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EWG Wants You to Eat your Fruits and Vegetables
In June 1993, the Environmental Working Group released a report titled “Pesticides in Children's Food.” In the very first line of the forward to that study, EWG President Ken Cook had this advice for...
Don’t Let The Pesticide Lobby Play Bully
Tell USDA to stand by its pesticide data program. It's the time of year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to release its annual pesticide data – information the Environmental...
Aldo Leopold: His Legacy Needed Now More Than Ever
Aldo Leopold was perhaps the most influential conservationist of the 20th century. He died nearly 65 years ago, yet his life's work continues to inspire us to love and respect our land, water and...
The Corn Ethanol Lobby's Land Grab
December 31 marked the overdue demise of one of the government subsidies that has long propped up the corn ethanol industry. But if you think corn ethanol is now standing on its own in the energy...
Pollution Credits Are Hot Issue in Climate Bill
Des Moines Register, Phil Brasher Excerpt: A bill passed by the House last month would set caps on greenhouse gases and require polluters to have permits for their emissions.
Ethanol’s Federal Subsidy Grab Leaves Little For Solar, Wind And Geothermal Energy
As Congress and the incoming Obama administration plan the nation's next major investments in green energy, they need to take a hard, clear-eyed look at Department of Energy data documenting corn...
House Farm Bill: A Missed Opportunity for Leadership and Real Reform
On balance, this House farm bill will be remembered as a missed opportunity for reform of federal farm policies that are broken at their core. It also represents a failure of House leadership to serve...
America's Food-to-Fuel Gamble
When the Bush administration and Congress required gasoline refiners to blend in 15 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol by 2015, they made the impossibly rosy assumption that American farmers would...
Short Crop
Black farmers receive between one-third to one-sixth of the benefits under major federal crop subsidy programs that other farmers receive, and the “subsidy gap” has widened over the past decade.
Dead in the Water
For over 20 years, scientists have documented the appearance of a summertime "Dead Zone" that all but obliterates marine life in what is arguably the nation's most important fishery, the Gulf of...
Farm Subsidy Direct Payment Analysis
For decades, the farm subsidy lobby has claimed that if the producers it represents could earn their living in the marketplace, support provided by taxpayers through periodic "farm bills" could be...
Cover Crops Shouldn’t Force Coverage Loss
One of the better tools that conventional row crop farmers can use to increase the environmental health of their land is to plant “cover crops” of legumes and grasses. These help control erosion...
Ask EWG: What is "fragrance"?
Question: Is it true that the cosmetics industry can put any chemical into a product's "fragrance" without showing it on the ingredients list? What do they put in there? Answer: It's true. When you...
You just lost an excuse to buy bottled water
You're at the airport. You remembered your refillable water bottle and got it through security by draining its contents in the security line (can't take 'em through full).
Coming soon: EWG's Skin Deep mobile app
You asked for it, and we're building it: a mobile shopping app for EWG's Skin Deep Cosmetics Database.
Will Black Farmers Finally See Justice?
Today (Feb 15th) may be the President's Day holiday, but for the president of the National Black Farmer's Association (NBFA) it's the culmination of a remarkable push to bring justice to thousands of...
Another Argument Against Ethanol
The ethanol industry is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to increase from 10 percent to 15 percent the amount of ethanol that is blended into gasoline, saying it will boost demand, create...
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Ethanol Eyes Only
The tirade that House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson of Minnesota recently delivered accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of sinking the corn-ethanol industry has many of us in...
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EWG's Guide to Healthy Childcare
Seal or remove arsenic-treated wood decks & play structures. Those built before 2003 likely contain arsenic. Don't allow children to eat at older picnic tables (or cover them with a cloth). Have kids wash hands after playing near these surfaces, or avoid them altogether.
The Other National Debt
You hear plenty of talk about the ballooning federal deficit created by tax cuts, two wars and the effort to dig out of the economic meltdown, but precious little about the funding gap that's...
Gulf Dead Zone Cause and Cure: Remarks by Craig Cox
Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico watershed informational slides.
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Eddie's healthy pet tips
Founded by Eddie – just another dog on a mission – and in conjuction with research by Environmental Working Group, Pets is out to create a healthy environment for pets and people.
Covering Corn - We're All Doing It
This year, the New York Times reports, both farmers and the federal government are covering corn at potentially record levels. Farmers are struggling to store this year's bountiful corn harvest, even...