Stay up to date with EWG and explore our latest news releases.
Displaying 41 - 60 of 69
Washington Lobbyists Connive to Kill California Public Health Bill
Last Thursday, chemical and food industry lobbyists called an emergency brainstorming session to devise an attack plan to stop a California legislative proposal for a virtual ban on the toxic plastics...
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...
First-Ever Statewide Ban of BPA Adopted in Minnesota
This morning, Minnesota's governor, Tim Pawlenty (R) signed landmark legislation, the first statewide prohibition on the use of the toxic plastics chemical Bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby bottles and...
California State Senator Pavley Introduces Legislation to Protect Babies and Toddlers from Toxic BPA Exposure
Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) has introduced legislation sponsored by Environmental Working Group (EWG) to reduce exposure of California's infants and toddlers to the toxic hormone disrupting...
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: Infant Formula Companies Should Come Clean on Melamine, BPA
In response to yesterday's report that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found another toxic chemical -- this time melamine -- in infant formula, Environmental Working Group (EWG) today...
Infant Formula Makers and Canned Food Producers Called On To Remove BPA
In the wake of an FDA advisory panel's devastating rebuke of the agency's safety assessment for the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol A (BPA) Environmental Working Group (EWG) has written North...
FDA Panel Breaks With Agency and Chemical Lobby on Toxic Plastics Chemical Safety
In a stinging rebuke to the Food and Drug Administration, a key science advisory panel has broken with Bush FDA officials and the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and embraced the position of public...
Chemical Industry Wrote FDA’s Glowing Assessment of BPA
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported today that internal documents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) show that an agency task force assessment of the toxic plastics chemical bisphenol-A...
Safeway Stores to Remove BPA-Laced Baby Bottles from Shelves
Safeway's announcement today that it will stop selling baby bottles containing the plastics component bisphenol-A (BPA) in its 1,775 stores in the U.S. and Canada is a promising first step toward...
Canada to Take Immediate Action to Reduce BPA Exposure for Infants
As soon as tomorrow, Canadian health officials are poised to list the synthetic sex hormone bisphenol-A (BPA) as a toxic substance. Canada's action, which paves the way for an expected ban on BPA...
Conflict of Interest Cloud Hangs Over FDA
With yet another conflict of interest swirling around the Bush administration's assessment of potential health risks from exposure to the toxic plastic chemical bisphenol-A (BPA), Environmental...
FDA Insists Toxic Sex Hormone and Plastics Chemical BPA, Good for Babies
At an open meeting today, officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came under increased fire for the agency's position that bisphenol A (BPA) - the artificial sex hormone and plastics...
NIH Refutes FDA’s Claims BPA is Safe for Use
The National Institutes of Health's National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded today that bisphenol A (BPA), an artificial sex hormone and chemical used in hard plastic products like baby bottles...
Shady Industry Campaign Kills Calif. Ban on BPA in Baby Bottles
Bowing to a deceptive, no-holds-barred campaign by the chemical industry, the California State Assembly has failed to approve a bill that would have made the state the first in the nation to remove...
FDA Decision Over BPA Meant to Influence California Lawmakers?
Environmental Working Group (EWG) Senior Analyst Renee Sharp issued the following statement in reaction to today's announcement by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) claiming exposure to BPA from...
House Bill Would Ban BPA In Infant Formula
Legislation introduced today will protect all formula-fed babies from being exposed to high levels of BPA by removing the toxic chemical from all food containers, including those for infant formula.
Formula Makers Pressed to Remove Toxic Chemical From Containers
Environmental Working Group (EWG) renewed its call for all infant formula makers to remove the toxic chemical BPA from their containers in light of recent actions by the governments of the United...
Canada Moves Toward BPA Ban; Wal-Mart Will Pull All BPA-Laced Items
A day after the world's largest retailer announced plans to pull all products containing the toxic chemical BPA from store shelves, Canada began moving forward with a total ban of the toxic chemical.
Federal Health Agency Reverses Course, Increases Concern Over Toxic Infant Formula Contaminant
In a dramatic development, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) raised concerns that the toxic plastics chemical known as Bisphenol A (BPA) may be linked to a number of serious reproductive and...