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Milestone Measure to Advance Food Safety Passes Congress
The nation's food safety system is responsible for 3,000 deaths each year, and 48 million illnesses annually , according to newly released data from the federal Centers for Disease Control. Landmark...
Press Release - Tests Show Notorious Carcinogen is Widespread in US Tap Water
Millions of Americans are drinking water contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical that came to national attention in the 2000 feature film Erin Brockovich. Laboratory tests commissioned by EWG...
Lawmakers, Researchers, Doctors Reject Schwarzenegger’s Flawed Green Chemistry Proposal
Oakland, Calif. – Lawmakers, public health advocates, scientists, public utility managers and medical doctors are demanding that California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger withdraw his administration's...
Obama Signs Child Nutrition Act
Taking an historic step to improve the health of children across the country, President Obama signed into law today (Dec. 13) the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. For the first time in three decades...
Farm Pollution Knocks Chesapeake Bay Out of Balance
For more than thirty years, contamination from high-intensity farming has been adding to the pollution that fouls Chesapeake Bay, one of America's most storied waterways. A new report from the...
Congress Passes Child Nutrition Act
A major public health victory on behalf of the nation's neediest children is about to be realized when President Obama signs into law legislation that will provide healthy school lunches to millions.
Holidays Come Early for California Chemical Makers
In September 2008, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger celebrated the signing of two bills that, he said, would propel “California to the forefront of the nation and the world with the most comprehensive Green...
Food Safety Bill will Save the Lives of Thousands
At least 5,000 Americans – most of them young children, the elderly and the sick – die every year from eating contaminated food, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Environmental, Health, Business and Public Policy Experts Join EWG Board
Six new members have taken seats on the board of directors of Environmental Working Group, collectively bringing with them decades of experience in environmental activism, grassroots organizing...
Europe Steps Up to Protect Babies from BPA
Bisphenol-A (BPA) will be banned from baby bottles come June of 2011, announced the European Union's executive commission on Thursday.
Black Farmers Finally See Justice
Yesterday (Nov 19) it was announced that the $1.15 billion awarded black farmers in the Pigford settlement that arose from decades of discriminatory practices at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Chemical Lobby Gets Its Way in U.S. Senate
For several years now, Environmental Working Group (EWG) has been warning of the risks associated with bisphenol A (BPA) – especially the BPA in baby bottles, sippy cups and cans of infant formula...
Calif. Officials Honored for Efforts to Protect Public Health and Environment
Six dedicated public servants will be honored tonight in San Francisco for their shared commitment to protecting the health and environment of Californians.
Will the Real Ethanol Beneficiaries Please Stand Up?
This month's election is being called a referendum on taxpayer-funded bailouts and wasteful federal spending, but Congress may not have gotten the message. It's poised to approve billions in...
In Farm Country, Democrats’ Bitter Harvest
Just two years ago, Democratic political strategists defended passage of a status-quo farm subsidy bill by claiming it was essential to the survival of freshmen members from farm districts and to the...
Throwing Good Money at Bad Land
A new Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis has found that a federal Bureau of Reclamation proposal to continue farming on a vast swath of selenium-tainted acreage in the Central Valley's giant...
EWG Asks FDA Advisors to Back Sunscreen Regulations
Environmental Working Group (EWG) asked a prestigious expert advisory panel to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue long-awaited regulations for sunscreen products.
50 Groups Challenge Government Grant to Pro-Pesticide PR Campaign
OAKLAND, Calif. – More than 50 organizations concerned about the risks of pesticides to human health and the environment have joined forces to fight California officials' award of a $180,000 taxpayer...
Few Sunscreens Shield From UVA Rays
Washington, D.C. – With fall here, millions of Americans are outside at football and soccer games, cross-country meets, school fairs, picking apples and raking leaves.
Three Top Scientists Honored with Prestigious Heinz Award
Washington, D.C. -- Among this year's recipients of the prestigious Heinz Family Philanthropies Global Change Awards are three preeminent scientists working to advance our understanding of the impacts...