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Stolen Inventory (California)

A Bush Administration proposal to roll back Americans' right to know about chemical hazards in their neighborhoods would let California industries handle almost 1.5 million pounds of toxic chemicals a year without telling the public, according to an investigation of federal data by Environmental Working Group (EWG).
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In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water

In California's San Joaquin Valley, the nation's leading agricultural region, Latinos make up the great majority of farmworkers.
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Soaking Uncle Sam

Courtesy of U.S. taxpayers, a few hundred farms in Fresno and Kings counties annually get enough water to supply every household in Los Angeles, at pennies on the dollar of the price paid by urban water users. Now they're about to gain control of still more — even though they will need less in the future.
Cosmetics

Comments for Public Meeting on "International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulations (ICCR) Preparations"

Comments for the public meeting on "International Cooperation on Cosmetics Regulations (ICCR) Preparations" by Jane Houlihan, Vice President for Research, Environmental Working Group; Washington, DC...
Chromium-6
Food & Water
Water

EWG Urges EPA: Protect Public from Chromium-6 in Tap Water

EWG submits comments on EPA's IRIS program draft toxicological review of hexavalent chromium.

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Dishonorable Discharge

Under existing federal pollution control laws, the American people are kept in the dark about the vast majority of toxic pollution spewed into the environment by U.S. industry. Even the most comprehensive toxic pollution reporting system in the nation, the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), accounts for only about 5 percent of all toxic pollution of the environment each year (GAO 1991, EPA 1996c).
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PCBs in Farmed Salmon

These first-ever tests of farmed salmon from U.S. grocery stores show that farmed salmon are likely the most PCB-contaminated protein source in the U.S. food supply. On average farmed salmon have 16 times the dioxin-like PCBs found in wild salmon, 4 times the levels in beef, and 3.4 times the dioxin-like PCBs found in other seafood.
Consumer Guides

EWG’s guide to bug repellents

EWG has updated our guide to bug sprays and repellents to protect your family from bug bites, including those from ticks, mosquitoes and other critters. Use our guide to find the best bug spray and repellent for your family.
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Tap Water for 500,000 Minnesotans Contaminated With Elevated Levels of Nitrate

Drinking water for an estimated half a million Minnesotans is drawn from groundwater contaminated with elevated levels of nitrate, a toxic pollutant that is linked to cancer and is especially dangerous for infants, according to an EWG analysis of federal and state test data.
Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (3/3): Trump’s Budget Cuts, the Clean Water Rule and Neurotoxin in Hair Dye

Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.

EWG News Roundup (8/27): Costly Algae Blooms, California Senate Spikes Lead Faucet Protection Bill and More

EWG News Roundup (8/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (4/17): Protecting Our Food and Farm Workers from COVID-19, the Case for Stimulus Investments in U.S. Tap Water Supply, and More

EWG News Roundup (4/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Delta Farm Press Climate Change Q and A

Delta Farm Press reporter David Bennett posted his Q and A with EWG Midwest VP Craig Cox on Friday. Their discussion centered on points raised by Cox's recent report on the cost of climate change to...
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PBDEs - Fire Retardants in Dust

In the first nationwide tests for brominated fire retardants in house dust, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) found unexpectedly high levels of these neurotoxic chemicals in every home sampled. The average level of brominated fire retardants measured in dust from nine homes was more than 4,600 parts per billion (ppb). A tenth sample, collected in a home where products with fire retardants were
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Smoggy Schools

Smoggy air costs Californians more than $521 million a year — a price paid in hundreds of trips to the emergency room, thousands of hospital admissions and millions of missed school days, according to an Environmental Working Group analysis of state data. Smog is also responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Californians of all ages each year and other permanent impacts to children's health. But
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Fire Retardants in Toddlers and Their Mothers

In thehe first investigation of toxic fire retardants in parents and their children, EWG found that toddlers and preschoolers typically had 3 times as much of these hormone-disrupting chemicals in their blood as their mothers.

La EPA sigue sin actuar ante la contaminación química tóxica generalizada en el agua potable de Estados Unidos

Millones de personas en los Estados Unidos están bebiendo, sin darse cuenta, agua que incluye un cóctel tóxico compuesto por contaminantes relacionados con el cáncer, daños cerebrales y otros graves...
Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
Perchlorate
PFAS Chemicals
Food & Water

Trump’s Toxic Wake: 10 Ways the EPA Has Made Life More Hazardous

From the beginning, the Trump administration has aggressively slashed environmental regulations. A New York Times analysis identified 100 environmental protections that have been reversed or are in...

EWG News Roundup (3/20): Test, Test, Test! Lessons Learned From COVID-19, Defense Department PFAS Contamination Sites Grow and More

EWG News Roundup (3/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

The California Water Wars: Water Flowing to Farms, Not Fish

After 50 years of legal infighting, a victor has emerged in California's water wars -- agriculture. A decade after environmentalists prevailed in getting more fresh water down the north state's rivers...
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Organic: The Original Clean Food

Americans are increasingly seeking “clean” foods that are free from artificial colors, flavors and preservatives. But although consumers who want to avoid toxic pesticides and antibiotics know to look for foods that are certified organic, many don't know that federal rules also dramatically limit the use of synthetic substances in packaged organic foods like cereals, snacks and dressings.
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Double Dippers

Some of America's richest agribusinesses are double dipping from U.S. taxpayers' pockets at a rate of hundreds of millions of dollars a year, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) computer investigation of federal crop and water subsidies to California's Central Valley Project (CVP).
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

EWG Lauds Proposed Curbs on Chemical Industry Secrecy

EWG applauds EPA's proposal to strengthen regulations on chemical production and use data under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
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Not Too Pretty

In May 2002 a coalition of environmental and public health organizations contracted with a major national laboratory to test 72 name-brand, off-the-shelf beauty products for the presence of phthalates, a large family of industrial chemicals linked to per- manent birth defects in the male reproductive system.