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Stolen Inventory (California)
Walmart Moves to Make Organic Foods More Affordable
Today's announcement by Walmart, the world's biggest grocer, that it plans to sell a line of organic foods at competitive prices could eventually lower the cost of all organic food by expanding the...
Cancer-Afflicted Marines Call on Obama for Support
Nearly 40 Marine veterans diagnosed with male breast cancer today urged President Obama to support legislation in Congress that would provide health care for those made ill by carcinogenic chemicals...
California Fails to Protect Drinking Water from Toxic “Erin Brockovich” Chemical
SAN FRANCISCO – The California Department of Public Health today announced its final drinking water standard for the toxic chemical hexavalent chromium made infamous in the film Erin Brockovich. The...
Baby Products Can Expose Infants to a Toxic Chemical, Study Finds
Researchers found a fire-retardant chemical that could disrupt the hormone system in the urine of babies who were apparently exposed with baby products such as bassinets, car seats and nursery gliders...
EWG Applauds Campbell Soup for GMO Labeling Decision
Campbell Soup should be applauded for its leadership and support of mandatory GMO labeling, according to Scott Faber, EWG's senior vice president of government affairs.
A Slow Death in Texas
Senate Introduces New DARK Act
Today Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced draft legislation intended to preempt state GMO labeling laws.
Procter & Gamble Leads Industry Toward Ingredient Transparency
EWG commended Procter & Gamble, the multinational manufacturer of family, personal care and household products, for taking a significant step today toward greater transparency about its ingredients by...
Taking from the Taxpayers
Landmark Federal Study: Cell Phone Radiation Linked to Brain Cancer
The radiation emitted from wireless devices could cause brain cancer, according to a multi-year study from the federal National Toxicology Program. The results appear to confirm human evidence used by...
EWG Releases 2016 Guide to Sunscreens
Almost three-fourths of the 750 sunscreens evaluated for EWG's annual Guide to Sunscreens, released today, offer inferior protection or contain worrisome ingredients like oxybenzone, a hormone...
Panera Steps Up In Support of Healthier, Cleaner Food
Panera Bread's announcement today to remove EWG's 'dirty dozen' food additives and other ingredients from its food by 2016 is the latest sign that more and more companies are stepping up in support of...
EWG Targets Brands Still Using Toxic BPA in Canned Food
A new analysis of the canned food marketplace released today by EWG will help American shoppers determine which products still contain the toxic hormone disruptor bisphenol A, or BP
The Toxic Truth About A New Generation of Nonstick and Waterproof Chemicals
Ten years ago, DuPont was forced to phase out a key chemical in making Teflon, after revelations that for nearly 45 years the company covered up evidence of its health hazards, including cancer and...
Cell Phone Cases Can Increase Radiation Exposure Up to 70 Percent
Most cell phone cases are so badly designed that they partially block the antenna, making the phone work harder to transmit a signal and intensifying the radiation that strikes the user's head and...
Excessive Vitamins and Minerals in Food Put Millions of Children at Risk
Nearly half of American kids age eight and younger consume potentially harmful amounts of vitamin A, zinc and niacin because of excessive food fortification, outdated nutritional labeling rules and...
Subway Will Remove Artificial Ingredients
Subway's decision to remove artificial ingredients from its menu by 2017 is an important step toward a cleaner and healthier food system and a big win for Americans who don't want potentially harmful...
White House Calls for Update to Biotech Regulation
The White House's call to update the system evaluating the safety of crops and food produced by genetic engineering is a foundation for building a more transparent food system that includes mandatory...
Smoggy Schools
House Committee Gives Handouts to Wealthiest Farmers, Delays Critical Environmental Program
The House Appropriations Committee today passed an agriculture appropriations bill that destroys critical environmental protections while leaving the lavish and wasteful federal crop insurance program...
Ag Committee Advances Anti-GMO Labeling Bill
Advocates for mandatory GMO labeling today denounced the House Agriculture Committee's vote to approve legislation that has come to be known as the Deny Americans the Right to Know (or DARK) Act...
Conventional Wisdom Overlooks Links between Chemical Mixtures and Cancer
Conventional thinking about cancer prevention may overlook growing evidence that the combined effects of chemicals that are not carcinogenic on their own may be a significant cause of cancer...
Boondoggle: “Prevented Planting” Crop Insurance Plows Up Wetlands, Wastes Billions
A new EWG report reveals that from 2000 to 2013 a total of $4.4 billion in federal “prevented planting” crop insurance payouts went to farmers in 94 counties in the iconic Prairie Pothole Region of...