Articles by Alex Formuzis

Tests Find Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water at Oklahoma Army Installations

Drinking water supplies at two Army installations in Oklahoma are contaminated with toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense data obtained by EWG...

Drinking Water at Arizona Army Facilities Contaminated with Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’

Drinking water supplies at seven Army installations in Arizona are contaminated with the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense data obtained by EWG...

Tests Find Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water at Rhode Island Army Installations

Drinking water supplies at two Army installations in Rhode Island are contaminated with elevated levels of toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to newly released Department of Defense...

NGO Letter in Support of PFAS Provisions in the FY 2020 NDAA

Attached is a letter submitted by non-governmental organizations, to support House and Senate Armed Services Committee efforts to include several provisions related to per- and poly- fluoroalkyl...

As the Climate Crisis Accelerates, Big Utilities Go Slower on Cutting Carbon Emissions

Just when carbon emissions must be rapidly slashed to combat the climate crisis, in coming years some of the biggest U.S electric utilities will move more slowly to cut carbon pollution, according to...

EWG Applauds Rep. Pallone for Oversight of Imported Cosmetics

EWG today applauded House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for demanding new data from the Food and Drug Administration on the safety of imported cosmetics.

Trump’s EPA Kills Funding for Children’s Environmental Health Program

The Environmental Protection Agency is cutting off its funding of a network of research centers that focus on the risks to children from toxic chemicals and industrial pollution.

Trump EPA’s Fake Math: Clean Air Doesn’t Save Lives, So Burn More Coal

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to use a bogus method for estimating premature deaths from air pollution, dramatically lowering the death toll to help justify President Trump's decision to...

Agriculture Is the Most Dangerous Industry for Child Workers – and the Trump Administration Is Making It Worse

Far more American children die working in agriculture than in any other industry, and thousands more are injured while working on farms, according to a recent little-noticed report by the...

MEDIA ADVISORY: Farm Bailout Payments for Trump’s Trade War

Contact: EWG Press Team: (202) 667-6982 or [email protected] REVEALED: Farm Bailout Payments for Trump’s Trade War WASHINGTON – The names of Americans who have received bailout payments from the...

Trump’s War on Children’s Health Escalates at Wheeler’s EPA

Under President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency has repeatedly betrayed its responsibility to safeguard the health of children. But in recent weeks, the hostile actions of the president and...

UPDATED: Hundreds of City Slickers, Wealthy Beach Bums Received Farm Payments for 33 Straight Years

EWG found that 245 people who have received taxpayer-funded farm subsidies or disaster payments for 32 straight years currently reside in the nation's 50 largest cities, according to an analysis of...

EWG Statement on Senate’s Bipartisan Farm Bill

WASHINGTON – Scott Faber, vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today on the Senate version of the farm bill: The bipartisan farm...

Bill Would Block States from Warning Public About Cancer, Other Risks in Consumer Products

WASHINGTON – Legislation introduced in Congress seeks to preempt state laws that require products to carry labels informing consumers of potential health risks like cancer and developmental harm to...

Public Interest Organizations Call on HHS to Release PFAS Toxicological Profile

Attached is a letter submitted by more than 50 public interest organizations calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to release a recent toxicological profile by the Agency for Toxic...

EPA’s Scott Pruitt Spent $1,560 of Taxpayer Money on 12 Pens

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt spent $1,560 in taxpayer money on 12 custom fountain pens emblazoned with his signature and the agency's seal, according to internal emails obtained...

House Farm Bill Misses Mark

WASHINGTON - The following is a statement from EWG Senior Vice President for Agriculture and Natural Resources Craig Cox on the House farm bill: Every farm bill is an opportunity to meet some of...

Trump Rollback of Auto Emissions Standards = 1 Billion More Tons of Air Pollution

Today the Trump administration is set to release a final rule rolling back auto fuel efficiency standards, which will let cars and light trucks emit 1 billion more tons, or more, of carbon pollution...

Thanks to Scott Pruitt, 30 Million Pounds of Brain-Damaging Pesticide Will Be Sprayed on Crops in Next 5 Years

One year ago today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt sided with the pesticide lobby over EPA scientists in an eleventh-hour decision to abort the agency's proposal to ban...