Food should be good for you. But some foods aren’t. Pesticides are sprayed on millions of acres every year and some of them end up on your food. Our broken farm subsidy system encourages over production of the wrong food. EWG is pushing for better policy and more sustainable ways of farming that produce healthy food in a healthy environment.
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EWG evaluation of food chemicals: Aspartame
EWG’s recommendation
Aspartame is an ingredient of concern, and EWG suggests limiting consumption of foods containing this ingredient.
Aspartame poses specific risks to vulnerable populations, such as...
EWG’s Dirty Dozen™ Guide to Food Chemicals: The top 12 to avoid
EWG's 2026 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Healthy Living App
EWG’s guide to washing produce
Washing fruits and vegetables before eating them helps reduce the amount of pesticide residue on produce and improves overall food safety.
For this guide, EWG scientists reviewed dozens of peer...
EWG’s meat and dairy label decoder
Simple, nutritious and delicious meatless recipes
EWG’s quick tips for reducing your diet's climate footprint
EWG's Tips to Avoiding Superbugs in Meat
EWG's Tips for Avoiding Pesticides
Pesticides are chemicals designed to kill living organisms that are considered pests, including insects, weeds and mold.
Even after washing fruits and vegetables, pesticide residues remain on produce...
EWG’s Consumer Guide to Seafood
EWG’s 2014 Shopper’s Guide To Avoiding GMO Food
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Did you know that popular citrus fruits, like oranges, grapefruit and mandarins, might also come with a dose of hormone-disrupting fungicides?