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New CDC report on pollution in people
By Alex Formuzis, EWG Director of Communications With its fourth and most ambitious edition of its National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, released today, the U.S. Centers for...
EWG statement on Trump EPA PFAS announcement
Today Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to address contamination from the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
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Nearly 19M Californians could lose protection from toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water
Eliminating federal limits in drinking water on the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS could end a vital safeguard against continued pollution for 18.9 million Californians.
Statement on FDA announcement to speed up use of AI for scientific review
Today Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Martin Makary announced an aggressive timeline to scale up the use of artificial intelligence internally across FDA centers.
EWG testimony before the Pennsylvania Assembly House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee on H.B. 1131 and H.B. 1132, to ban unhealthy ultra-processed foods and food dyes from school foods
The following is May 13 testimony from Scott Faber, the Environmental Working Group’s senior vice president for government affairs, before the Pennsylvania Assembly House Consumer Protection...
USDA reverses course, commits to restore purged climate webpages in response to farmers’ lawsuit
Shortly after filing the lawsuit, the plaintiffs moved the court for a preliminary injunction, which sought a court order requiring USDA to restore the removed webpages and preventing USDA from taking...
Trump administration moves to weaken landmark PFAS protections in drinking water, putting millions at risk and letting polluters off the hook
In a shocking reversal of one of the most significant public health victories in a generation, the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is moving to roll back vital portions of the...
New York state Sen. Brian Kavanagh celebrates Agriculture Committee’s advancement of Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act
Albany, N.Y. – State Sen. Brian Kavanagh, lead Senate sponsor of the Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act, applauds the Senate Agriculture Committee’s vote today to advance the critical food safety...
Harmful heavy metals: Why they’re in tap water and how to reduce your exposure
Heavy metals can be harmful even at low levels in tap water. Lead is a heavy metal contaminant in that it comes from pipes, not polluters. Filters like reverse osmosis can remove some heavy metals...
Almost 10,000 farmers have received subsidies for 40 straight years
For decades, the Department of Agriculture sent a total of over $10 billion in repeat payments to farmers, according to a new EWG analysis. Every year, for 40 years, the money went to nearly 10,000...
Hold the Applause
Two weeks ago (Feb. 17), fellow activists proclaimed the upbeat news that the European Union had banned xylene and five other toxic chemicals that pose risks to human health and the environment.
How sunscreen ingredients are regulated in the U.S.
Wearing sunscreen is one of the simplest and most important ways to protect your health. Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and it’s on the rise, with one in five...
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Triple dipping: Budget bill raises farm subsidies for wealthy farmers by billions of dollars
In the past five years, some farmers across the country may have dipped into three types of taxpayer-funded federal farm support to collect a staggering $113.9 billion, according to EWG’s newly updated Farm Subsidy Database . And the House-passed budget reconciliation bill could make this “triple dipping” problem even worse. It would do this by increasing funding for commodity program subsidies
EWG statement on banned toxic chemicals found in personal care products sold in California
More than 170 personal care products occupy store shelves in California, even though they contain toxic chemicals banned under state law.
EWG: Reducing multiple tap water contaminants may prevent over 50,000 cancer cases
WASHINGTON – Drinking water treatment that pursues a multi-contaminant approach, tackling several pollutants at once, could prevent more than 50,000 lifetime cancer cases in the U.S., finds a new peer...
Minnesota farmers would not gain much from GOP budget farm subsidy proposals
The House and Senate budget reconciliation bills are packed with loopholes that will send tens of billions more dollars in subsidies to the largest farms. But most farmers in Minnesota would not...
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USDA policies fall short in helping Mississippi River region farmers adapt to extreme weather
Millions of cropland and pasture acres in the 13-state Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area, or MRCCA, lie within flood plains at greater risk of climate-driven extreme weather like flooding or excessive rainfall. Yet federal farm policies aren’t doing enough to help farmers in these vulnerable areas enhance needed resilience to worsening climate threats. Two of the most important
EWG: Frequent violations of paraquat use in Pennsylvania point to health risks for farmers and rural residents
The toxic pesticide paraquat was mishandled at Pennsylvania farms, violating safety requirements, at least 18 times between 2018 and 2023, an EWG investigation finds. The investigation raises serious...
In a big win for clean energy, Sen. Becker and others scrap anti-rooftop solar text from AB 942
The Environmental Working Group applauds California state Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) and other senators for today removing anti-rooftop solar language from Assembly Bill 942.
EWG testimony before the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee on AB 1264, to ban particularly harmful ultra-processed foods
Thank you for the opportunity to testify. My name is Scott Faber, and I am the Senior Vice President for Government Affairs for the Environmental Working Group. I also teach Food Law at Georgetown...
Updated EWG database finds over $31B spent on U.S. farm conservation programs
MINNEAPOLIS – Between 2017 and 2024, U.S. taxpayers funded over $31 billion in federal conservation program assistance for farmers and landowners, according to the Environmental Working Group’s newly...
FDA withdraws rule on tests for cancer-causing asbestos in talc-based cosmetics
WASHINGTON – The Food and Drug Administration today abruptly said it is withdrawing its proposed rule to establish approved test methods for detecting and identifying cancer-causing asbestos in talc...
FDA finds toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in food but still won’t set enforceable limits
WASHINGTON – Today the Food and Drug Administration announced additional testing data about detections in food of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The findings underscore the urgent need for...