Testimony & Official Correspondence

Attached are EWG's comments to Environmental Protection Agency on the agency's draft human health risk assessment for atrazine and draft cumulative human health risk assessment for triazine herbicides (atrazine, simazine and propazine).

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Water

Attached is a letter sent by EWG to the CEO of General Mills detailing recent testing that found the herbicide glyphosate in oat-based their foods marketed to children.

Key Issues: 

Children's Health

Toxics

Pesticides

Attached are EWG’s comments to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, or ATSDR, on its draft toxicological profile on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, often referred to as PFAS.

EWG commends the agency on its assessment and inclusion of the most up-to-date science, but urges the agency to go further and establish health-protective guidelines for this entire class of chemicals.

Key Issues: 

Toxics

Nonstick Chemicals

EWG wrote comments to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, urging increased transparency as the agency implements its proposed labeling rule for genetically engineered foods.

Key Issues: 

Farming

Food