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The latest from EWG’s staff of experts

USDA Weakens National Organic Food Standards

Friday, May 21, 2004

Grist magazine reports that the Bush Administration, at the behest of agribusiness lobbyists, has quietly taken several actions to weaken national standards for organic food. The Department of Agriculture made the changes without allowing public comment or feedback from the National Organic Standards Board, an advisory panel that is supposed to review changes to the standards.

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Key Issues: 
Chemicals in Food

Demand Gone Wild for Wild Salmon

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

The Oregonian reports consumers are increasingly choosing healthy wild salmon instead of PCB-laden farmed salmon. Studies over the past year by EWG and others have shown that farmed salmon has far higher levels of toxic PCBs than wild salmon. Higher prices for wild salmon are good news for Alaska and other West Coast fishermen who have struggled in recent decades.

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Key Issues: 
Farming
Healthy Eating
Chemicals in Food

Labor Group Disappointed as Asbestos Talks Fail

Tuesday, May 11, 2004

The AFL-CIO expressed its dissatisfaction with the end of negotiations seeking an agreement between asbestos companies, insurers and those sick or dying from the harmful material.

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Key Issues: 
Asbestos

Talks on Asbestos Bill End

Monday, May 10, 2004

The Republican Senate leadership's asbestos bailout bill appears dead for now, after negotiations stalled May 7. The bill would have denied thousands of Americans their day in court, reduced damage awards to victims of asbestos diseases, and run out of money well before the epidemic of asbestos deaths peak.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Chemical Policy (TSCA)
Asbestos

Study Links Teflon Chemical to Higher Cancer Rates

Friday, May 7, 2004

A new study presented at a meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists links the Teflon chemical C8 [also known as PFOA] to elevated cancer rates. Researchers found higher levels of prostate cancer in men and cervical and uterine cancer in women exposed to C8 than in the general population.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Chemical Policy (TSCA)
Nonstick Chemicals
Consumer Products
Cookware
Food Containers

NY Newsday, FL Times Union document diverse asbestos problems

Thursday, May 6, 2004

As U.S. Senate leaders negotiate a trust fund for Americans sick or dying from asbestos, new facts are transforming the debate. Despite what many Americans believe, asbestos is still being used, and continues to cause new public health problems.

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Key Issues: 
Asbestos

White House Undermined Chemical Tests

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

EWG has investigated scores of harmful industrial chemicals, the companies that produce them and the government policies that permit Americans to be exposed to them in their food, water and the air. Our research has repeatedly borne out the need to shift the burden of proof and require manufacturers to substantiate chemicals' safety before use in consumer products.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Chemical Policy (TSCA)

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