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The New Lede’s ‘Paraquat Papers’ scoop recognized by agriculture journalists
The New Lede and its managing editor, Carey Gillam, have scooped a top recognition from leading U.S. agriculture journalists for an exclusive investigative series showing a decadeslong plot by the...
Speaker McCarthy should target farm subsidies for the wealthy, not food stamps
This week, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made ending food assistance for many hungry people one of his demands for raising the debt ceiling.
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Crop insurance pays farmers billions of dollars for weather-related losses closely linked to the climate crisis
Crop insurance payouts for losses associated with extreme weather have cost billions of dollars, a new Environmental Working Group analysis of Department of Agriculture data shows. Those payments will almost certainly increase as the climate crisis intensifies.
EWG speech at the Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Conference
EWG Senior Vice President for Government Affairs Scott Faber delivered the following remarks before the Unitarian Universalists Advocacy Conference on Tuesday, September 26.
California first state to enact ban on four harmful chemicals in food
In a major victory for safer, healthier food, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the California Food Safety Act, the first law in the U.S. to ban four harmful chemicals from candy, cereal, soda and other...
Don't wipe out: The hidden hazards of antibacterial wipes
Antibacterial cleaning wipes are everywhere, but are they harmless? Unfortunately, for most popular versions, that's not the case.
Gov. Newsom signs bill to ban fiberglass and other toxic chemicals from mattresses and sofas
Today Gov. Gavin Newsom banned the state-wide sale of mattresses and upholstered furniture that contain fiberglass, a harmful replacement fire retardant.
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Pesticides still found in baby food, but biggest toxic threats eliminated
Your baby’s food may contain potentially harmful pesticides – but the Environmental Working Group’s decades of fighting to protect children’s health have helped eliminate the most toxic threats from these products.
What you can do about the environmental risk factors that can lead to breast cancer
Cancer affects all communities. And breast cancer can occur in people of all genders
Getting sick on pesticides Big Ag can't live without
Chemical agriculture's defense of pesticides conjures up the image of the chain-smoking industry attorney Nathan Thurm slithering through a minefield of facts and figures about the causes of global...
Clean energy advocates challenge in court North Carolina’s cuts to rooftop solar incentives pushed by Duke Energy
A coalition of clean energy advocates has filed an appeal with the North Carolina Court of Appeals, contending that the state’s electric utility regulators violated state law when they approved Duke...
Congressional chaos imperils critical chemical safety reviews
If anything good came of recent brinkmanship over federal spending, it might be the reminder that large parts of the economy depend on the federal government. Everything from medical research to food...
No tricks, just treats: A nutritionist shares how new California food safety law will make Halloween healthier
When clinical nutritionist Stacy Roy takes her daughter Neela trick-or-treating this Halloween, she’ll be thinking about the ingredients in the candy handed out – but not just for that night.
Study: Consumption of ultra-processed foods may cause harmful ‘food addiction’
If you have trouble stopping with just one potato chip or slice of frozen pizza once you get started, you’re not alone. Fourteen percent of adults and 12 percent of kids show characteristics of “food...
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The Wonderful Company among California’s top users of toxic weedkiller paraquat
LEER EN ESPAÑOL The Wonderful Company, based in California, touts its “ iconic, healthy” popular pomegranate juice and other products. But it’s also the state’s second-largest user of paraquat – a toxic weedkiller linked to increased risk of Parkinson’s disease and other harms. In 2021 alone, Wonderful sprayed more than 56,000 pounds of paraquat on fields in the Golden State used to produce
Anemic EPA announcement warning farmworkers of health risks of pesticide DCPA doesn’t go far enough
Today the Environmental Protection Agency publicly warned farmworkers of the “serious, permanent, and irreversible health risks” posed by the pesticide DCPA – in what is likely a final step before the...
What do the new federal PFAS drinking water standards mean?
More than 5,000 sites across the U.S. are polluted with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, creating an urgent national health and environmental crisis.
EWG statement on FARMER Act of 2024
WASHINGTON – Today Republican members of the Senate Agriculture Committee introduced the Federal Agriculture Risk Management Enhancement and Resilience Act, or FARMER Act, of 2024.
Virtual press conference: California consumer advocates demand state Legislature stop utility tax
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Join a crucial virtual webinar at 10 a.m. PDT on April 16 to hear how more than 240 California community organizations are teaming up to combat a looming utility tax increase...
Fight to save rooftop solar in California heads to state Supreme Court
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The fight to save California’s rooftop solar program now heads to the state Supreme Court, after it issued a rare decision to hear the appeal of a case that will determine the...
On Conservation: Even your water can be reused
When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, my mother used to admonish me to conserve water during droughts. "Turn off the faucet while you brush your teeth," she'd say, "and take a shorter shower." Most...
More than 4,000 Black farms are gone and House Republican proposals to increase reference prices will make it worse
The number of Black farms in the U.S. plummeted by more than 4,000 from 2017 to 2022, yet some farm groups and House Republicans have proposed to tilt the playing field even further against them.
USDA conservation funding ‘guardrails’ vital for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
When Congress provided almost $20 billion in Department of Agriculture funding for climate-smart farming practices, it included legislative “guardrails” to ensure the money goes to practices that...
Bold new water, hazardous substance rules boost Biden PFAS action plan
The Environmental Protection Agency’s recent release of two landmark rules addressing the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS adds to the Biden administration’s momentum in completing long-overdue PFAS...
