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Trump Cuts Food Stamps for Hungry Americans, But Handouts to Rich Farmers Keep Coming
Just in time for Christmas, the Trump administration has finalized a rule to kick 700,000 hungry Americans off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly called food stamps – the...
EWG News Roundup (4/24): PFAS Cleanup Will Be Costly, But Necessary, Farm Workers Deserve Protections and More
EWG News Roundup (4/24): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Five Ways To Clean Up Your Beauty Routine During COVID-19 Lockdown
Celebrating Mother’s Day With a Wish for Healthy Babies
Deep in the Heart of Texas, the Pandemic Threatens Renewable Energy
When you think of energy and Texas, you think of oil. But besides being the leading oil and natural gas production and refining state, Texas is also a national leader in renewable energy.
EWG News Roundup (5/29): Manure Overload in Minnesota, Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ on Military Bases and More
EWG News Roundup (5/29): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend
Diapers, Pacifiers, Hazmat Onesies -- Parenting in a Toxic World
Escaping Quarantine? Watch Out for Toxic Algae
With summer beginning and millions of Americans experiencing what feels like the thousandth week of quarantine, enjoying the outdoors is one of the few ways many of us can escape the claustrophobia...
Everything You Need to Know About California’s Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act
Farm Bailout Payments Could Ignite New Front in Trade War
In Final Decision, EPA Fails to Protect Public From Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Consumer Products
This week the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule regulating the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS in consumer products. True to form for the Trump administration, the rule...
EPA Isn’t Protecting Americans from Monsanto’s Roundup
The Environmental Protection Agency is falling short in its duty to protect Americans from the dangers of glyphosate, the most widely used weed killer in agriculture, according to a scientific review...
Study Shows Monsanto’s Roundup Can Harm Fetuses
Monsanto’s and Dow’s Herbicides = More Toxic Exposures for Farmworkers
More than 90 percent of Americans want GMOs to be labeled because they want the right to know what's in their food. One important reason to be informed is that growing GMOs has led to a massive...
Farmers Spray Staggering Amounts of Monsanto’s Roundup
More than 3.5 billion pounds of glyphosate herbicide have been sprayed in the U.S. since it first hit the market as Monsanto's “Roundup” in 1974, according to a paper published today by agricultural...
EWG News Roundup (11/9): Voters Turn Back Trump’s Polluter Agenda, Eating Organic Slashes Cancer Risk, and More
EWG News Roundup (11/9): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Most Corn on the Cob Isn't GMO
The corn shoppers find on supermarket aisles and at farm stands is called “sweet corn” because it contains more sugar than its ancestor, field corn. People eat sweet corn fresh on or off the cob...
DARKer Act Blocks State and Local GMO Safety Rules
The anti-labeling DARK Act sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kans.) is now also an anti-environment, anti-farmworker and anti-public health bill. The latest version could rip more than 100 laws from...
Don’t Let The DARK Act Sneak Through Congress
Some lawmakers are trying to slip the darkest part of the DARK Act onto the must-pass spending bill Congress will consider.
EWG News Roundup (10/26): More Kids’ Foods with Monsanto’s Roundup, Eating Organic Helps Prevent Cancer and More
EWG News Roundup (11/2): Weed Killer Packs Bigger Punch Than Vitamins in Kids' Cereal, Groundbreaking Cellphone Radiation Study and More
What Bill Nye Got Right About GMOs
Twitter was buzzing this week that Bill Nye the Science Guy – every elementary school's favorite scientist – has changed his mind about GMOs.
Congress Lauds Biotech Benefits – but at Children’s Expense?
School children in districts represented by some members of the House subcommittee that oversees biotechnology could soon be at increased risk of being exposed to a toxic weed killer, a recent EWG...
EWG Applauds Rep. Pallone for Oversight of Imported Cosmetics
EWG today applauded House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for demanding new data from the Food and Drug Administration on the safety of imported cosmetics.
