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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is an American activist group that specializes in research and advocacy in the areas of agricultural subsidies, toxic chemicals, drinking water pollutants, and corporate accountability. EWG is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Brockovich's work in bringing litigation against Pacific Gas & Electric was the focus of the 2000 feature film Erin Brockovich, starring Julia Roberts in the title role. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards : Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
In the early 2000s, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) became involved in PFAS advocacy, serving as a media-savvy, science-based advocacy group. Researchers with the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute (SSEHRI) at Northeastern University have also been unpacking the social discovery of PFAS contamination, the factors ...
It’s dubbed the “Dirty Dozen” by the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, an environmental and health advocacy organization that has produced the annual report since 2004.
Environmentalist Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an impressive feat in and of itself.What's even more admirable was her work in science, a field in which women faced many obstacles, as well as the time she spent getting her Ph.D. in chemistry from MIT– well, almost.
You may be familiar with the Environmental Working Group (EWG) because they release a list of the most pesticide-filled produce every year called The Dirty Dozen. They also establish the produce ...
Women can work, stay home, have kids or not. If women work the same job as men, with the same qualifications, for the same amount of time, there’s very little wage gap. In America, a woman can ...
In February 2018, several employees of Cargill's Dayton, Virginia, plan protested over poor health benefits and bad working conditions, and protesting over the company allegedly firing employees that organized to create a union. [48] The protests lead to nine individuals being arrested for trespassing on the plant's property in protest. [49]