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EWG's Responses to Proposed Rule Questions Under Consideration for USDA's GMO Disclosure Standard
As part of its process for implementing the mandatory GMO disclosure law passed by Congress last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has published 30 questions under consideration for USDA’s...
Inspector General Launches Probe Into Pruitt's Frequent Trips Home to Oklahoma
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general is looking into Administrator Scott Pruitt's frequent trips home to Oklahoma – an investigation that could show he's neglecting his...
Trump, Pruitt Slash EPA Staff to 30-Year Lows as Drinking Water, Climate Change Crises Mount
WASHINGTON – By October of this year, the staff at the Environmental Protection Agency will be reduced to levels not seen since the Reagan administration, 30 years ago, according to a report by Brady...
Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms?
In December, 1997, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) proposed draft national standards for organic agriculture. As part of this proposal, the department invited the public to comment on the idea of allowing application of municipal sewage sludge on land used to grow organic foods. The Environmental Protection Agency's top sludge regulator urged the department to allow “high quality
White House War on Transparency Continues with CDC Media Blackout
EWG: Another Sign of Trump's Contempt for Democratic Values WASHINGTON – The Trump administration's ongoing war on freedom of information has opened on a new front: barring employees of the nation's...
EWG: EPA’s Pruitt Moves to Block Funding Prosecution of Polluters
WASHINGTON – Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt plans to stop funding federal prosecutors who hold corporations responsible for polluting communities across the country...
Statement of Jane Houlihan on Cosmetics Safety
Comments for Public Meeting on "International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulations (ICCR) Preparations"
EWG: Stop Rodan + Fields’ Misleading Claims
EWG urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and California's attorney general today to stop Rodan + Fields from making misleading claims about benzophenone, a chemical that has been linked to...
EWG’s Letter to N.J. for Stronger PFC Restrictions for Water
EWG submits comments to New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection in support of the state’s proposal to lower the Maximum Contaminant Level for PFOS in drinking water. EWG also urges the...
Public Interest Organizations Call on HHS to Release PFAS Toxicological Profile
Attached is a letter submitted by more than 50 public interest organizations calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to release a recent toxicological profile by the Agency for Toxic...
Bill Would Block States from Warning Public About Cancer, Other Risks in Consumer Products
WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced in Congress seeks to preempt state laws that require products to carry labels informing consumers of potential health risks like cancer and developmental harm to...
EPA Proposes to Phase Out Fluoride Pesticide
EWG Questions FDA Verdict on Plastic Chemical
Oversight Hearing on The Revised Environmental Impact Statement on Hydraulic Fracturing and New York City's Upstate Drinking Water Supply Infrastructure
EWG to FDA: Sunscreen Regs Good Step, Not Enough
EWG Urges Chair of DOE Natural Gas Panel to Step Down
EWG calls for resignation of John Deutch, chairman of the Secretary of Energy's advisory board on natural gas extraction and hydraulic fracturing, because of financial ties to the oil and gas industry...
Up In Smoke
Electricity generation from old, heavily-polluting coal-fired power plants rose 15.8 percent nationwide between 1992 and 1998, an increase big enough to power all the industries, businesses and homes in the state of California for a year. This jump, which was spurred in large part by loopholes in the Clean Air Act and the deregulation of the wholesale electric power market, threatens to erode
New York: Explain Why Drillers Got Early Info
Into the Mouths of Babes
n a little-noticed decision earlier this year, the EPA's top scientific committee on children's health declared that protections against the toxic weed killer atrazine in food and water should not be considered safe for infants and children. According to the Office of Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee:
EWG Asks FDA, NTP to Wind Up Study of Vitamin A In Sunscreen
Comments to EPA on Chesapeake Bay Initiatives
Testing for pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the New York City drinking water supply
FDA FOIA Re: Brazilian Blowout
FOIA request to FDA regarding reports from Oregon regarding the discovery of formaldehyde in test samples of Brazilian Blowout.