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Farm Subsidies

Budget Proposal Includes Important Crop Insurance Reforms

The 2015 federal budget released by the White House this morning includes important and very welcome initiatives to reform the bloated crop insurance program, Environmental Working Group said in a...

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Cosmetics Industry Reform Proposal Fails Public Health

Renee Sharp, research director at the Environmental Working Group said today that the cosmetics industry's legislative proposal to reform cosmetics law would deprive the federal Food and Drug...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

California Moves to Remove First in a Series of Toxic Chemicals from Consumer Products

The state of California has launched an important initiative to protect its residents from exposures to toxic substances by calling on industry to find safer alternatives for three widely used...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

House ‘Chemical Reform’ Bill Would Erode Protections for Health, Environment

Legislation proposed by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) to reform federal chemicals management law would leave the public at even greater risk of exposure to toxic substances than under the outdated...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Senate Bill Would Limit Crop Insurance Subsidies

A new bill introduced Wednesday by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) aims to cap crop insurance subsidies, a reform that Environmental Working Group has long advocated.

Food & Water
Food

EWG’s Ken Cook Announces New Landmark Food Project at TEDxManhattan

Environmental Working Group (EWG) plans to launch a new food database and mobile app that aims to change the way Americans eat and shop for foods.

Research

Dead in the Water

It is one of the toughest environmental problems facing America. For over 20 years, scientists have documented the appearance of a summertime "Dead Zone" that all but obliterates marine life in what is arguably the nation's most important fishery, the Gulf of Mexico. Each year the Dead Zone grows to an area that is roughly the size of New Jersey - ranging from 5,000 to 8,000 square miles.
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

Erin Brockovich, Veterans Rally Against Government’s Position in Supreme Court Pollution Case

Consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, dozens of military veterans, and watchdog groups rallied today to voice frustration over the federal government's support of a known polluter in a landmark U.S...

Pesticides
Food & Water
Food

Sales of Organic Produce Surge

Sales of organic food topped $32 billion in 2013 – up 11.5 percent from the year before – and organic fruits and vegetables now account for more than 10 percent of all produce sold in the United...

Toxic Chemicals
Sunscreen

High Demand for EWG Sunscreen Sampler Box Reflects Consumer Calls for Safer Sun Protection

EWG's top-rated sunscreen samples, offered to promote the EWG Sun Safety Campaign and 2014 Guide to Sunscreens, sold out in less than two hours.

Energy
California

New York State Ruling is a Huge Victory Against Fracking Industry

A new ruling by New York's highest court protecting local communities' right to ban oil and gas drilling in their backyards is a “big win for every town across the state fighting to safeguard the...

Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Clorox to Disclose Fragrance Allergens in Cleaning Products

The Clorox Company's decision to disclose fragrance allergens in its household cleaning products is an important step in increasing transparency and improving awareness around the potentially harmful...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

EWG Welcomes Boxer Proposal To Reform Weak Federal Chemical Controls

EWG applauds Senator Boxer's leadership in fighting for reform of our broken toxics laws and protecting public health.

Food
Water

Suspect Salads: Toxic Rocket Fuel Found in Samples of Winter Lettuce

Lettuce grown in the fall and winter months in Southern California or Arizona may contain higher levels of toxic rocket fuel than is considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG President Ken Cook On What The 2014 Election Results Mean For Environmental Health

Ken Cook, the president and co-founder of the Environmental Working Group, says that EWG's commitment to protecting public health and the environment from toxic pollution will not waver, “no matter...

Farm Subsidies

Required conservation practices poorly monitored, farmers consistently denied conservation money, large farms continue to reap l

As the five major commodity crops reap billions in taxpayer dollars each year, nearly 70 percent of farmer requests for voluntary conservation assistance go unfunded and soil erosion rules for subsidy...
Toxic Chemicals

EWG Statement on Reassignment of Chief of NIH Environmental Institute

Environmental Working Group (EWG) Executive Director Richard Wiles issued the following statement today in response to the decision by the head of the National Institute of Environmental Health...
Food & Water
Water

Plan to Add Fluoride to Southern California Tap Water will put 64,000 Kids at Risk

More than 64,000 children a day in Southern California will be exposed to an unsafe dose of fluoride when the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) begins adding fluoride to drinking water in October...
Energy

Report: More Than 800 New Mining Claims Crowd Border of Grand Canyon National Park

A report released by the Environmental Working Group today shows an 80 percent increase in uranium, gold and other mining claims in 12 western states over the past five years, including an explosion...
BPA

U.S. Health Panel Ignores Science on Food-Packaging Chemical

Environmental Working Group (EWG) Senior Scientist Dr. Anila Jacob, MD, MPH, issued the following statement in response to the decision by a government sponsored panel to largely ignore wide ranging...
Farm Subsidies

Widening Farm Subsidy Gap Is Leaving Black Farmers Further Behind

Black farmers receive between one-third to one-sixth of the benefits under major federal crop subsidy programs that other farmers receive, and the “subsidy gap” has widened over the past decade.
Chemical Policy

Conflict of Interest Still Looms Over NIH Contractor

After the Environmental Working Group (EWG) revealed that contractor Sciences International (SI) worked for companies who made chemicals under review by the agency, NIH let the company conduct its own...
Household & Consumer Products

Chemical Linked to Birth Defects Found at Unsafe Levels in Canned Food

In the most comprehensive U.S. tests for an industrial chemical used to line cans of foods, an independent laboratory found a compound linked to birth defects in more than half of the samples of...
BPA

Chemical Industry Consultant Runs Federal Reproductive Health Agency

A federal agency that evaluates the causes of birth defects and other reproductive problems is run by a consulting firm with ties to companies that make chemicals the agency is charged with reviewing...