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Perchlorate
Water

EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe For Nation’s Drinking Water

The nation's top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans.
Flame Retardants

CA Assembly Votes to Ban Toxic Teflon Compound in Food Packaging

In a stunning comeback for a bill that was on life support a week ago, the California State Assembly has approved first-in-the-nation legislation to ban from food wrappers and packaging a toxic Teflon...
BPA
Household & Consumer Products

FDA Decision Over BPA Meant to Influence California Lawmakers?

Environmental Working Group (EWG) Senior Analyst Renee Sharp issued the following statement in reaction to today's announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claiming exposure to BPA from...
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

Senate to push for Sunscreen Labeling

Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-CT) has introduced the Sunscreen Labeling Protection Act of 2008.
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics: New Legislation to Prevent Exposure

WASHINGTON, July 21 –For the first time in 70 years, Congress is poised to close the gaping holes in the outdated federal law that allows chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects, learning...
Food & Water
Food

Petrochemical Identified in Recalled Kellogg’s Cereals

WASHINGTON, DC –Kellogg's recently recalled close to 30 million boxes of some of its most popular cereal brands after customers complained of getting sick from smelling and eating breakfast mainstays...
Household & Consumer Products
Sunscreen

It’s Here: EWG’s Free iPhone App for Sunscreens

WASHINGTON, D.C – Consumers can now turn to their iPhones to assist them in selecting the most effective sunscreen products with a free application, or App, linked to Environmental Working Group's...
Sunscreen

Report: Only 8 Percent of Sunscreens Recommended

Washington, D.C. - The fourth annual Sunscreen Guide by Environmental Working Group (EWG) gives low marks to the current crop of sunscreen products, with a few notable exceptions. EWG researchers...
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Secret chemicals revealed in celebrity perfumes, teen body sprays

San Francisco - A new analysis reveals that top-selling fragrance products—from Britney Spears' Curious and Hannah Montana Secret Celebrity to Calvin Klein Eternity and Abercrombie & Fitch Fierce...
BPA

BPA Ban Now Law in Maryland

Maryland has become the fifth state to ban the use of the plastics chemical, bisphenol A (BPA) in children's products, including baby bottles and sippy cups.
Farming & Agriculture

EWG To Monitor San Francisco Sludge Policy

The Environmental Working Group will join other watchdog groups in monitoring the San Francisco Public Utility Commission's (SFPUC) controversial management of sewage sludge. EWG President Ken Cook...
Water

Press Release: Updated Tap Water Databases and Drinking Water Quality Analysis

Tap water in many large metropolitan areas is polluted with a cocktail of chemical contaminants. These pollutants usually don't violate any legal standards, but they often come in potentially toxic...

Seasoned Environmental Attorney and Pulitzer Journalist Join EWG As Chief of Staff and Executive Editor

Heather White, a lawyer and former director of education advocacy for the National Wildlife Federation, has been named chief of staff and general counsel of the Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
Farming & Agriculture

California Climate Change Policy Leaves Out Agriculture

California agriculture, which grows roughly 40 percent of America's food, faces grave threats spurred by climate change, including volatile weather, crippling drought and assaults by growing hordes of...
Research

Off the Books

The 33-year old law that was supposed to ensure that Americans know what chemicals are in use around them, and what health and safety hazards they might pose, has produced a regulatory black hole, a place where information goes in – but much never comes out.
Cosmetics
Sunscreen

Which Sunscreens are Safest?

Today EWG released the first-ever, in-depth analysis of the safety and effectiveness of more than 700 name-brand sunscreens
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics
Sunscreen

CDC: Americans Carry ‘Body Burden’ of Toxic Sunscreen Chemical

The bodies of nearly all Americans are contaminated with a sunscreen chemical that has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage, according to a new study from the Centers for...
Farming & Agriculture

No Secret Farm Bill in Fiscal Cliff Deal

Environmental Working Group joined several groups today to call on lawmakers to stop a secret farm bill from being attached to any legislation designed to straighten out the nation's finances.

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Camp Lejeune Bill Spotlights Importance of Environmental Health

EWG president Ken Cook has issued the following statement on the passage of the Janey Ensminger Act

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

Senate Panel Votes to Tighten U.S. Chemicals Regulation Law

A key Senate committee today (July 25) approved the first fundamental overhaul of federal chemicals regulation since passage of the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), widely considered the...

Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Senate Passes Landmark Bill for Camp Lejeune Families

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill that furnishes health care benefits to veterans and their families made ill from polluted drinking water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.

Chemical Policy
BPA
Children’s Health
Cookware & Food Containers

FDA To Bar BPA From Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups

Less than a year after the state of California banned baby bottles and sippy cups made with the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A, BPA, the federal government has followed suit.

Cell Phones

FCC To Review Cell Phone Radiation Rules

After years of neglecting to update its scientific statements on cell phone radiation, the Federal Communications Commission, in an about-face, launched a review of its safety standards.

Energy

Survey: Strong Bipartisan Support Seen For Shift To Cleaner Energy

The common wisdom is wrong: There is no political "fault line" that divides Americans along party lines when it comes to clean energy issues and solutions.