EWG news roundup (1/13): Gov. Newsom speaks out on proposal to crush California’s rooftop solar program, Sec. Vilsack appears before the Farm Bureau and more
EWG news roundup (1/13): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
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EWG News Roundup (12/11): EWG VERIFIED® Diapers Launches Nationwide, Tom Vilsack as Biden’s Top Pick for Ag Secretary and More
EWG News Roundup (12/11): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (5/3): Dirty Duke Energy, Assessing the Combined Risk of Water Contaminants and More
EWG News Roundup (5/3): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (4/28): Top Chefs Come to Washington, EPA to Gut Clean Water Rules and Regulatory Accountability Act Introduced in Senate
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Polluted Pets
In the first study of its kind, Environmental Working Group (EWG) found that companion cats and dogs are polluted with even higher levels of many of the same synthetic industrial chemicals that...
EWG Analysis: Nitrate Pollution of Drinking Water in Rural Minnesota Is Getting Worse
Nitrate contamination of drinking water has increased across Minnesota's farm country, an Environmental Working Group analysis of state data has found.
The Top Stories of the Year in Agriculture, Food and Water
Events that used to be called “acts of God” – but that we now realize are increasingly driven by human activity – became the most important environmental news stories of 2012 in the opinion of...
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Coronavirus Economic Stimulus Bills Should Tackle Failing U.S. Tap Water System
By spending billions to upgrade the nation’s failing water infrastructure, Congress can create tens of thousands of jobs and significantly improve the safety of drinking water supplies. In the face of the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress is considering multiple economic stimulus bills. When passed, this legislation must allocate at least $75 billion to clean up widespread
EWG news roundup (9/10): Two major bills in California head to Gov. Newsom, congressional push to protect firefighters from ‘forever chemicals’ and more
EWG news roundup (9/10): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG news roundup (8/6): Bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $10 billion to target ‘forever chemicals,’ FDA falls short of banning PFAS in food packaging and more
EWG news roundup (8/6): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
The Scariest Trump Appointee You’ve Never Heard Of
The Trump administration just appointed a chemical industry bigwig to a high-level chemical safety position at the Environmental Protection Agency as Deputy Assistant Administrator of the Office of...
EWG Calls for Food and Farm Protections in Next COVID-19 Stimulus Bill
Congress must make support for the nation's food and farm system a priority in the next COVID-19 stimulus bill, said Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs at EWG.
EWG Letter to the Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committees, in Opposition to H.R. 5
Below is the text of a letter from EWG and other environmental health non-governmental organizations to members of the Senate committees on Homeland Security and Government Affairs in opposition of H...
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Federal Fluoride Cap Too High
EWG analysis of Metropolitan Water District fluoridation plans, and potential risks to children's health.
It's practically summer: Quick, grab the (safe) sunscreen
Every year about this time we get a note from our preschool asking parents to either sign off on the school's sunscreen application regimen (their brand) or to bring your own. We've always brought our...
EWG and EnergySage team up to help Americans go solar
With solar power more affordable and accessible than ever before, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and EnergySage are joining forces to help Americans learn about and save with solar. The new...
EWG Celebrates 13 Women Scientists in 2013 Women’s History Month
March is Women's History Month, when the nation honors the many women who have had a lasting impact on American culture, history and women's rights.
Yes We Can - And Should - Make Our Food Safer
We're all used to hearing Big Food and Big Ag brag about America having "the safest food supply in the world," usually as a warm-up for complaining that EWG and other critics of our food system are...
Is TSCA Rewrite Better than Current Law?
For months we've watched to see if the chemical safety bills moving through Congress would be better than current law. It's a low bar, because the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, or TSCA, is...
Yes we can - and should - make our food safer
We're all used to hearing Big Food and Big Ag brag about America having "the safest food supply in the world," usually as a warm-up for complaining that EWG and other critics of our food system are...
Comments presented orally to the California Natural Resources Agency
Re: 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy Discussion Draft at CNRA Public Consultation meeting in Sacramento on Thursday, August 13th (Note: Formal Comments will be submitted later this month)...
EWG News Roundup (5/1): Despite COVID Outbreaks, Trump Forces Meat Processing Plants To Stay Open, Rethinking Beauty Routines at Home and More
EWG News Roundup (5/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG news roundup (12/17): California regulators poised to increase cost of rooftop solar, keeping skin healthy during winter and more
EWG news roundup (12/17): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.