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EWG President Ken Cook's statement on California Proposition 37
Top Natural Foods Industry Leaders Say California's Prop 37 GMO Labeling Bid Won't Raise Food Prices
Executives of Whole Foods Market and other top natural and organic food companies held a conference call with reporters yesterday to support California's Proposition 37, a ballot initiative that calls...
Chemical Giants Spend Millions To Fight GMO Food Labeling
GMO Ag Company Touts Seed Corn With A Bug Zapper in Every Bite
Johnson & Johnson Cleans Formaldehyde Out Of Baby Products, Moving To Adult Goods
Washington, D.C. – EWG executive director Heather White said that personal care products giant Johnson & Johnson has taken a major step forward by reformulating about 100 of its baby products to...
Farm Bill Falls Far Short Of Vital Reform
The bill produced by the farm bill conference committee falls far short of the reforms needed to create a federal food and agricultural policy that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, the...
Obama Energy Plan Threatens Air, Land, Water
President Obama's State of the Union message calling for accelerating natural gas production is “a serious threat to our air, land and water,” Environmental Working Group president Ken Cook said today...
Waxman’s Retirement Huge Loss for Environment, Public Health
The departure of environmental and public health champion Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., “will be an enormous loss to anyone who cares about safe drinking water, clean air, food safety and children's...
Farm Bill Takes Food and Farm Policy Down the Wrong Path
Environmental Working Group (EWG) released the following statement in response to the passage of the farm bill in the Senate.
Off the Books: Industry’s Secret Chemicals
Most U.S. Apples Coated with Chemical Banned in Europe
A chemical widely used on non-organic American apples was banned in the European Union in 2012 because its makers could not show it did not pose a risk to human health, according to a new analysis by...
EWG To Ethanol Lobby: Tell the Truth on the Renewable Fuel Standard
Washington, D.C. -- Bob Dinneen, president of the Renewable Fuels Association, has issued a statement calling EWG's new report, Ethanol's Broken Promise: Using Less Corn Ethanol Reduces Greenhouse Gas...
California Poised to Ban Toxic Microbeads from Cosmetics
The California State Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a proposal to ban the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics products because they contaminate oceans, other waterways and seafood.
New FDA Seafood Guidelines Risky for Children, Pregnant Women
New seafood consumption guidelines announced today by the federal Food and Drug Administration could put at risk the health of young children and pregnant and nursing women, according to Environmental...
More Scientific Evidence That Organic Food Is More Nutritious
A new study led by a team of scientists at Newcastle University in England provides the most compelling and comprehensive evidence that organic crops are more nutritious than their conventional...
Government’s Top Doctor Issues Wake-Up Call on Sun Exposure Risks
The government's top doctor's urgent warning today is an important call to action to reduce the skyrocketing rates of skin cancer, EWG said in a statement.
EWG’s Scott Faber Testifies Against Anti-GE Labeling Bill
Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs at EWG, urged a congressional panel to oppose legislation that would deny consumers information about what's in their food and how it was grown.
EWG’s White Praises Obama’s Pledge to Veto Keystone XL
EWG Executive Director Heather White said today that by pledging to veto the Keystone XL pipeline, President Obama is sending a message to anti-environmentalists in Congress: “Bring it on.” We welcome...
Independent Science Panel Rebukes FDA on Toxic Plastic