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California bill tackling toxic ‘forever chemical’ pesticides clears Assembly floor
SACRAMENTO – The California Assembly voted May 27 to advance a bill targeting the use of toxic PFAS “forever chemical” pesticides found in nearly 40% of state-sampled California-grown non-organic...
California State Assembly advances bill to create landmark ‘non-ultraprocessed’ food label
SACRAMENTO – In a major win for public health, the California State Assembly voted today to advance a trailblazing bill that would give shoppers an easy way to identify less harmful processed foods...
EWG: PFAS pesticides contaminate half of California surface water and sediment tests
SACRAMENTO – Pesticides that are the toxic “ forever chemicals ” known as PFAS are showing up in roughly half of surface water and sediment tests throughout California, a new Environmental Working...
‘Balcony solar’ bill to cut energy costs clears California Senate
SACRAMENTO – The Environmental Working Group applauds California’s Senate for passing a bill today that would let residents install small, portable “balcony solar” systems in apartments, condos and...
Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 59
Two major battles over pesticide policy are unfolding at the federal level, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. The dispute: Can states protect their citizens from pesticide harms beyond what federal...
Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 57
What does it look like to stand on principle when everyone around you is playing it safe? In today’s episode, EWG co-Founder and President Ken Cook sits down with Rina Shah, a political commentator...
Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 51
Just one year into the Trump administration, the onslaught of attacks on the environment and public health is staggering. The Environmental Protection Agency is leading the deregulatory charge with...
Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 58
This Earth Day, we’re not celebrating progress; we’re sounding the alarm. In today’s episode, EWG co-Founder and President Ken Cook sits down with Dr. Phil Landrigan and Dr. Adam Gaffney, co-authors...
Transcript of EWG podcast 'Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 60
There is an ongoing lawsuit between the American Academy of Pediatrics and Robert F Kennedy, Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services. The lead attorney of the lawsuit challenging the...
With New York Legislature adjourning June 4, advocates urge swift passage of bill to ban Parkinson’s pesticide
ALBANY, N.Y. – Ahead of New York’s legislative session ending June 4, environmentalists and other advocates are urging state lawmakers to pass a bill banning paraquat, a widely used herbicide with...
The dose makes the poison – but there’s more to the story
Does the dose define how chemicals can lead to harm? Yes. But is the dose the only thing that “makes the poison”? No. The idea that the dose makes the poison – originally explained as “all things are...
New research: It’s time to treat ultra-processed foods like tobacco
A special health journal issue on ultra-processed food, or UPF, calls for bold policy action to address the growing public health crisis – and that efforts focused solely on personal responsibility...
EWG's Healthy Home Tip 2: Eat organic, fresh foods
Most people prefer their foods free of pesticides and toxic chemicals, for a whole host of (pretty) obvious reasons. I know I do. The government isn't doing enough Pesticides and toxic chemicals are...
Watch this: Mt. Sinai Center for Environmental Health on children
This is Part 1 of a two part video filmed at the Mount Sinai Childrens Environmental Health Centers 2nd Annual Greening Our Children Benefit.
Prop 65 misses the mark on BPA: Let's hope Sacramento does better
By Lisa Frack, EWG Online Organizer Just when we were cheering Oregon's progress, we watched California take a step backward. Why? Because yesterday a state panel in California decided not to declare...
Intersex fish on Colbert Nation
On July 1st Nicholas Kristof wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times on endocrine disruptors: It's Time to Learn from Frogs.
Is there too much fluoride in your dog food? Read EWG's new report
You're probably familiar with the longstanding and often heated debate over the addition of fluoride to public water supplies. And while EWG does have an opinion on that, last week we focused on...
Growing veggies in my (leaded?) urban soil
I live in an old house (1911) and used to work in affordable housing, so the dangers of lead paint aren't new to me. And with toddlers around for years now, I know to avoid paint chips in the mouth...
Let's talk some serious shop about TSCA reform
Today we invite you to join an important conversation about our nation's chemical policy - and how we're going to reform it. The fact that we need to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is...
Thank You For Buying Our Toxic Plastic
It's 1960. Embattled tobacco industry reps, accused by the Federal Trade Commission and health groups of hawking products that kill people, retreat to a sumptuous hideaway and devise a campaign to...
Toxic 'mylecules' on facebook
Everybody knows that to reach a wide audience these days you can't just rely on traditional media. Even the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the lobby for the chemical industry, knows that. How do I...
Pollution in people: It's an inside job
Beverly Wright has done battle with oil refineries and landfills. She has dug her New Orleans East neighborhood out from under tons of contaminated sludge smeared across the landscape by Hurricane...
Cell Phone Radiation Series - Part 4: What phones emit, bodies absorb
Research is not yet settled on exactly how dangerous cell phone radiation is to your health. But we at Environmental Working Group have seen enough studies with enough troubling results that we think...
