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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.
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.
CA Lawmakers Fail to Ban BPA From Kids’ Food, Drink
Oakland, Ca – In a victory for the chemical industry and a great loss for the health of California's children, the California State Legislature on Tuesday narrowly failed to pass a bill that would...
EWG’s Ken Cook Testifies On House Proposal to Reform Federal Chemicals Law
Washington, D.C. –Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook testified today that reform legislation now before Congress “is essential to fixing our broken toxic chemicals policy.”
Chemicals Law Overhaul Proposed in House
WASHINGTON, DC – Congressional leaders today introduced in the House the first comprehensive overhaul in more than 30 years of a federal law that has been widely condemned for failing to protect...
EWG Urges EPA to Finalize Dioxin Toxicity Assessment
EWG research found that the amount of dioxin a nursing infant ingests daily is up to 77 times higher than the level EPA has proposed to protect the endocrine and immune systems. The fact that both...
Concerns Remain on Voluntary C-8 Phase Out
Oakland, Calif. – The chemical industry's agreement with the federal Food and Drug Administration to phase out toxic perfluorinated compounds used to grease-proof pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags...
NC Panel OKs Toxic Teflon Chemical in Drinking Water
North Carolinians could be exposed to much higher concentrations of a notorious Teflon chemical than the rest of the country under a proposed state regulation that would allow unsafe levels of the...
Physicians, Makers and Advocates Press For Safer Sunscreens
The coalition led by EWG and dermatologist Steven Q. Wang has asked the FDA to finalize its sunscreen regulations this year and to expedite its review of new ingredients that could enhance the...
Off the Books: Industry’s Secret Chemicals
Thousands of Chemical Names and Ingredients Kept Under Wraps At EPA
EPA Chief Announces Sweeping Reforms for Toxic Chemicals
Lisa Jackson, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has announced historic plans to overhaul federal toxic chemicals controls, with more rigorous testing and safety...
Historic Conference: The Future of U.S. Chemicals Policy
Organizations representing chemical manufacturers, environmental and public health advocates, environmental justice leaders and consumer product goods companies will host an historic conference to...
Regulatory Inaction Underscores Need for BPA Ban Law
A California science advisory panel today failed to declare exposure to the plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) toxic to the developing fetus and child, despite mounting scientific evidence of health...
EWG Launches Interactive News and Commentary Site on Toxic Chemicals Policy Reform
Environmental Working Group (EWG) today launched an interactive online site featuring news and commentary, as well as a forum for a thought-provoking exchange of ideas on reforming the nation's...
BPA Levels in Adults Up 70 Percent After Drinking From Plastic Bottles
Seventy-seven Harvard student volunteers experienced a nearly 70 percent increase in urinary levels of bisphenol A (BPA), a plastics component and synthetic estrogen linked to cancer, reproductive...
House Hearing to Examine the Case For TSCA Reform
It is the federal law that industry loves and environmentalists love to hate, yet have been unable to reform since it was enacted a generation ago. But a congressional hearing convened today by Rep...
EWG Asks EPA Chief To Support Toxics Reform Bill
Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook today urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson to support The Kid-Safe Chemicals Act, a proposed reform of U.S. toxic...
GAO Calls Reform of Federal Toxics Policy a ‘Top Priority’
In its 2009 ‘High Risk' priority list released yesterday, the General Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a blistering indictment of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Bush-era lapses from...
EPA: Rocket Fuel Contaminant Safe For Nation’s Drinking Water
The nation's top environmental enforcement agency has decided against regulating perchlorate, a component of solid rocket fuel that has been found in the drinking water of millions of Americans.