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'CHEERS' Children and Pesticides Debate Widens to Congress
The Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study, or CHEERS study would measure pesticide and chemical levels in 60 Florida children who would be selected for the study based on heavy pesticide...
Wave of Nuclear Plant Relicensing Will Mean Steep Increase in Waste
A new analysis of Department of Energy (DOE) figures shows that in the wake of the 2002 Senate vote to approve the Yucca Mountain dumpsite, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission quickly and quietly...
EPA finds DuPont guilty of withholding Teflon blood and water pollution studies
In an extraordinary announcement on July 8, 2004, the Environmental Protection Agency revealed the results of a year-long investigation into DuPont's failure to disclose to the agency internal company...
EPA Moves to Break Industry Logjam on Teflon Chemical Studies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today put back on track its review of a chemical used to make Teflon cookware. The chemical, known as C-8 or PFOA, is found in virtually all Americans' blood...
Federal Panel Okays Limited Pesticide Tests on Humans
A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel today recommended limits on chemical industry testing of pesticides and toxic chemicals on human subjects.
GOP Energy Bill Presents Historic Threat to Environment
Dozens of provisions in the GOP energy bill agreement pending in Congress make it a historic threat to the environment, according to Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook.
List of towns, counties blocked from drinking water clean up by GOP Energy Bill Grows
Dozens of provisions in the GOP energy bill agreement pending in Congress make it a historic threat to the environment, according to Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook.
EPA Reverses Course: Arsenic-Treated Playground Equipment Poses Unacceptable Lifetime Cancer Risk to Children
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released the most comprehensive study to date of the health risks of arsenic-treated wood, which has been used for decades to build decks, playsets...
CPSC Denies Petition to Ban CCA Pressure-Treated Wood Playground Equipment
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) voted unanimously today to deny a petition to ban the use of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) pressuretreated wood in playground equipment.
Congressional Plan to Shield Polluters From Cleanup Costs Will Benefit A Handful of Texas Oil Refiners
Millions of consumers and their water utilities in 25 states will be forced to pay billions of dollars to remove a toxic, foul-smelling gasoline additive from drinking water under a plan to prohibit...
TOXIC FIRE RETARDANT FOUND IN SAMPLES OF CALIFORNIA MILK
In the first nationwide tests for chemical fire retardants in the breast milk of American mothers, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high levels of these little-known thyroid toxins...
First-Ever U.S. Tests of Farmed Salmon Show High Levels of Cancer-Causing PCBs
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) today released results of the most extensive tests to date of cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs) levels in farmed salmon consumed in the United States...
Toxic Fire Retardants Building Up Rapidly in CA Fish
Levels of a little-known class of neurotoxic chemicals found in computers, TV sets, cars and furniture are building up rapidly in key indicator species of San Francisco Bay fish, according to tests by...
Fast Food Companies Asked to Disclose Use of Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging
EWG asks the CEOs of nine major fast food corporations to disclose the use of toxic nonstick chemicals in their packaging.
Groups Want Whitman to Explain How Monsanto Escaped Crackdown for Decades of PCB Pollution
Public interest groups today called on US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christine Todd Whitman to explain a key change in a controversial and highly unusual pollution cleanup...
Showdown for DuPont: EPA Starts Review of Teflon Chemical Now in Human Blood
EWG testifies at a EPA public meeting on teflon contamination, and charges DuPont repeatedly downplayed questions of the Teflon chemical's toxicity.
EWG TSCA 8(e) Petition: EPA probes DuPont birth defect study
EWG alleged today that the DuPont chemical company has violated federal law by withholding from the government for the last 22 years a company study that detected a toxic, Teflon-related chemical in...
Environmental Working Group calls for Immediate Recall of Arsenic-Treated Playsets and Reimbursement for Consumers
The Environmental Working Group today asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to ban the use of arsenic-treated wood in outdoor play structures and to order consumer refunds for millions...
BOXER INTRODUCES BILL TO REGULATE PERCHLORATE
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today introduced legislation to protect drinking water from contamination by the toxic chemical perchlorate.
Arsenic Lobbyists Coming Out of Woodwork
For decades, they made the world safe for skyrocketing sales of arsenic-soaked wood, and dangerous for the millions of Americans who were exposed to the material, and are still exposed today. But...