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Chemical industry throws temper tantrum over ‘polluter pays’ tax to cover cleanup of its toxic sites
California Legislature approves ban on fiberglass in mattresses and upholstered furniture
EPA Recommits to ‘Best Science’ in Chemical Risk Reviews That Were Politicized Under Trump
The Environmental Protection Agency will revamp the way it assesses toxic chemicals for health risks under the Toxic Substances Control Act, a process that under the Trump administration often let...
EWG: GAO Report Confirms Trump EPA Slow-Walking Chemical Safety
Under the direction of top political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency, career scientists were told to “limit” chemical safety assessments, according to a report by the nonpartisan...
Trump EPA’s Meddling with Toxic Chemicals Law Sparks Bipartisan Calls for Oversight Hearing
Concern among members of Congress over the Trump administration's implementation of the updated federal chemicals law burst across the aisle this week, with both the top Republican and Democrat on a...
Notorious Cancer-Causing Solvent TCE Taints Tap Water for 14 Million Americans
Tap water supplies for more than 14 million Americans are contaminated with a cancer-causing industrial solvent made notorious by the book and film “A Civil Action,” according to an Environmental...
Scott Pruitt Cooks the Books on Toxic Chemical Evaluations, Including Asbestos
Environmental Groups Sue Trump Administration Over New Rules That Will Make It Harder to Protect Against Harm From Toxic Chemicals
Environmental groups have brought two suits against the Trump administration for weakening key rules establishing how the Environmental Protection Agency will regulate toxic chemicals found in...
Trump Proposal Puts Americans at Greater Risk from Toxic Chemicals
President Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt have determined protecting the public from notorious cancer-causing chemicals like asbestos and 1,4-dioxane is far less...
Chemicals Targeted for EPA Review Include Carcinogens in Some Consumer Goods
Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency named the first 10 chemicals it will evaluate under the new Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the first update since 1976 of...
EWG Statement on EPA’s Top 10 Chemicals
Today the Environmental Protection Agency released its list of 10 priority chemicals. Here is a statement from Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president for government affairs:
EWG Lists the Top 10 Toxic Chemicals EPA Should Review Now
The nation's new chemical safety law promises to give the Environmental Protection Agency expanded authority to regulate hazardous chemicals in consumer products. But of the tens of thousands of...
Hundreds of Cancer-Causing Chemicals Pollute Americans’ Bodies
Hundreds of cancer-causing chemicals are building up in the bodies of Americans, according to the first comprehensive inventory of the carcinogens that have been measured in people. EWG released...
Senate Sends Obama Toxic Chemicals Bill That Falls Short of Needed Reforms
With tonight's voice vote in the Senate, chemicals policy reform legislation that fails to adequately protect human health and the environment is headed to the President, noted Environmental Working...
Chemical Reform Law Falls Short in Protecting Public Health, Environment
Environmental Working Group issued the following statement ahead of expected passage today by the House on H.R.3576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2016.
Senate’s Toxic Chemicals Bill “Will Not Protect America’s Families”
If Frank Lautenberg, Jim Jeffords, Barbara Boxer and Henry Waxman had summoned support for this version of toxic chemical reform 10 years ago, only the chemical industry would have rallied to their...
Conventional Wisdom Overlooks Links between Chemical Mixtures and Cancer
Conventional thinking about cancer prevention may overlook growing evidence that the combined effects of chemicals that are not carcinogenic on their own may be a significant cause of cancer...
Who is Looking Out for the Health of America’s Children? House Chemicals Bill Favors Industry Over Families
The bill passed by the House of Representatives today to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 falls short of what's necessary to ensure that everyday chemicals are safe, EWG said.
House TSCA Bill Won’t Ensure Safety of Everyday Chemicals
The legislative proposal issued today by the House Energy and Commerce Committee falls short of what's necessary to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 to ensure that everyday chemicals...
Americans Deserve a Bill That Protects Them from Dangerous Chemicals
A revised proposal to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 still falls short of what's necessary to ensure that chemicals are safe, EWG said today.