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EWG Letter to CDC Director Calling for His Resignation
Attached is a letter EWG President Ken Cook wrote to Dr. Robert Redfield calling on him to resign as the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
EWG Comments to California OEHHA Supporting Their Decision on Synthetic Food Dyes
EWG submitted comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, expressing support for the OEHHA's conclusion that synthetic food dyes may cause or exacerbate...
EPA’s Risk Assessment is Too Flawed to Proceed
People of Color in California Breathe the Most Heavily Polluted Air
Residents of communities of color in California will be among the prime beneficiaries of an embattled EPA proposal to cut toxic airborne particle pollution by half. An Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis of air pollution data from 161 locations across the state shows that residents of communities of color are nearly three times more likely to breathe dangerous levels of air pollution than
EWG Urges FDA Not to Remove Labeling From Artificially Sweetened Dairy Products
Regulation of New Chemicals, Protection of Confidential Business Information, and Innovation
Heather White testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy on Regulation of New Chemicals, Protection of...
EWG and 11 Other Health,Consumer Groups Call for New Cell Phone Radiation Standards
Citing the soaring number of wireless devices in the hands of children, long-standing flaws in federal cell phone radiation standards and new science raising questions about cell phone safety, 12...
Ban Methyl Parathion Now
Triclosan-containing antibacterial soaps neither safe nor effective:
Triclosan-containing antibacterial soaps neither safe nor effective: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the Food and Drug Administration proposed data requirements for antibacterial soaps...
Ken Cook Testifies Against Industry's Chemical Bill
Testimony of Kenneth Cook, President of the Environmental Working Group on S. 697 before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Testimony on S.543
Chemical Reform Law Falls Short in Protecting Public Health, Environment
Environmental Working Group issued the following statement ahead of expected passage today by the House on H.R.3576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2016.
EWG Comments on Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Renewal of Existing Collection
Trump Administration Finalizes Repeal of Pollution Rule, Threatening Drinking Water Sources for 117 Million Americans
Today the Trump administration finalized its plan to repeal critical safeguards that prohibit the dumping of industrial and agricultural pollution into sensitive waterways that provide tap water for...
Citing PFAS, Key Senators Oppose Trump’s Consumer Safety Nominee
Pointing to her efforts to limit regulation of PFAS in consumer products, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) today announced they would oppose President Trump's nominee to...
Study: All PFAS Pose Risk to Public Health, Should Be Treated as a Class
In a study published today in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, a group of U.S. and international scientists emphasized that the current approach to regulating and managing the...
Three-Fourths of Sunscreen Products Offer Inferior Protection or Contain Worrisome Ingredients
As states reopen and Americans leave their homes to venture outside, it's important for them to remember to protect their skin from the sun's harmful rays. Today the Environmental Working Group...
Good/Bad News: Feds Save Rooftop Solar, Gut Law Boosting Small-Scale Renewables
Federal energy regulators dealt big electric utilities a big blow today, dismissing a bid by an industry front group that could have ended payments from utilities to rooftop solar customers. At the...
EWG and Waterkeeper Alliance: Poultry Factory Farms Disproportionately Threaten Black, Native American and Latino People in North Carolina
The predominantly Black, Native American and Latino residents of three eastern North Carolina counties now live with 30 million more chickens and turkeys than they did eight years ago, according to a...
Sweeping Proposal Would Protect Kids, Farmworkers – and Everyone – From Toxic Pesticides
Legislation introduced today would ban or restrict scores of the most toxic pesticides, introduce health-protective restrictions on pesticide use and registration, and create new safety protections...
Duke Energy CEO: Offshore Wind Potential at Least 10 Years Away
During a second-quarter earnings call on Monday, Duke Energy executives told Wall Street analysts they don't see offshore wind as a viable source of energy for at least another 10 years or more.
Study: Switching to Organic Diet Dramatically Lowers Glyphosate Levels in Adults, Children
If people switch to an all-organic diet, the levels of the most widely used weedkiller in the world swiftly and dramatically plummet in their bodies, according to a new study reported on today by...
Judicial Integrity
EWG Investigation: Manure Overload Threatens Water in Minnesota’s Farm Country
Manure from Minnesota's 23,000 animal feedlots threatens to overload nearby cropland with chemicals that can pollute lakes, streams and aquifers, including drinking water sources, a new Environmental...
