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Senate Votes to Bar Farm Subsidies to Millionaires
The U.S. Senate voted 84-15 last night to deny farm subsidy payments to millionaires.
EPA Ruling Backs Camp Lejeune Victims
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed a major victory to veterans, civilian workers and families who resided at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina when its drinking water was polluted with the...
Cosmetic Industry Declares Formaldehyde In Hair Products Unsafe
The mainstream cosmetics industry has, for the first time, declared formaldehyde unsafe at any level in hair straighteners.
Obama’s Debt Reduction Plan Would Eliminate Wasteful Farm Subsidies
Kenneth A. Cook, president and co-founder of Environmental Working Group, has applauded President Obama's plan to reform the nation's wasteful agriculture policy in his drive to reduce the nation's...
EWG Dissects Federal Fracking Report
A Department of Energy advisory panel's draft report has insufficiently examined in depth the health and safety issues raised by natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing, according to a detailed...
Fracking Disclosure Bill Advances in California State Legislature
The California State Assembly has passed legislation sponsored by Environmental Working Group and Earthworks to require oil and natural gas drillers to make public a complete list of chemicals they...
Stacked Fracking Panel Has Public Meeting Monday in Pennsylvania
Monday night, June 13, is your chance to speak up on behalf of America's drinking water and to help protect your land from damage from oil and gas drilling.
National, State Groups Back Health Care for Camp Lejeune Vets, Families
Veterans and their families made ill by contaminated well water at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina should not have to fight to get medical care and services.
Disapproval of Fracking Panel Grows
Scientists Protest Makeup of DoE Natural Gas Panel
Twenty eight scientists from 22 universities in 13 states have signed a letter objecting to the makeup of an industry-dominated advisory panel named by Energy Secretary Steven Chu to examine safety...
Administration Releases Long Overdue Pesticide Data
The U.S. Department of Agriculture ignored the intense pressure from the produce and pesticide industry and released its extensive annual analysis of pesticide residues on fresh fruits and vegetables...
EPA to require tap water tests for unregulated contaminants
The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a nationwide plan to require water utilities to test drinking water for 28 contaminants currently unregulated by federal law, including six...
FRAC act to close oil, gas drilling safety loopholes
National Academy of Sciences: Formaldehyde Causes Cancer
Congress, at the request of industry, has managed to delay efforts by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to classify formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen, a significant step for public...
EPA Unveils Plan to Help Identify ‘Brockovich’ Chemical in Drinking Water
Bush Administration Moved to Okay Teflon Pollution
EWG Fans More Than One Million Strong
Michael Pollan Names the World's 7 Most Powerful Foodies
American Academy of Pediatrics Endorses Cell Phone Safety Bill
The Environmental Working Group applauds the decision by the influential American Academy of Pediatrics to support pending legislation that would require new research into the safety of cell phone...
Few Sunscreens Shield From UVA Rays
Nanomaterials May Soon be in Your Sportswear and Underwear
EWG’s Ken Cook Testifies On House Proposal to Reform Federal Chemicals Law
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