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Drought-Stricken Farmers Pay the Price for Failed Climate Bill
Cynical Extension Cuts Conservation, Extends Direct Payments
In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water
Honor the Conservation Compact
City Slickers Continue To Rake In Farm Payments
EWG to FDA: Current Sunscreen Regulations Aren’t Enough
Environmental Working Group is asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to finish the job of issuing comprehensive and enforceable regulations to ensure that sunscreens on the U.S. market are...
Fincher’s Reform Charade Continues
At some point Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) might just want to stop talking about the farm bill and his support for ending the direct payment program (which doesn't actually end for cotton farmers...
Real Chemical Reform Must Ban Asbestos
What you can't see can be deadly: virtually invisible, yet absolutely lethal asbestos fibers lead to environmental and occupational diseases that claim the lives of 30 Americans every day.
What I Learned From Being an EWG Guinea Pig
GAO Faults EPA Program To Protect Water From Fracking
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's capabilities to safeguard underground drinking water sources from hydraulic fracturing for oil and...
EWG Celebrates 2nd Annual Chris Campbell Award Reception
Hollie Russon Gilman, the former White House advisor on open government and innovation, is this year's recipient of EWG's Chris Campbell Award for public service and technological creativity.
Study finds levels of toxic flame retardants 5 times higher in toddlers
Tests published earlier this month by myself and other scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Duke University detected a biomarker indicating that all 26 children in our study had been...
EWG’s Healthy Living: Guide to Safer Diapers
Farm Bureau on Toledo Water Crisis: Who, Me?
What's actually troubling is that big agriculture continues to shamelessly attempt to shift blame rather than take responsibility.
Raised to Farm
Working with nature is not simple. But you can make a good living at it when you get your business model and growing system in place.
California Takes Aim at Fire Retardants in Furniture
It's getting more likely that in the near future, when you go shopping for a couch or chair, it will no longer be saturated with pounds of toxic chemical fire retardants.
Cutting Crop Insurance Subsidies Won't Scare Away Farmers
Feeding the world or failing to yield?
Advocates of genetically engineered crops claim they will help us “feed the world” by improving crop yields. But is there any actual evidence that GE crops have actually delivered better yields than...
EWG’s Women of Courage: A Celebration of Fearless & Compassionate Leadership
In June of 2003, Linda Reinstein found out that her husband Alan had a type of lung cancer called mesothelioma, caused by breathing asbestos. “I can treat it,” the surgeon told her, “but I can't cure...
A Little Ground Truth on World Food Day
Just When You Thought it Was Safe To Drink The Water
Policy makers seem to freeze with fear when confronted with terrifying algae. Regulatory and voluntary programs still haven't produced a comprehensive and effective effort to stem nutrient pollution...
Corn Ethanol Clips Your Car's MPG
According to a new study from the Department of Energy, corn ethanol has helped drive down the energy content in a gallon of gasoline by 3 percent since 1993. And less energy per gallon means fewer...
Brazil strikes back at junk food
In an unprecedented step for a developing country, the Brazilian government is officially urging its citizens to avoid ultra-processed foods in favor of raw and minimally processed foods in order to...
Shedding Light On The DARK Act
America needs a national labeling law for genetically engineered foods. That was the consensus of a majority of the members of Congress from both sides of the aisle during a well-attended subcommittee...
