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- U.S. Farmers Lament Dependence on Federal Subsidies.
- By Lee Egerstrom, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 20--CANNON FALLS, Minn.--On these long winter nights, farmers and other folk are pecking away at their PCs to determine how much their neighbors are getting in federal farm subsidies....
- Research articles 2002-01-20
- Is Your BlackBerry Frying Your Brain?
- If you productivity hounds didn't have enough to worry about already, here's a new factor to take into consideration: Your favorite organization tool might be harmful to your health. The Environmental Working Group has released a list ranking more than 1,000 cell phones and smartphones by the...
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
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- Environmental Working Group Applauds Senate Passage of Landmark Legislation Banning Asbestos; Author of Bill Used EWG's Asbestos Research to Make the Case.
- Byline: Environmental Working Group Byline: Environmental Working Group
- Research articles 2007-10-12
- States' Lawsuit Would Restore Communities' Right to Know About Industrial Chemicals; Environmental Working Group Study Boosted California Law; Now Attorneys General Nationwide Act Against Bush Rollback.
- Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 AScribe Newswire -- The lawsuit by New York, California and 10 other states against the Bush Administration's gutting of the Toxics Release Inventory TRI program opens an important new front in the fight to restore the public's...
- Research articles 2007-11-28
- Environmentalists, DowAgroSciences Battle Over Chlorpyrifos Monitoring.(Environmental Working Group, San Joaquin Valley)(Brief Article)
- ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS say "dangerously high" concentrations of a partially restricted pesticide have been detected in in California's San Joaquin Valley air, but pesticide makers deny the charge. The Environmental Working Group EWG monitored the air in Fresno, Kern, and Tulare...
- Research articles 2001-03-12
- A request for mandatory labeling of soft drinks for the presence of benzene by the environmental Working Group was denied by FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- A request for mandatory labeling of soft drinks for the presence of benzene by the Environmental Working Group EWG was denied by FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. FDA said the EWG "not provided any rationale why the presence of benzene in soft drinks at low parts per...
- Research articles 2006-04-03
- The Environmental Working Group (EWG). (Washington Report).(reports arsenic risk from older wood products )(Brief Article)
- The Environmental Working Group EWG, Washington, D.C., said a study shows that the public remains at risk from high levels of arsenic leaching out of pressure-treated wood in older decks, playground structures, and picnic tables. An EWG study claimed EPA erred in reassuring the public last...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Canards of clean water brigade.(reports by the Environmental Working Group and the Natural Resources Defense Council)
- Reports have indicated that about 53 million people in the US have had the risk of encountering unsafe drinking water during 1993 and 1994. The reports further indicate that the Clean Water Amendments of 1995, being considered in Congress, will increase the risk.I sure wished I owned stock in bottled...
- Research articles 1995-06-19
- Yale Scientist Refutes Study on Bottled Water Issued By Environmental Working Group
- Announces University to Host Drinking Water Symposium NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- One of the nation's leading microbiologists, Dr. Stephen Edberg, professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine at the Yale University School of Medicine, and the director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at the Yale-New Haven...
- Research articles 2008-10-16
- The American Foundry Society recently formed the Area Source Working Group with the primary goal of developing industry input on the rulemaking of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create standards for iron and steel metalcasting facilitie
- The American Foundry Society recently formed the Area Source Working Group with the primary goal of developing industry input on the rulemaking of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA to create standards for iron and steel metalcasting faci The American Foundry Society recently formed the Area...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Group targeting fluoropolymer ingredient.(News)(Environmental Working Group pushes for a ban on perfluorooctanoic acid)
- Byline: Steve Toloken A national environmental group is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a chemical used to make fluoropolymers because of health concerns, but industry groups said perfluorooctanoic acid is crucial to making the h Byline: Steve Toloken ...
- Research articles 2003-06-09
- Environmental Group Targets MTBE Liability Protection in
- Environmental Group Targets MTBE Liability Protection in Bill As key congressional leaders held hectic discussions Tuesday on a broad energy bill, controversy swirled over the push by some members to provide oil companies protection in the legislation against future lawsuits that claim methyl tertiary butyl ether MTBE used...
- Research articles 2002-10-09
- Working Group continues efforts on area source rule
- The AFS Area Source Working Group is continuing to work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA on the development of new area source standards. After several internal meetings, the group met with representatives of the EPA Office of Air and Radiation to have a preliminary discussion on the agency's...
- Research articles 2006-05-01
- Environmental group urges weed killer ban
- The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Dangerously high levels of weed killer can be found in tap water across the Midwest, an environmental group said Wednesday, arguing the contamination poses an especially high risk of cancer to bottle-fed babies. A report by the Environmental Working Group found...
- Research articles 1999-07-29
- Environmental Group Questions Safety of Lettuce Crop in California, Arizona.
- By Mike Lee, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 28--Lettuce contaminated by rocket fuel poses a potential human health threat, according to a report to be released today by an environmental watchdog group. The Environmental Working...
- Research articles 2003-04-28
- Environmental group calls for health risk label for teflon-coated cookware
- * The Environmental Working Group EWG recently asked the Consumer Product Safety Commission to require that cookware coated with Teflon and similar products carry a label describing potential health risks of the non-stick coating. A study cited by EWG shows that cookware coated with Teflon-like coatings could reach 700[degrees]F...
- Research articles 2003-06-01
- Wetlands assessments.(Federal Interagency Mitigation Working Group)(Brief Article)
- WETLANDS ASSESSMENTS: As part of the federal government's effort to improve the administration of compensatory mitigation activities related to wetlands programs, especially in meeting "no net loss" goals, a series of activities has been undertaken by the Federal Interagency Mitigation Working Group FIMW. The group includes...
- Research articles 2004-05-01
- Environmental Group Urges ABC to Fire Reporter Over Organic Story - Brief Article
- The Environmental Working Group EWG is calling on ABC news to fire its reporter John Stossel for allegedly lying about a key element of a report from the television show 20/20 which said organic agricultural products are more dangerous to eat than those grown conventionally. After the report first aired...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- Consumer Group: Landmark Fish Study Should Put Mercury Fears To Rest
- To: HEALTH/MEDICAL EDITORSContact: Sarah Longwell of the Center for Consumer Freedom, +1- 202-463-7112 WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom called on environmental groups including Oceana, the Mercury Policy Project, the Environmental Working Group, and the Sea Turtle Restoration Project along with Consumer Reports magazine...
- Research articles 2007-02-15
- Environmental Group Urges Boost in Conversation Funds for California Farmers.
- By Reed Fujii, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 20--The Environmental Working Group had hoped to stress the need for more conservation funding by compiling a database of all federal farm subsidies and relief benefits received by California farmers for...
- Research articles 2001-08-20
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