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Environmental injustice: Passing on the costs of ‘forever chemicals’ cleanup
Setting a national drinking water standard for the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS – and passing the implementation costs to ratepayers and private well owners, while letting industry to keep...
Staying safe in the sun this Memorial Day weekend
With Memorial Day weekend unofficially starting the summer, some people will be heading to the beach, others to a lake or a picnic. Whatever your plans, EWG has useful tips to help protect you from...
Court rejects California’s blanket approval of pesticide spraying
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a major victory for health and environmental groups, a California court has ruled that a sweeping state pesticide spraying program is unlawful. The court found the program...
Produce industry picks wrong side by fighting EPA ban of brain-damaging pesticide
The nation’s non-organic fruit and vegetable growers are throwing their weight behind efforts to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on spraying produce with a pesticide known to harm to...
Using EWG Food Scores to navigate plant-based meats and how to swap in plants
Several years ago, EWG asked me to review the beta version of an app being developed to give shoppers valuable intel about their food choices. To say I was eager for this opportunity is an...
EWG report card tracks federal agencies’ looming deadlines for ‘forever chemicals’ actions
The Environmental Working Group today released a comprehensive report card tracking whether federal agencies are meeting deadlines for addressing the health and environmental threats of the toxic...
EWG news roundup (6/17): EPA proposes much lower lifetime health advisories for PFAS, EWG probes California energy giant, and more
EWG news roundup (6/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG analysis: From 2018 to 2020, farmers reaped $91.6B in taxpayer-funded USDA subsidies
Between 2018 and 2020, Agriculture Department programs paid commodity farmers $91.6 billion for crop price decreases and other challenges, with similar program qualifications allowing some farmers to...
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How exposure to cell phones and other technology affects reproductive health
Wireless devices like cell phones, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies release radiofrequency radiation that can harm the human body.
Toxic algae blooms: What you should know
Summer is in full swing, with families heading to lakes and other bodies of water, and that means it’s also the peak season for harmful algae blooms. Toxic algae blooms are a growing problem...
EWG applauds bill to create new food safety agency
Today Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced the Food Safety Administration Act of 2022, which would create a new independent federal agency focused on food safety...
In bid to protect state’s power grid from collapse, energy-sapping Texas bitcoin miners paid to shut down
Some of the country’s largest and most energy-intensive cryptocurrency mining sites based in Texas are effectively getting paid by ratepayers to pause operations, as record temperatures put the state...
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EWG survey: At least 50 percent of people surveyed think tap water is unsafe
In a recent survey of visitors to the Environmental Working Group’s Tap Water Database, at least half the participants said they think their tap water is unsafe.
Hill politics churns small streams
Are smaller, upstream water bodies such as intermittent streams covered by the federal Clean Water Act? This is not an insignificant question: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined...
Pick the best sunscreen for kids
I have happy memories of long summer days spent outdoors, largely unencumbered by sun hats, sunglasses and sunscreen. Now we know that one blistering burn during childhood can increase a child's risk...
Peanut Butter, Pajamas and Power
My kids eat more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches than I'd like to admit. And in my line of work I hear about toxic chemicals daily so it takes a lot to shock me. But, flame retardants in peanut...
Harmful exposure: The risks and dangers of toxic algae blooms
As summer comes to a close, EWG continues to track toxic algae outbreaks across the U.S.
'Forever chemicals' disclosures at heart of California battle championed by public agencies and public health advocates
A broad coalition including EWG and other clean water and public health advocates are banding together to call for new disclosure requirements for manufacturers bringing into California the “forever...
Last-minute change to Diablo Canyon bailout bill would impose new tax on state’s rooftop solar customers
Legislation to keep California’s last nuclear power plant operating was quietly amended over the weekend to impose a monthly tax on residential solar customers for electricity they generate and use to...
California lawmakers approve bills to improve prevention of lead poisoning
Two bills that take important steps toward the prevention of lead poisoning have cleared California's legislature and now move to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is expected to sign them into law.
What they’re saying about the EPA designation of ‘forever chemicals’ as ‘hazardous substances’
On August 26, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed designating the two most common toxic “forever chemicals” – PFOA and PFOS – as “hazardous substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental...
EWG investigation: Of $7.4B spent on two major USDA conservation programs, very little has flowed to ‘climate-smart’ farming
Two of the Department of Agriculture’s principal conservation programs paid out almost $7.4 billion to farmers between 2017 and 2020, but only a small part went to practices the USDA itself has...
Jackson crisis shows dire need to boost drinking water infrastructure funding
The devastating water crisis facing Jackson, Miss., shines a light on years of inadequate funding and neglect of U.S. drinking water infrastructure, and the terrible consequences that often...
As Californians rally to conserve power amid blackout threat, state needs to protect solar, embrace clean energy future
Californians are rising to the moment by conserving power to avoid the dire threat of blackouts facing the state’s electricity grid, and now it’s time for regulators to do their part by rejecting an...
