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New York state Sen. Brian Kavanagh celebrates Agriculture Committee’s advancement of Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act
Albany, N.Y. – State Sen. Brian Kavanagh, lead Senate sponsor of the Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act, applauds the Senate Agriculture Committee’s vote today to advance the critical food safety...
California Assembly ESTM panel advances bill to protect schoolchildren from harmful UPF
On April 29 the California Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials voted to advance a bipartisan bill phasing certain ultra-processed food, or UPF, out of meals served in public...
California Assembly committee advances bill to protect schoolchildren from harmful UPF
On April 9 the California Assembly Education Committee voted to advance a bipartisan bill to phase out by 2032 “particularly harmful” ultra-processed food, or UPF, from school meals served in the...
RFK Jr.’s reckless cuts to HHS put American lives at risk
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today announced devastating staff cuts to federal public health agencies within HHS, eliminating more than 10,000 jobs. Most of the job losses...
California lawmakers introduce landmark bill to phase out harmful UPF from school meals
On Wednesday, California Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) introduced a first-in-the-nation bill, A.B. 1264, to phase out “particularly harmful” ultra-processed food, or UPF, from school meals...
Biden FDA moves to ban toxic Red Dye No. 3 in food
In a significant move to protect public health, the Biden Food and Drug Administration announced today it will ban the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food.
California leads the nation with first ban on six harmful food dyes in school food
In a major victory for children’s health, Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed the California School Food Safety Act, the first law in the U.S. to ban six harmful dyes from food served in the state’s public...
Tyson Foods sued over deceptive ‘net-zero’ and ‘climate-smart’ marketing claims
An environmental and consumer organization filed a lawsuit today against Tyson Foods, Inc., the second largest meat company in the U.S. and the world, accusing the company of making “false or...
California lawmakers pass landmark ban on toxic dyes in school food
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Today the California Legislature took a bold step to protect children’s health by passing a bill that bans six harmful chemicals in school food. The bipartisan bill prohibits...
California Senate advances bill to shield schoolchildren from harmful food dyes
Today the Senate Health Committee voted to advance a bipartisan bill to ban six harmful dyes from food provided in the state’s public schools during regular school hours.
FDA finds brominated vegetable oil no longer safe for use in food
Today the Food and Drug Administration announced it is revoking the rule that allowed the use of brominated vegetable oil, or BVO, in food, because of concerns about the chemical’s health harms.
EWG sponsors bill to ban use in California of toxic weedkiller linked to Parkinson’s disease
The Environmental Working Group is sponsoring legislation in the state Assembly that would ban the use of the highly toxic herbicide paraquat in California.
EWG’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™: The Dirty Dozen™ is packed with fungicides that can disrupt human hormones
Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the Environmental Working Group’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, released today.
Two Pennsylvania bills target toxic chemicals in food
On March 19, a bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers introduced two bills to ban a total of nine toxic chemicals, including color additives, from food made, distributed or sold in the state.
New House bill targets harmful additives in meat and dairy products
The Environmental Working Group applauds today’s introduction of House legislation that would require the Department of Agriculture to reassess seven potentially harmful food chemicals used in meat...
Two new bills target toxic food chemicals in New York
On March 5, lawmakers introduced two bills that would protect New Yorkers from toxic food chemicals. Between them, they would ban seven substances from food manufactured, distributed or sold in the...
EWG statement on FDA’s list of food chemicals to review
Today the Food and Drug Administration announced an updated list of food chemicals under review of their safety.
State-led momentum: FDA follows suit in getting PFAS out of food contact papers
Today, the Food and Drug Administration announced that the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS will no longer be sold for use to treat food contact papers and paper board. It’s the culmination of...
New peer-reviewed EWG study finds little-known toxic crop chemical in four out of five people tested
A new Environmental Working Group peer-reviewed study has found chlormequat, a little-known pesticide, in four out of five people tested. Because the chemical is linked to reproductive and...
Whistling past the graveyard: EPA ignores science linking paraquat to Parkinson’s disease
The Environmental Protection Agency is dismissing a growing body of research linking the toxic weed killer paraquat to Parkinson’s disease, according to an agency analysis released today . The agency...
