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Trump’s Regulatory Rollback Agenda Leaves Families and Workers Exposed to Toxic Chemicals
The Trump administration's just-released regulatory roadmap leaves no stone unturned when it comes to rolling back safeguards designed to protect children, families and workers from exposure to...
American Oversight and EWG Demand Release of Pruitt Communications with Pesticide Industry
American Oversight and the Environmental Working Group today launched a joint investigation into the March 29 decision by the Environmental Protection Agency not to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos.
EWG Surveys Personal Care Product Companies About 1,4-Dioxane
The Environmental Working Group is surveying U.S. makers of personal care products to ask if they are working to remove 1,4-dioxane, a likely human carcinogen, from their products. According to EWG's...
Rocket Fuel in Cows' Milk - Perchlorate
Putting People Before Big Pork, N.C. Governor Vetoes Hog Farm Bailout Bill
In a victory for property rights and public health, today North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation that would have shielded big hog farms from liability for the pollution and stench that...
EWG Praises SC Johnson’s ‘Groundbreaking’ Disclosure of Allergens
With today's announcement by SC Johnson that it will disclose the presence of hundreds of potential skin allergens that could be found in its products, the the family-owned company continues its role...
American Oversight, EWG Challenge EPA Over Failure to Release Pesticide Records
American Oversight filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency today to force the release of documents and communications regarding Administrator Scott Pruitt's March 29 decision to...
New Draft Proposal To Update TSCA Falls Short
New legislation to update TSCA falls far short of what's necessary to ensure that chemicals are safe.
Americans Deserve a Bill That Protects Them from Dangerous Chemicals
A revised proposal to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 still falls short of what's necessary to ensure that chemicals are safe, EWG said today.
Analysis Finds Hormone Disruptor Used in Cosmetics in Nearly 50 Different Foods
A new EWG analysis has found propyl paraben, a preservative linked to hormone disruption and not allowed in food sold in the European Union, in nearly 50 U.S. snack foods, including Sara Lee cinnamon...
Asbestos Hotspots
EWG-Duke Study Finds Five Times As Much Cancer-Causing Fire Retardant in Children As Mothers
Scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Duke University have found evidence that the average level of a cancer-causing fire retardant chemical in the bodies of children tested was nearly...
Growing Crops Too Close to Stream Banks Pollutes Minnesota Waterways
Nearly 170 waterways in southern Minnesota get a grade of D or F because they lack the required protective strips of vegetation that prevent farm runoff from polluting nearby rivers and streams...
Trouble in The Air
Voters in Six Key States Overwhelmingly Favor Mandatory GMO Food Labeling
New surveys show that citizens in six key states overwhelmingly support mandatory labeling for foods containing genetically modified organisms, known as GMOs.
Above the Law: How California's Big Air Polluters Get Away With It
Review of USDA-Black Farmers Civil Rights Settlement Shows Program Almost a Complete Failure
EWG Urges EPA to Finalize Dioxin Toxicity Assessment
Lawsuit Challenges California Plan Allowing Pesticide Spraying on Schools, Homes, Organic Farms
Eleven groups and the city of Berkeley sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture today over the agency's approval of a statewide “pest management” plan that allows pesticide spraying on...
EWG Action Fund: FACT Act Favors Asbestos Industry Over Justice, Public Health
Legislation re-introduced by Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, would place new burdens on asbestos bankruptcy trusts, slowing compensation to victims suffering from fatal asbestos-related diseases such...
Bill Would Pave Way For Greener Biofuels
Bipartisan legislation introduced today to eliminate the federal requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline would help pave the way for greener biofuels and lessen the burden on the environment...
Chef Colicchio, Activists, Lawmakers Demand Action on GMO Labeling
Chef Tom Colicchio joined Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) today as they reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would give Americans...
EWG Commends Nestlé USA For Removing Artificial Colors
Nestlé USA's announcement that it will remove artificial colors from its candy products shows that the chocolate maker is listening to consumers who don't want these additives in their food...
California Legislation Introduced to Ensure Consumer Right to Know What’s In Cleaning Products
Sacramento, Calif. – The Environmental Working Group and the Breast Cancer Fund congratulate Assemblymember Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D-Los Angeles) for introducing much-needed legislation...