill that would tighten requirements for farm subsidies. The Environmental Working Group urged support for...
Chair of Senate Environment Panel to Call Scott Pruitt to Testify on Scandals
Republican chairman of the Senate committee with oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency plans to call the agency's embattled chief Scott Pruitt to testify over scandals.
Senate Committee Moves to Force Release of Water Contamination Study Blocked by Scott Pruitt, White House
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a key spending bill today that includes report language requiring the Trump administration to release a key chemical contamination study it buried.
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Report: Superbugs Found in More Than Three-Fourths of U.S. Supermarket Meat
The latest round of tests by federal scientists found antibiotic-resistant bacteria on nearly 80 percent of supermarket meat in 2015, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Working Group.
Trump’s Scheme to Repeal Clean Power Plan Means More Kids with Asthma, More Early Deaths, Dirtier Air
EWG Applauds Drinking Water Focus for Next COVID Stimulus Bill
EWG today applauded House leaders for making drinking water pollution a priority for the next COVID stimulus bill.
Despite Link to COVID-19 Deaths, Trump EPA Refuses To Strengthen Soot Standards
Ignoring his own scientists and public health advocates, Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler refused today to tighten federal standards for soot emitted from auto tailpipes and...
COVID-19 Bill Fails To Protect Workers and Hungry Families
Here is a statement by Scott Faber, senior vice president for the Environmental Working Group, on the $484 billion COVID-19 bill currently under consideration by Congress.
EWG Applauds Introduction of Minnesota State Water Well Testing Bill H.F. 3950
After issuing back-to-back reports highlighting the increasing threat nitrate pollution from agriculture poses to Minnesotans' sourcing of drinking water from private wells, the Midwest office of the...
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This Summer, EWG Will Monitor Expected Surge in Toxic Algae Blooms
With peak toxic algae bloom season underway, the Environmental Working Group is releasing an updated map of all algae outbreaks reported in the U.S. since 2010. In coming months, the map will be...
