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News Roundup (1/4): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

News Roundup (6/22): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

It's not hard to see the differences between the terrible, partisan House farm bill and the bipartisan Senate farm bill

EWG's News Roundup (7/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Back to school means books, studying and recess – to kids. For many parents, this time of year means packing lunches.

Toxic pollutants in drinking water are particularly hazardous for children. Compared to adults, children drink more water per pound of body weight, resulting in greater exposure and greater risk. They...

Here are six ways the draft rule might leave consumers in the dark.

There is no safe level of exposure to lead, especially for kids.

The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at risk.

Anyone who has been following the debate over the House farm bill knows lawmakers are closely watching the stricter work requirements proposed for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or...

The influential American Academy of Pediatrics, which numbers 64,000 pediatricians, has added its voice to the growing movement of public health professionals who are demanding an end to the dangerous...

Today is the first day of an Environmental Protection Agency summit on perfluorinated substances, or PFAS. The group of chemicals is linked to a host of health issues, including cancer, thyroid...

EWG News Roundup (6/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Children are exposed to brominated and organophosphate flame retardants from nap mats at child care centers, but switching to mats without the chemicals reduces kids' exposures, according to a new...

After intense lobbying by the chemical industry, last week the Environmental Protection Agency signaled plans to delay or scrap proposed bans on some uses of the drinking water contaminant made...

New research finds fluoride exposure during pregnancy can harm children's intelligence.

One reason nine out of 10 Americans want genetically engineered, “GMO,” food to be labeled is their concern over the escalation of herbicide spraying on hundreds of millions of acres of GMO crops.

Scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer have found what appears to be a strong link between pesticide exposure and a blood cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Genetically engineered crops, or GMOs, have led to an explosion in growers' use of herbicides, with the result that children at hundreds of elementary schools across the country go to class close by...