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California violated state law when it gutted rooftop solar program, EWG claims in legal brief
SAN FRANCISCO – California utility regulators violated state law by approving policy changes pushed by monopoly utilities that severely throttled a once-thriving rooftop solar market, the...
Congress opens door to more ‘forever chemicals’ contamination at military bases
WASHINGTON – The House today released an update to the National Defense Authorization Act , or NDAA, for fiscal year 2026 that could result in more contamination by the toxic “forever chemicals” known...
Bridge to nowhere: Trump bailout to again flow to the largest, wealthiest farms, leaving struggling farmers behind
WASHINGTON – Today the Trump administration announced yet another multibillion-dollar round of trade-war-related bailouts for the agricultural industry. The $12 billion the administration is set to...
EWG statement on new federal dietary guidelines
WASHINGTON – Today the federal government published new dietary guidelines that urge Americans to pump the brakes on eating highly processed foods – often called ultra-processed food, or UPF. Research...
CNN's Sanjay Gupta, MD on federal chemicals policy
EWG has long known the Toxic Substances Control Act (aka "TSCA") needs to be overhauled. Most Enviroblog readers likely do, too - because we talk about it a lot.
The new crop of eco-films: Which should you see?
With green being the new black, there are more than a few environmental documentaries to choose from when popping that (not-in-the-microwave) popcorn.
Top 10 Environment Stories of the Decade -- That You Might Have Missed
EWG staffers put our heads together to come up with this list of bad news environmental stories of the last decade that people might have missed. But there were plenty of big stories that hardly...
Louisiana Bucket Brigade...
A group of Lousiana residents who track the air quality in the vacinity of refineries. Their website can be found here: http://www.labucketbrigade.org/
California senator introduces 'balcony solar' bill to lower energy bills for millions of households
Update appended SACRAMENTO – A bill introduced Monday in the California Senate offers a practical, affordable and clean path to relief from historically high electricity prices that hurt middle- and...
How plugging into the sun could help Californians lower their energy bills
Californians, who face some of the highest electricity rates in the country, could get financial relief from something as simple as plugging a device into an outlet at home. Plug-in solar technologies...
At EPA and FDA, Zeldin and RFK Jr. celebrate a year in office – while public health suffers
Friday the 13th is supposed to be unlucky – and for Americans’ health, it may be just that. That’s because it marks the anniversary of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s swearing-in as health secretary. It also...
New York state lawmakers introduce bill to ban the herbicide paraquat, linked to Parkinson’s disease
ALBANY, N.Y. – Lawmakers today introduced legislation to ban the use of paraquat, one of the most toxic herbicides allowed for use in the U.S. The lawmakers cited overwhelming scientific evidence...
EWG testimony before the West Virginia Senate Health and Human Resources Committee on SB 745, to ban a long list of additives from being served at schools
Good morning. My name is Scott Faber and I am a professor of food law at Georgetown University Law Center. While the USDA administers our school food programs, the FDA reviews the safety of food...
Statement on FDA request for information on food additive BHA
WASHINGTON – Today the Food and Drug Administration issued a “request for information” about the food chemical preservative butylated hydroxyanisole, or BHA. Studies show BHA may cause cancer in rats...
Scalp exposure: New study finds harmful chemicals in almost all hair extensions
More than nine in 10 hair extensions sold in the U.S. contain chemicals linked to serious health harms, including cancer and hormone disruption, a new peer-reviewed study finds. The study raises...
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EWG statement on House farm bill
WASHINGTON – H.R. 7567 , the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026, breaks from the longstanding bipartisan, collaborative process that has traditionally produced durable farm bills, the...
Interactive map: Tracking state food chemical regulation in the U.S.
Thousands of chemicals are allowed for use in food sold in this country. And while most of these are likely safe to eat, some have been linked to serious health harms.
EWG's Healthy Home Tip 2: Eat organic, fresh foods
Most people prefer their foods free of pesticides and toxic chemicals, for a whole host of (pretty) obvious reasons. I know I do. The government isn't doing enough Pesticides and toxic chemicals are...
Watch this: Mt. Sinai Center for Environmental Health on children
This is Part 1 of a two part video filmed at the Mount Sinai Childrens Environmental Health Centers 2nd Annual Greening Our Children Benefit.
Prop 65 misses the mark on BPA: Let's hope Sacramento does better
By Lisa Frack, EWG Online Organizer Just when we were cheering Oregon's progress, we watched California take a step backward. Why? Because yesterday a state panel in California decided not to declare...
Intersex fish on Colbert Nation
On July 1st Nicholas Kristof wrote an opinion piece in The New York Times on endocrine disruptors: It's Time to Learn from Frogs.
Is there too much fluoride in your dog food? Read EWG's new report
You're probably familiar with the longstanding and often heated debate over the addition of fluoride to public water supplies. And while EWG does have an opinion on that, last week we focused on...
