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Expert Testimony and Communications Content

EWG's letter to EPA

Court Case Highlights Children's Vulnerability to Exposures Linked to Autism

Statement of Jane Houlihan, EWG VP for Research

Court Case Highlights Children's Vulnerability to Exposures Linked to Autism

Statement of Jane Houlihan, EWG VP for Research

Information Quality Appeal

DOCKET NUMBER 2004P-0004/CP1

EWG Action Fund/Moveon.org TV Commercial

Statement of EWG Action Fund President Ken Cook Bush Administration Policy on Mercury
Commercial and statement on mercury.

TIMELINE: FDA Repeatedly Fails to Warn Consumers About Mercury in Seafood

Timeline from 1950s to present day, with links.

Data Quality Act Challenge

Request for correction of FDA's "advice for women"
On behalf of the millions of women of childbearing age and parents of young children who rely on FDA recommendations to guide their food consumption choices, Environmental Working Group respectfully demands a correction of the 2003 FDA Consumption Advisory regarding the risks of mercury contaminated fish and shellfish (hereinafter the "Advisory") pursuant to the Data Quality Act, Section 515 of the Fiscal Year 2001 Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 106-554,

EWG Briefing: Mercury in Seafood

Jane Houlihan's December 11, 2003 briefing on Mercury in Seafood.

New Government Fish Tests Raise Mercury Concerns

New Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data show mercury contamination of fish is more serious than federal scientists previously assumed. Tests on mercury in fish found that four species