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Congress Passes Child Nutrition Act
A major public health victory on behalf of the nation's neediest children is about to be realized when President Obama signs into law legislation that will provide healthy school lunches to millions.
Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands
At least 5,000 Americans – most of them young children, the elderly and the sick – die every year from eating contaminated food, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Chemical Agriculture Group Says, Shut Up and Eat Your Pesticides
WASHINGTON, DC - Rachel Carson ignited the debate over pesticide safety a generation ago. Its latest phase began today (July 15).
Hold the Mayo, Extra Pesticides: Americans are sold on organics
Over the past decade, organic produce sales have soared from 3 percent of the retail produce market in the U.S. in 2000 to nearly 11 percent last year, to $9.5 billion. According to surveys by the...
Infants Ingest Dioxin at 77 Times EPA’s Safe Threshold
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A review of research conducted by independent laboratories and the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that one of the most widespread and hazardous contaminants...
EWG Urges EPA to Finalize Dioxin Toxicity Assessment
EWG research found that the amount of dioxin a nursing infant ingests daily is up to 77 times higher than the level EPA has proposed to protect the endocrine and immune systems. The fact that both...
Petrochemical Identified in Recalled Kellogg’s Cereals
WASHINGTON, DC –Kellogg's recently recalled close to 30 million boxes of some of its most popular cereal brands after customers complained of getting sick from smelling and eating breakfast mainstays...
NC Panel OKs Toxic Teflon Chemical in Drinking Water
North Carolinians could be exposed to much higher concentrations of a notorious Teflon chemical than the rest of the country under a proposed state regulation that would allow unsafe levels of the...
2010 Shopper's Guide Helps Consumers Reduce Pesticide Exposure
Washington, DC - Environmental Working Group (EWG) delivers the sixth edition of its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides with updated information on 49 fruits and vegetables and their total pesticide load...
Sen. Lincoln’s Nutrition Plan Pits Kids Against Clean Water -- Needlessly
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) plans to mark up her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 on Wednesday, March 24th. The legislation would reauthorize child nutrition...
Cities Confirm EWG Tap Water Tests
Testing by four municipal drinking water suppliers has confirmed the results of a study by the Environmental Working Group that detected widespread contamination by chromium-6, a suspected toxic...
EPA May Regulate Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water
Making good on Administrator Lisa Jackson's confirmation promise, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving ahead with its deliberations on whether to impose the first national limits on...
California Proposes Nation’s First Limit on “Erin Brockovich” Chemical
After more than a decade of fighting an across-the-board industry campaign, the California government has finally announced proposed health guidelines for the deadly cancer-causing chemical hexavalent...
EWG Updates The Pesticide Shopper’s Guide
Environmental Working Group's (EWG) popular Shopper's Guide to Pesticides has a new look -- and an updated list of fruits and vegetables for consumers who aim to reduce their families' exposure to...
Is the Era of Mining Company Giveaways Over?
The antiquated 1872 Mining Law, a relic of America's westward expansion, has fought off many attempts at reform. Currently hardrock mining companies, many of them foreign, pay no royalties for the...
Bush EPA Shirks Responsibility Over Perchlorate Contamination
WASHINGTON –- In a last-ditch effort to avoid regulating widespread perchlorate contamination of drinking water, the Bush Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for yet another blue-ribbon...
Last Minute Mischief at EPA
As the clock runs out on the Bush administration, officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are trying to hand industry yet another victory by refusing to set safety standards for the...
EPA Ignores Toxic Rocket Fuel Chemical in Drinking Water
Under pressure from the White House and the Pentagon, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided not to set cleanup or safety standards for a toxic rocket fuel chemical that contaminates drinking...
EPA Again Decides Not to Regulate Chemicals in Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will not establish safety standards for 11 contaminants in drinking water.
Surge in Uranium Mining Claims Spurs Concern for Drinking Water Safety
In response to the threat that surging mining claims along the Colorado pose to drinking water in Las Vegas, the General Manager for the Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), Patricia Mulroy, sent a...