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EWG News Roundup (10/16): 200 Million Americans Likely Have PFAS in Their Water, Solar Conquers Coal and More

Friday, October 16, 2020

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

As Algae Season Ends, the Toll: More Than 400 Outbreaks in 2020

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

The end of summer marks the unofficial end of the algae outbreak season. Warmer states like California and Florida see outbreaks fouling lakes, rivers and other bodies of water year-round, but for most of the country, outbreaks stop when the weather turns colder.

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Key Issues: 
Water
Toxic Algae

Giant Potato Grower Threatens What’s Left of Our Land

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

The White Earth Reservation, in Minnesota, where I was born and live, was created in 1867 by a treaty between the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the U.S. government. The original reservation boundaries consisted of 837,000 acres. But over time, poor federal planning and fraudulent land grabs whittled our tribal land down by 90 percent.

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Key Issues: 
Midwest
Farming

Get Big or Get Out: How Trump’s Farm Bailouts Are Fueling Farm Consolidation

Friday, October 9, 2020

While visiting Wisconsin last year, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said farmers should “get big or get out.” The Trump administration’s bailout program seems designed to do just that.

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Key Issues: 
Farming
Trump’s Farmer Bailout

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New EWG Healthy Living App Includes Healthy Cleaners

Monday, October 19, 2020
WASHINGTON – The Environmental Working Group has added information about healthy cleaners to its Healthy Living App , putting ratings at shoppers’ fingertips for more than 122,000 foods, personal care products and now healthy cleaners.
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Key Issues: 
Consumer Products
Cleaning Products
Cosmetics

Study: More Than 200 Million Americans Could Have Toxic PFAS in Their Drinking Water

Wednesday, October 14, 2020
A peer-reviewed study by scientists at the Environmental Working Group estimates that more than 200 million Americans could have the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in their drinking water at a concentration of 1 part per trillion, or ppt, or higher. Independent scientific studies have recommended a safe level for PFAS in drinking water of 1 ppt, a standard that is endorsed by EWG.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

World Energy Outlook: Solar Power Will Be ‘the New King’ by 2030

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Renewables, led by solar power, will become the dominant source of the world’s electricity by 2030, according to a just-released analysis by the International Energy Agency.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Clean Energy and You
California
Federal and State Policy

Former CDC Director, Hero of Smallpox Fight, Joins EWG’s Call for Redfield To Resign Over Trump Administration’s Botched Covid-19 Response

Wednesday, October 7, 2020
The former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who led the successful effort to stamp out smallpox, has joined EWG in calling on the current CDC director to resign over the government’s disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
COVID-19 & Your Health