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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...

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Rocket Fuel in Cows' Milk - Perchlorate

Milk from cows raised in some parts of California may expose infants and children to more of a toxic rocket fuel chemical than is considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the State of Massachusetts, according to unreleased tests by state agriculture officials and independent laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG).

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...

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Asbestos Hotspots

The Specter-Leahy Asbestos Bill allows residents of Libby, Montana, home of the notorious W.R. Grace vermiculite mine to sidestep the Byzantine criteria for assistance in the bill, and receive a guaranteed award of $400,000. The provision is notable, not so much for its special attention to the people of Libby, who by all accounts deserve the assistance, but in the absence of such care for any of

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...

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Trouble in The Air

The U.S. Senate's latest scheme to limit the liability of asbestos makers would cut benefits dramatically to people dying of the fatal asbestos cancer, mesothelioma, and pre-empt laws in 12 states, and court customs in at least 8 more, that guarantee a speedy trial to terminally ill plaintiffs. Younger victims, who are more likely to have dependent children, huge medical bills, and substantial

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

Refineries, power plants and other large industrial facilities in California that violate clean air laws typically pay penalties lower than what an SUV driver may legally be fined for a smog violation...

Review of USDA-Black Farmers Civil Rights Settlement Shows Program Almost a Complete Failure

A new investigation by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and the National Black Farmers Association reveals that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) withheld nearly three out of every four...

EWG Urges EPA to Finalize Dioxin Toxicity Assessment

EWG research found that the amount of dioxin a nursing infant ingests daily is up to 77 times higher than the level EPA has proposed to protect the endocrine and immune systems. The fact that both...

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...