We've compiled and archived letters and other official correspondence from EWG to government agencies, elected officials, industry associations and companies.
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EWG To California: Control Toxic Fumes from Household Products
EWG urged the California Air Resources Board to set strict, health-based standards for cleaning products, cosmetics and other consumer goods.
EWG calls for Investigation of Nursery Water
Download this letter and its attachment as a PDF , or read the news release. February 1, 2008 Lydia B. Parnes, Director Bureau of Consumer Protection Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
EWG Urges Gov't Panel to Embrace Scientific Research Showing BPA’s Potential Impacts on Human Health
Download a PDF of the letter below, plus attachment. January 25, 2008 Dr. Michael D. Shelby Director Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction National Institute of Environmental Health...
Letter to Hill: Finish National Workplace Exposure Study for Nurses
Download this letter as a PDF. Read the accompanying news release. January 8, 2008 The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Chair Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate...
Statement: Washington Post "Backward in the Senate"
Charles Lane uncorked this beaut last week, after the Dorgan-Grassley and Klobuchar amendments went down. It's a fitting contribution to the legacy of the late Peter Milius, who roared on the Post's...
Protecting Public Health from Phthalates Will Require Consideration of Cumulative Risks
To the National Research Council Committee on the Health Risks of Phthalates Download PDF December 18, 2007 Thank you for the opportunity to present the views of the Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
Remove CSI Toy with Asbestos from Shelves
Download this letter as a PDF Download the PDF of the ADAO report View EWG press release View letter to Costco December 4, 2007 Tom DeLuca/Al Kaufman Toys “R” Us, Inc. Headquarters One Geoffrey Way...
Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens
November 26, 2007 Docket: Sunscreen Drug Products for Over-the-Counter Human Use; Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph Docket number: 1978N-0038 RIN: 0910-AF43 Download this document as a PDF The...
Comments from EWG on the U.S. FDA's Proposed Amendment of Final Monograph for Sunscreens
EWG's comments to FDA regarding its 2007 draft sunscreen rules.
Letter to the West Virginia DEP Regarding PFOA
"Contamination of drinking water supplies by the toxic industrial chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, or C8) is a continuing concern to the residents of Parkersburg and surrounding areas of Wood...
BPA Comments for OEHHA
Download PDF file November 27, 2007 Ms. Cynthia Oshita Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Proposition 65 Implementation P.O. Box 401 1001 I Street, 19th Floor Sacramento, CA 95812-4010...
Mercury Memo
Like lead, mercury is toxic to the developing brain. It blocks the natural formation and migration of nerve cells and alters brain growth and development. The fetus is most vulnerable to mercury and...
EPA Sets an Ominous Precedent
October 15, 2004 Michael Leavitt EPA Administrator Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460 Dear Administrator Leavitt: Environmental Working Group is deeply troubled to...
Statement on Human Testing Before NAS Committee
Statement by Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group, Before the Committee on Use of Third Party Toxicity Research with Human Participants January 8, 2003 Thank you for the opportunity to appear...
Information Quality Appeal
EWG appeal requesting correction of FDA seafood advisory entitled "What you need to know about mercury in fish and shellfish: 2004 FDA and EPA advice for women who might become pregnant, women who are...
EWG Letter in Support of Asbestos Ban
Click to download PDF file October 10, 2007 The Honorable Patty Murray United States Senate - Washington Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Barbara Boxer Chair, Committee on Environment and Public...
Government Asked to Evaluate the Cancer-Causing Potential Of Fluoride in Tap Water
Citing a strong body of peer-reviewed evidence, EWG today asked the National Toxicology Program (NTP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to list fluoride in tap water in its authoritative...
Statement of Dusty Horwitt, JD at Oversight Hearing on Hardrock Mining on Federal Land
Before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. Public Lands Analyst Environmental Working Group Submitted for the Record Background Mr. Chairman...
Cosmetics With Banned and Unsafe Ingredients
Download this letter and its attachments as a PDF. September 26, 2007 Andrew C. von Eschenbach, M.D. Commissioner of Food and Drugs U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD...
TRIPS Agreement as an Instrument for Cross Retaliation and the WTO Rules
An alternative for Brazil in case of non-compliance by the USA in the appellate decision on the cotton suit Prepared by Maristela Basso and Edson Beas of the Institute for Trade and Development Rights...