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Testimony & Official Correspondence

EWG Debunks Ethanol Lobby's Push For Clean Air Act Waiver

Thursday, June 18, 2009

LINK: Science Analysis - Ethanol Health Risks and Engine Damage

The Honorable Lisa Jackson
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460

Subject: Clean Air Act Waiver Application to Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent, EPA Docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0211

Dear Administrator Jackson,

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Key Issues: 
Energy
Biofuels

Experts Denounce FDA Efforts to Weaken Mercury Warnings for Fish Eaters

Thursday, May 7, 2009

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Stephen F. Sundlof, DVM, Director
Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
5100 Paint Branch Parkway College Park, MD 20740-3835

RE: Docket [FDA-2009-N-0018]

Dr. Sundlof:

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Key Issues: 
Mercury
Chemicals in Food

EWG Comments to EPA on Draft Antimicrobial Rule

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

 

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Office of Pesticide Programs
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,
Washington DC 20460-0001

Regarding: Proposed Rule for Data Requirements for Antimicrobial Pesticides
Docket EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0110

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Chemical Policy
Pesticides
Triclosan
Cleaning Products

Kid-Safe Chemicals Act letter & a list of organizations that signed on

Thursday, May 14, 2009
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EWG Letter: EPA/DuPont Deal Contradicts Sound Science and EPA Principles

Friday, April 10, 2009

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The Honorable Lisa Jackson
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20460

Dear Administrator Jackson:

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EPA Must Abide by the Law and Assess the Full Climate Impacts of Biofuels

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Key Issues: 
Energy
Biofuels

EWG and Allies Urge EPA to Assess Land Use and Climate Impacts of Biofuels

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

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Clean Air Task Force * Defenders of Wildlife * Environmental Working Group * Friends of the Earth * National Audubon * Natural Resource Defense Council * Network for New Energy Choices * Sierra Club * Union of Concerned Scientists * The Wilderness Society


The Honorable Lisa Jackson
Administrator
United States Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20460

March 18, 2009

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Key Issues: 
Energy
Biofuels

EWG's comments on EPA's exposure assessment report for PBDEs

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

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National Center for Environmental Assessment
Environmental Protection Agency
c/o EPA Docket Center, Mail Code 2822T
EPA West Building 1301 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20005

Docket ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0663

RE: Comments on NCEA’s Exposure Assessment of PBDEs (November 2008 draft)

To Whom It May Concern:

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EWG presses regulators to investigate use of pesticide in liquid soap

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

 

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Office of Pesticide Programs
Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20460-0001

Regarding: EPA’s Decision to Support Re-registration of Triclosan Docket EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0513

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Key Issues: 
Chemical Policy
Pesticides
Triclosan
Consumer Products
Cleaning Products

Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD

Monday, December 15, 2008
Oversight Hearing on Natural Gas Drilling in the New York City Watershed, Part II
Before the New York City Council Committee on Environmental Protection Friday, December 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

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