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In an unusual move, the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general issued an emergency alert today warning that the agency had failed to provide the public all the available data regarding...

A Trump administration proposal could force 750,000 low-income Americans to lose their meager federal food assistance – a cruel contrast to federal farm subsidies, which tens of thousands of farmers...

In testimony before a House committee today, Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler defended President Trump's proposed 31 percent budget cut to the agency.

On Thursday, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and a dozen of his fellow senators introduced legislation to ban chlorpyrifos, an insecticide that can harm children's brains and nervous systems. But if the Trump...

10 food manufacturers and retailers have joined EWG's petition to sharply limit glyphosate residues allowed on oats and prohibit the pesticide's use as a pre-harvest drying agent.

The same day that a second jury in seven months found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, causes cancer, Los Angeles County banned any further use of the toxic weedkiller by...

Landmark legislation introduced today would ban the use in cosmetics sold in California of 20 highly toxic chemicals known to cause cancer, reproductive harm or hormone disruption.

Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) introduced legislation today that would require warning labels on cosmetics that could contain asbestos and are marketed to children.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to dramatically limit American children's exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, in food.

In testimony today before a House oversight hearing on cancer-causing chemicals in consumer goods, Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group warned that talc-based personal care products could be...

President Trump's 2020 budget proposal seeks deep cuts in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, showing that the administration continues to ignore growing environmental and public health...

The Food and Drug Administration issued a rare alert today, urging consumers to stop using certain cosmetics products from the national retailer Claire's, after the agency found the deadly carcinogen...

The Senate today confirmed Andrew Wheeler, a former top lobbyist for coal and chemical companies, as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

On a recent afternoon, across the street from the White House, EWG set up an impromptu taste test and asked participants to choose between two oat-based cereals: one that likely contained a pinch of...

The Food and Drug Administration today released a proposal for updated sunscreen regulations – a big step toward cleaning up a largely unregulated industry with much-needed reforms that would better...

Children exposed to chemicals commonly found in personal care products may be at a higher risk of suffering from lung damage later in life, according to a new European study.

The Senate committee with oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency today narrowly approved President Trump's nominee, Andrew Wheeler, to be the next EPA administrator.

Since 2005, Environmental Working Group's Tap Water Database has been the authoritative source for consumers, journalists and researchers who want to know about contaminants in the nation's drinking...

The Environmental Protection Agency's 2018 list of accomplishments touts policies that make it easier and cheaper for polluters to pollute, while painting a wildly distorted record of protecting...

The Trump administration will not set legal limits for two toxic chemicals that may contaminate more than 110 million Americans' drinking water, two sources familiar with the upcoming decision told...