Testimony & Official Correspondence

Letter to ATSDR Director re: omissions from PFAS website

Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Environmental Working Group is writing to urge ATSDR, an agency on the front lines of the fight to protect public health from PFAS pollution, to provide on its website the most robust, easily accessible information for the public, medical professionals and policymakers.

Key Issues:

Toxics

PFAS Chemicals

EWG Testimony on H.R. 2827, the Keep Food Containers Safe From PFAS Act of 2019

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Attached is EWG’s testimony to the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on H.R. 2827, the Keep Food Containers Safe From PFAS Act of 2019.

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EWG Comments to EPA on Metolachlor

Friday, January 10, 2020

The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the EPA on the registration review for the herbicide metolachlor. EWG urges the EPA to use a tenfold children’s health safety factor for this chemical and to lower the chronic reference dose for metolachlor exposure.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Pesticides

Food

EWG Comments to EPA on Tebuconazole

Friday, January 10, 2020

The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health risk assessment for the fungicide tebuconazole, urging the EPA to use a full tenfold children’s health safety factor for this chemical.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Pesticides

Water

EWG Comments to EPA on Pyrethroid

Friday, January 10, 2020

The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the EPA on the reevaluation of the FQPA safety factor for pyrethroid insecticides. To protect children’s health, EWG urges the EPA to use a tenfold FQPA safety factor for this class of insecticides.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Pesticides

Food

EWG Comments to NTP on PFOA Carcinogenicity Report

Thursday, November 21, 2019

EWG has submitted detailed technical comments to the National Toxicology Program regarding the draft report for PFOA carcinogenicity studies. EWG recommends the NTP reevaluate the carcinogenic activity of PFOA for female rats and consider the evidence suggesting increased susceptibility to PFOA carcinogenicity from early life exposures.

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EWG Comments to EPA on Registration Review for Paraquat Dichloride

Monday, October 28, 2019

Environmental Working Group submits comments to the EPA on the registration review for the pesticide paraquat dichloride, commonly called paraquat. EWG urges the EPA to revise the paraquat human risk assessment in order to protect public health from this highly toxic pesticide, and to use a 10X Food Quality Protection Act children’s health safety factor for this chemical.

Key Issues:

Toxics

Pesticides

Farming

EWG Comments to California OEHHA on Draft Drinking Water Utility Report

Thursday, October 3, 2019

EWG submitted detailed comments to the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment on the draft report “Achieving the Human Right to Water in California: An Assessment of the State’s Community Water Systems.”

Key Issues:

Toxics

Water

Tap Water

EWG Letter to the California Water Resources Control Board to Address PFAS Contamination

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Environmental Working Group urges the California State Water Resources Control Board to address per- and polyfluorinated substances, or PFAS, in drinking water as a class.

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EWG Comments to EPA on Registration Decision for Pesticide Imazalil

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Environmental Working Group objects to the EPA’s proposed interim registration decision for the carcinogenic pesticide imazalil. EWG urges the EPA to protect children’s health from imazalil and to ensure that this pesticide does not contaminate foods children often eat, such as oranges.

Key Issues:

Toxics