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EWG News Roundup (9/25): EWG Calls for CDC Director To Resign, Farmer Bailout and Covid-19 Payments Flowing to Rich Farmers and More

Friday, September 25, 2020

EWG News Roundup (9/25): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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

New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The largest and wealthiest U.S. farm businesses received the biggest share of almost $33 billion in payments from two subsidy programs – one created by the Trump administration to respond to the president’s trade war and the other by Congress in response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to updates to EWG’s Farm Subsidy Database.

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Key Issues: 
Farming
Subsidies
Trump’s Farmer Bailout

Study: More Than 125,000 Farmworkers Have Contracted Covid-19

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

The Covid-19 virus has infected more than 125,000 U.S. farmworkers, according to the latest estimates in an ongoing study by Purdue University.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
COVID-19 & Your Health
Farming
COVID-19 & Food

After Covid-19 Flip-Flops, CDC Director Must Resign

Monday, September 21, 2020

Today I wrote to Dr. Robert Redfield calling on him to resign as the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

It was not a letter I wrote lightly. But with the events of the past few months, the decision – and the need – to write it could not have been clearer.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
COVID-19 & Your Health

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EWG Applaud HEROES 2.0 Act

Monday, September 28, 2020
Today the House unveiled the HEROES 2.0 Act. Here is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Faber
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Key Issues: 
COVID-19 & Your Health
Farming
COVID-19 & Food

EWG Statement on House Bill To Increase Anti-Hunger Assistance

Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The following is a statement from Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, on House passage of H.R. 8319.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Food

UPDATE: Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Likely Contaminate More Than 700 Military Sites

Wednesday, September 16, 2020
More than 700 Department of Defense sites are likely to be contaminated with the fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, according to new data released this week by the Pentagon.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

At Wildfire Briefing, Trump Scoffs at Climate Crisis: “I Don’t Think Science Knows”

Monday, September 14, 2020
A failure in forest management – not climate change – is fueling the catastrophic wildfire inferno on the West Coast, President Trump said today.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics