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EWG's Ken Cook Lauds Departing EPA Chief Jackson For Toxic Chemicals Policies

Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement on the decision by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson to step down.

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

"Fiscal Cliff" Deal Extends Flawed Farm Program

WASHINGTON – Buried in the 150-page “fiscal cliff” tax bill passed New Year's Day is a last-minute farm bill extension that buys time for Congress to craft and debate an improved measure to establish...

Toxic Chemicals
Chromium-6
Food & Water
Water

EWG Applauds Obama Administration Plan to Address Chromium-6 Contamination

Just two days after the release of Environmental Working Group's (EWG) analysis of chromium-6 (hexavalent chromium) contamination in the drinking water of 31 U.S. cities, the federal Environmental...
Water

What’s In Your Bottled Water – Besides Water?

A survey of websites and labels of more than 170 bottled waters sold in the U.S. found only three – and only one of the top 10 domestic brands – that give customers information about the water's...
Food & Water
Food

Obama Signs Child Nutrition Act

Taking an historic step to improve the health of children across the country, President Obama signed into law today (Dec. 13) the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. For the first time in three decades...
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Widespread Chemical Linked to Higher Cholesterol in Children, Teens

Children and teens exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the chemical used to make many non-stick and stain-proof coatings, have elevated cholesterol levels, reports a landmark study by West...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
BPA

CA Lawmakers Fail to Ban BPA From Kids’ Food, Drink

Oakland, Ca – In a victory for the chemical industry and a great loss for the health of California's children, the California State Legislature on Tuesday narrowly failed to pass a bill that would...
Toxic Chemicals
BPA

New Study Confirms BPA Exposures from Receipts

Sophisticated tests on paper used to print cash register receipts at 10 suburban Boston-area stores found measurable levels of the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A in all but two of them...
Food & Water
Water
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae
Toxic Chemicals

UPDATE: Algae Outbreaks Rise Sharply from Coast to Coast

Outbreaks of potentially toxic algae are rising sharply this summer in lakes, rivers and streams in the U.S., according to EWG's ongoing tracking of algae outbreaks.
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

How Michigan Reduced Industrial Discharges of PFAS

At least 2,500 industrial facilities across the nation could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water, according to an updated EWG analysis of government...

EWG News Roundup (5/22): 2020 EWG Guide to Sunscreens, Johnson & Johnson End the Sale of Talc-Based Baby Powder and More

EWG News Roundup (5/22): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Energy
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

Oregon Is a Renewables Leader But Needs Congress’ Help in Wake of Pandemic

Oregon is a national leader in wind and solar development, with strong state policy backing. Oregon's renewable portfolio standard requires that electric utilities get at least half of their power...

Research

Gas Drilling and Fracking

Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades. But now, natural gas producers are deploying a new gas drilling method called high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing to release gas locked in untapped shale formations.
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen
Cosmetics

5 Sunscreen Myths Debunked

Since EWG released its first Guide to Sunscreens more than a decade ago, many things about the products have changed. But myths about sunscreens persist.

Research

Farm Subsidies in California:

Although cotton and rice constitute a tiny portion of California's nation-leading farm production, those two crops – rather than the state's vast harvest of fruits and vegetables – continue to get the lion's share of federal farm subsidies in the state, according to the latest update of the Environmental Working Group's Farm Subsidy Database.
Energy
California

Cuomo Administration Failure to Disclose Drilling Documents Prompts EWG Lawsuit

The Environmental Working Group Monday sued the administration of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for documents that would show how the state has drafted its plan to permit high volume hydraulic fracturing...
Cell Phones

Ruling Backs San Francisco on Transparency for Cell Phone Buyers

U.S. District Judge William Alsup last week gave the green light to city authorities to require that retailers distribute fact sheets about cell phone radiation to their customers.
Research

Drilling Around the Law

In a worst case scenario, the petroleum distillates used in a single well could contain enough benzene to contaminate more than 100 billion gallons of drinking water to unsafe levels, according to drilling company disclosures in New York State and published studies. (NYDEC DSGEIS 2009, Pagnotto 1961) That is more than 10 times as much water as the state of New York uses in a single day. (NYDEC
Energy
Midwest

EPA Denial of Ethanol Mandate Waiver Will Hurt Farmers and Consumers

Leading environmental and anti-hunger organizations – including Environmental Working Group, Clean Air Task Force and ActionAid USA – said today that the Environmental Protection Agency's refusal to...
Lead
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Popular Lipsticks Contain Dangerous Levels of Lead

U.S. Food and Drug Administration researchers have detected lead in 400 brands of lipstick tested by the agency. At least two popular brands had amounts of the neurotoxin above the threshold the state...

Nanomaterials
Cosmetics

Hundreds of Personal Care Products Contain Poorly Studied Nanoscale Materials

EWG's analysis of 25,000 personal care product labels found that more than 250 products on the market today contain one or more of 57 different types of nano-scale or micronized ingredients identified...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

EPA Identifies Group of Highly Toxic Chemicals for Risk Review

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to conduct comprehensive safety reviews of 83 chemicals common in consumer goods and manufacturing and to give top priority to seven...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

EPA Lists Dry Cleaning Chemical Likely Carcinogen

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared tetrachloroethylene, or PERC, a chemical used by many dry cleaners, a “likely human carcinogen.”

Research

Independent Science Panel Rebukes FDA on Toxic Plastic

FDA's advisory Science Board convened a BPA panel to evaluate an FDA staff risk assessment that termed bisphenol A (BPA) safe in food packaging. In its testimony to the panel, EWG highlighted 7 key shortcomings in the staff assessment. In every instance, the panel agreed with EWG and disagreed with the FDA staff report. The panel conclusions, released on October 28, will be formally presented to