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EWG News Roundup (2/14): Trump EPA Fails To Protect Kids From Pesticides, Few Signs of Progress on PFAS and More

Friday, February 14, 2020

EWG News Roundup (2/14): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Farming
Food
Water

One Year Into Trump’s PFAS Action Plan, Few Signs of Progress

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Friday marks one year since the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled its latest plan to address the crisis of the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, which have likely contaminated a majority of drinking water supplies nationwide. But President Trump’s so-called action plan has met few of the milestones parents expect from a one-year-old.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals

EWG News Roundup (2/7): California Bans Neurotoxic Pesticide, Endocrine Disruptors in Menstrual Products and More

Friday, February 7, 2020

EWG News Roundup (2/7): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Water

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Found in Menstrual and Genital Care Products, Studies Show

Thursday, February 6, 2020

Menstrual care products may be an important source of exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs, according to two new studies that add to the mounting evidence.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products

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EWG Study: EPA Fails To Follow Landmark Law To Protect Children From Pesticides in Food

Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The landmark Food Quality Protection Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to protect children’s health by applying an extra margin of safety to legal limits for pesticides in food. But an investigation by EWG, published this week in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, found that the EPA has failed to add the mandated children’s health safety factor to the allowable limits for almost 90 percent of the most common pesticides.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Food

Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Disastrous for Public Health, Clean Energy Investments

Monday, February 10, 2020
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal, released today, seeks deep cuts in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and other agencies, and shows the administration’s continuing indifference to growing environmental and public health threats, said EWG.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Food
Water

National Consumer, Environmental Groups Urge Indiana Lawmakers To Reject Coal Bailout Bill

Thursday, February 6, 2020
A coalition of leading national environmental and consumer protection groups today called on state lawmakers in Indiana to scrap legislation that would make it difficult for electric utilities to retire dirty, uneconomic coal-fired power plants.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

Brain-Damaging Pesticide No Longer Sold in California

Thursday, February 6, 2020
Farms in California can no longer buy a neurotoxic pesticide that can damage children’s brains and nervous systems. As of today, chlorpyrifos is banned for sale in the state that grows most of the nation’s fresh produce. Farmers have until the end of the year to use any remaining stockpiles of the pesticide they have on hand.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Food
Chemicals in Food