EWG comments to EPA on paraquat dichloride
The Environmental Working group submits comments to the EPA on paraquat dicholoride, or paraquat, urging the agency to ban the use of this toxic herbicide.
Articles by Alexis Temkin, Ph.D.
Five fatal flaws in EPA’s justification for using toxic weedkiller paraquat
More than 60 countries have banned the weedkiller paraquat because of its links to Parkinson’s disease. But the Environmental Protection Agency continues to defend its use in the U.S., based on a...
EWG comments EPA on implementation strategies for EDSP
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the agency to strengthen the implementation strategies for the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, or...
It’s time to ban paraquat
The Environmental Protection Agency must ban the toxic weedkiller paraquat – a step more than 60 other countries have taken because of its threats to human health. Paraquat has been linked to...
EWG finds little-known toxic chemical in four out of five people tested
A new EWG peer-reviewed study has found chlormequat, a little-known pesticide, in four out of five, or 80 percent, people tested. The groundbreaking analysis of chlormequat in the bodies of people in...
EWG comments to EPA on DCPA
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency urging the agency to cancel all uses of DCPA and to revoke DCPA food tolerances.
EWG comments on the WHO proposed guidelines for PFOA and PFOS contamination of drinking water
The Environmental Working Group submitted comments on the flawed World Health Organization draft guidelines for allowable levels of PFOA and PFOS contamination in drinking water. In October, EWG also...
Flawed WHO report on ‘forever chemicals’ fails human health, EWG scientists find
A draft World Health Organization analysis of the two most notorious “forever chemicals” disregards hundreds of health risk studies, claiming there are too many uncertainties to calculate a safe...
Chemicals in our food may be contributing to weight gain
It’s no secret rates of overweight, obesity and other metabolic diseases are skyrocketing. And food is a big part of the problem, though not in the way you might think. It isn’t just how many calories...
EWG comments to CDPR calling for an immediate end to imidacloprid pollution of California groundwater
Attached are EWG comments to the California Department of Pesticide Registration calling for an immediate end to imidacloprid pollution of California groundwater.
EWG comments to California Department of Pesticide Regulation on the development of a statewide pesticide notification system.
The Environmental Working Group submitted comments to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation in support of the development of a statewide pesticide notification system. EWG emphasized that...
EWG comments to EPA on chlorothalonil
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health and ecological risk assessments for the fungicide chlorothalonil. EWG urges EPA to better...
EWG comments to EPA on tebuconazole
The Environmental Working Group submits comments to the Environmental Protection Agency on the human health risk assessment for the fungicide tebuconazole. EWG urges the EPA to better protect children...
The new generation of ‘forever chemicals’ – toxicity, exposure, contamination and regulation
The fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of synthetic, toxic and persistent chemicals used in more than 1,000 consumer and industrial products and...
Fungicides commonly found on citrus linked to breast cancer risk
Consumption of two fungicides found on nearly 90 percent of citrus samples tested by EWG, and of two other pesticides – widely used insecticides – may increase women’s risk of developing...
EWG comments to NTP to prioritize professional and domestic cleaning workers in their occupational and inhalation exposure program
The Environmental Working Group submitted comments urging the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Toxicology Program to include the exposures of professional and domestic cleaning workers...
EWG comments to NAS on EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System program
The Environmental Working Group submitted comments to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, emphasizing the Hallmarks of Cancer approach as a part of the cancer hazard...
EWG Comments to EPA To Ban All Uses of Chlorpyrifos
The Environmental Working Group submitted comments to the EPA urging the agency to revoke the proposed interim decision for chlorpyrifos, issued in December 2020, to cancel all chlorpyrifos uses, and...
EWG Comments to EPA Opposing New Uses of Aldicarb
EWG submitted comments to the EPA in opposition to proposed new uses of the neurotoxic insecticide aldicarb on oranges and grapefruit in Texas and Florida.
EWG Comments to EPA on Neonicotinoids
EWG submits comments opposing the EPA’s decisions to allow continued use of five neonicotinoid insecticides. EWG urges the EPA to restrict the use of these pesticides to prevent harm to pollinators...