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EWG is a nonprofit, non-partisan org working to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. Posts about our work, news & the news media.
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    Feb 15, 2024
    A new EWG peer-reviewed study has found chlormequat, a little-known pesticide, in 80% of people tested. This is alarming, as the chemical has been linked to reproductive and developmental problems in animal studies. ewg.life/3SEt8gx
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    Aug 3, 2018
    .@realDonaldTrump has long rejected the scientific consensus that asbestos is so dangerous that there is no safe level of exposure – Russian asbestos giant is using Tump’s image to promote product. #ToxicTrump bit.ly/2NHb7vG
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    Dec 19, 2019
    While @realDonaldTrump's EPA ignores the risks of toxic #PFAS @RepDebDingell is fighting every day to reduce ongoing #PFAS releases and clean up legacy PFAS contamination. RT to thank @RepDebDingell for making #PFAS pollution a priority for Congress.
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    Dingell Bill to Address PFAS Contamination Heads to House Floor
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    Mar 12, 2020
    “By spending $2 billion a year over the next decade to get #PFAS out of our drinking water and groundwater, @SenatorShaheen is once again making PFAS pollution a priority.” - @MarkRuffalo bit.ly/33bogp4
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    Oct 14, 2020
    BREAKING - New study finds more than 200 million Americans could have toxic PFAS in their drinking water. #ForeverChemicals | @ewg | bit.ly/3nMXFsm
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    Sep 27, 2022
    The Biden administration is pledging to increase the availability of plant-based and vegetarian options at federal facilities, part of a broader bold strategy to make health and hunger an urgent priority.
    EWG applauds Biden proposal to expand plant-based options at federal facilities
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    Jul 14, 2020
    Our researchers found traces of the carcinogenic weed-killer #glyphosate in hummus and chickpeas. Here’s the new report: bit.ly/3fvP494
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    Apr 28, 2017
    32,000 Americans commented to the EPA, but many aren’t sending Scott Pruitt the feedback he bargained for. bit.ly/2oPL3AY
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    Mar 26, 2021
    Some people don’t like the #ShoppersGuide -- esp., surprise surprise, the #pesticide industry & nonorganic growers’ groups! Ignoring science might make reality more palatable for some, but it doesn’t change the facts. 1/3
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    May 19, 2021
    #AB652 would ban toxic #PFAS from children’s products. @ASM_Irwin – please vote this bill out of the CA Assembly and keep California’s kids safe from #PFAS exposure. #BanPFAS #ForeverChemicals
    Calif. bill would ban ‘forever chemicals’ in products for children
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    Sep 11, 2019
    .@3M maintains that #PFAS does not cause adverse health effects, but as @AOC pointed out, @3M's own scientist referred to chemicals in the #PFAS family as "insidious"
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    Oct 5, 2021
    MUST WATCH: @MarkRuffalo calls on @POTUS @EPAMichaelRegan to quickly put limits on toxic #PFAS polluters. We estimate that nearly 30,000 companies could be dumping their PFAS waste into the air and water. #ForeverChemicals ewg.org/interactive-ma…
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    Aug 15, 2018
    Is a cancer-causing weed killer in your @cheerios? See the results of @ewg’s lab tests. bit.ly/2P56Xi9 #childrenshealth
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    Roundup for Breakfast, Part 2: In New Tests, Weed Killer Found in All Kids’ Cereals Sampled
    A second round of tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weed killer in every sample of popular oat-based cereal and other oat-based...
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    Dec 16, 2015
    We did it! Congressional leaders blocked efforts to include the #DARKAct in the year-end spending bill
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    EWG Applauds Exclusion of Anti-GMO Labeling Rider in Omnibus
    EWG applauded the rejection today by congressional leaders of efforts by the food industry to block GMO labeling through a rider in the omnibus spending bill.