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Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act Would Ban Cosmetics With Chemicals Linked to Cancer or Reproductive Harm

Friday, February 21, 2020
On Thursday the California Assembly reintroduced the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 2762. If passed, the law would ban 12 toxic ingredients, such as mercury and formaldehyde, from the beauty and personal care products Californians use every day.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Under Pressure, EPA Moves Forward with Drinking Water Standards for PFOA and PFOS

Thursday, February 20, 2020
Under pressure from Congress, today the Environmental Protection Agency took the next step towards setting legal limits for two fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, in drinking water.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water

California Bills Would Ban ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Firefighting Foam, Expand Testing of Water for All PFAS Chemicals

Wednesday, February 19, 2020
On Tuesday the California Senate introduced two bills to address the growing contamination crisis of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS. One bill would ban the chemicals in firefighting foam – one of the largest sources of PFAS contamination – and the other would expand the state’s program to test water for many more formulations of the chemicals.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water

EWG Study: EPA Fails To Follow Landmark Law To Protect Children From Pesticides in Food

Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The landmark Food Quality Protection Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to protect children’s health by applying an extra margin of safety to legal limits for pesticides in food. But an investigation by EWG, published this week in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, found that the EPA has failed to add the mandated children’s health safety factor to the allowable limits for almost 90 percent of the most common pesticides.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Food

Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Disastrous for Public Health, Clean Energy Investments

Monday, February 10, 2020
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal, released today, seeks deep cuts in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy and other agencies, and shows the administration’s continuing indifference to growing environmental and public health threats, said EWG.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Food
Water

National Consumer, Environmental Groups Urge Indiana Lawmakers To Reject Coal Bailout Bill

Thursday, February 6, 2020
A coalition of leading national environmental and consumer protection groups today called on state lawmakers in Indiana to scrap legislation that would make it difficult for electric utilities to retire dirty, uneconomic coal-fired power plants.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

Brain-Damaging Pesticide No Longer Sold in California

Thursday, February 6, 2020
Farms in California can no longer buy a neurotoxic pesticide that can damage children’s brains and nervous systems. As of today, chlorpyrifos is banned for sale in the state that grows most of the nation’s fresh produce. Farmers have until the end of the year to use any remaining stockpiles of the pesticide they have on hand.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Food
Chemicals in Food

In Win for Bayer-Monsanto, Trump EPA Claims Cancer-Causing Weedkiller ‘Safe’

Thursday, January 30, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed its claims today that the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto’s carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research showing a strong connection between glyphosate and cancer in humans.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Glyphosate
Farming

‘Why Not Whale Oil?’

Thursday, January 30, 2020
The coal industry is pushing a bill in the Indiana legislature to make it harder for utilities to close dirty, money-losing coal plants.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear

Revlon First Global Brand To Bring EWG VERIFIED™ Clean Cosmetic to Consumers

Thursday, January 30, 2020
In a breakthrough move, Revlon becomes the first global brand to bring an EWG VERIFIED™ cosmetic product to mass retailers, making affordable clean beauty a reality for millions of discerning consumers. Launched today, Revlon’s PhotoReady Prime Plus™ Perfecting + Smoothing Primer meets EWG’s industry-leading clean beauty standards.
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Key Issues: 
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG Applauds Kellogg's for Pledge To End Pre-Harvest Use of Weedkiller Glyphosate

Monday, January 27, 2020
Kellogg's will take steps to phase out the use of the herbicide glyphosate to dry oats and wheat before harvest, eliminating use of the potentially harmful chemical in the main ingredients of many of the company’s breakfast cereals and other foods.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Food
Chemicals in Food

Trump Administration Finalizes Repeal of Pollution Rule, Threatening Drinking Water Sources for 117 Million Americans

Thursday, January 23, 2020
Today the Trump administration finalized its plan to repeal critical safeguards that prohibit the dumping of industrial and agricultural pollution into sensitive waterways that provide tap water for more than 117 million Americans.
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Key Issues: 
Water
Tap Water

Mark Ruffalo, EWG’s Ken Cook Applaud Gov. Cuomo for Bold Action To Protect New Yorkers From PFAS

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo and EWG president and co-founder Ken Cook today praised New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for taking bold action to reduce PFAS pollution.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

PFAS Contamination of Tap Water Far More Prevalent Than Previously Reported

Wednesday, January 22, 2020
New laboratory tests commissioned by EWG have for the first time found the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in the drinking water of dozens of U.S. cities, including major metropolitan areas. The results confirm that the number of Americans exposed to PFAS from contaminated tap water has been dramatically underestimated by previous studies, both from the Environmental Protection Agency and EWG’s own research.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

Trump Administration to Allow More Pizza and Fries, Fewer Fruits and Vegetables in School Menus

Friday, January 17, 2020
The Trump administration has proposed significant changes to menus at the nation’s public schools that would allow more pizza, fries and burgers, and fewer fruits and vegetables for students to choose from.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Food
Healthy Eating

Alert: Tests Find High Levels of Asbestos in Children’s Makeup Kit

Thursday, January 16, 2020
The notorious carcinogen asbestos has been found in a talc-containing eye shadow in a children’s toy makeup kit, according to laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products
Cleaning Products
Cosmetics

Report: Coal-Power Plant Closures Near Record High Under Trump

Tuesday, January 14, 2020
If the pace of U.S. coal-fired power plant closures in 2019 continues throughout 2020, more plants will have shut down during President Trump’s first term than during President Obama’s second term, according to data compiled by the federal government and Reuters.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Coal, Natural Gas and Nuclear
Federal and State Policy

EWG Analysis: Half a Million Minnesotans Drink Tap Water Contaminated With Elevated Levels of Nitrate From Agricultural Pollution

Tuesday, January 14, 2020
An estimated half a million Minnesotans are drinking tap water contaminated with elevated levels of nitrate, a chemical associated with cancer and other serious health problems, according to a report released today by the Environmental Working Group.
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Key Issues: 
Midwest
Toxics
Farming
Farming & Tap Water
Water

Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act Protects Public Health From Lead, Asbestos and Other Toxic Chemicals in Personal Care Products

Monday, January 13, 2020
Today supporters gathered at the California State Capitol to urge the state Assembly to pass the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, A.B. 495 . If passed, the law would ban toxic ingredients like lead, mercury and formaldehyde from the beauty and personal care products Californians use every day. The law will face its first key vote on Tuesday.
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Key Issues: 
Asbestos
Lead
Mercury
PFAS Chemicals
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG Applauds Historic Bipartisan PFAS Vote

Friday, January 10, 2020
EWG today applauded the House for voting to pass H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

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