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House GOP Seeks to Scuttle Playground Bans on Glyphosate
Pruitt: Red Team-Blue Team Debate, Climate Deniers Versus Science, Coming Soon
Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt said today his “red team-blue team” debate, pitting climate change deniers against scientists who accept the facts about global warming, could be...
EWG Commends McDonald's on Eliminating Polystyerene Cups
EWG President Ken Cook urges company CEO to press ahead with other efforts to improve the sustainability of its restaurants' practices.
EWG's Scott Faber Testifies Before Congress about Renewable Fuel Standard
Testimony of Scott Faber, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs, Environmental Working Group before the Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety and the Senate Committee on Environment and...
Hexavalent Chromium Carcinogenic to Humans: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium
June 10, 2014 Re: IRIS Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium; Cr(VI) Docket EPA-HQ-ORD-2014-0313 Environmental Working Group is a research and advocacy nonprofit organization working to protect...
California May Roll Back Cuts in Consumer Product Pollution
EWG urges the California Air Resources Board to reverse a proposal that would weaken safety and anti-smog standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other household products.
EWG To California: Control Toxic Fumes from Household Products
EWG urged the California Air Resources Board to set strict, health-based standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other consumer goods.
Congressional Testimony on GE Labeling
Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, testified Dec. 10 before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health against H.R...
Statement Of EWG’s Scott Faber On Passage Of DARK Act By Senate Agriculture Committee
The Environmental Working Group issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly passed a version of the House-adopted Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act...
EWG Testimony on Exploring Current Practices in Cosmetics Development and Safety
The cosmetics industry has grown dramatically since 1938, when Congress last enacted cosmetics legislation. While most chemicals in cosmetics pose little or no risk, some chemicals have been linked to...
Senate Should Reject Scott Pruitt, Polluters’ Choice for EPA
WASHINGTON – Scott Pruitt, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the most hostile Environmental Protection Agency administrator in the history of the agency, and would almost certainly push policies...
Leaked Memo Details Trump's Plans for War on Public Health, Environment and Science
An internal memo by President Donald Trump's top environmental policy adviser reveals the new administration's plans to dismantle key air and water protection programs, and slash the budget of the...
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
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...