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EWG Applauds Introduction of Minnesota State Water Well Testing Bill H.F. 3950

Tuesday, March 10, 2020
After issuing back-to-back reports highlighting the increasing threat nitrate pollution from agriculture poses to Minnesotans’ sourcing of drinking water from private wells, the Midwest office of the Environmental Working Group today released a letter in support of Minnesota House File 3950. H.F. 3950 requires water testing of private wells for bacteria, nitrate and arsenic before the sale or transfer of real property.
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Key Issues: 
Midwest
Farming
Farming & Tap Water
Water
Tap Water

FDA Tests Find Asbestos in Nearly 20 Percent of Cosmetics Products

Monday, March 9, 2020
Laboratory tests commissioned by the federal Food and Drug Administration of talc-based cosmetics products found the notorious carcinogen asbestos in roughly 20 percent of the samples assessed.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Negative Energy: Senate Bill Would End Tax Credits for Renewables and EVs, But Boost Coal, Gas and Nukes

Friday, March 6, 2020
The Senate is likely to pass legislation that would fail to extend tax credits for renewable energy and electric vehicles but does include financial incentives for coal, natural gas and nuclear power – the direct opposite of what’s needed for America’s transition to a clean energy future.
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Key Issues: 
Energy
Renewable Energy
Clean Energy and You
Federal and State Policy

Consumers Demand Mandatory Testing of Cosmetics for Asbestos

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Nearly 25,000 Americans are urging federal regulators to require the cosmetics industry to test for the presence of asbestos in cosmetics and to share the results.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Asbestos
Consumer Products
Cosmetics

EWG Analysis: Nitrate Pollution of Drinking Water in Rural Minnesota Is Getting Worse

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Nitrate contamination of drinking water has increased across Minnesota’s farm country, an Environmental Working Group analysis of state data has found.
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Key Issues: 
Midwest
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming
Farming & Tap Water

Study: PFAS Act Similar to Known Cancer-Causing Chemicals

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Indiana University have for the first time conducted a review of 26 fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, and found that all display at least one characteristic of known human carcinogens.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Consumer Products
Farming
Food
Water

Trump Taps Former Chemical Industry Shill To Lead Consumer Product Safety Commission

Tuesday, March 3, 2020
President Trump intends to nominate a former top chemical industry executive, who at the Environmental Protection Agency has led the rollback of important chemical safety regulations, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, according to an announcement issued last night by the White House.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics

EPA Conducting Criminal Investigations Into Industries’ Handling of PFAS Chemicals

Thursday, February 27, 2020
The Environmental Protection Agency is pursuing multiple criminal inquiries into corporations that manufacture the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to a report by Bloomberg Environment.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
PFAS Chemicals
Water
Tap Water

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

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