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Farmers' Prostate Cancer Likely Linked to Pesticide Exposures

One in seven men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetimes. It's the most common cancer among men, but we don't know much about its causes.

#RaiseTheBar with EWG VERIFIED®

Share your support of healthier cosmetics using the hashtag #RaiseTheBar. Use it when you want to share about a verified product or to encourage companies to get their products verified.

A Saudi Prince May Be Racing Away with Farm Subsidies

Billionaire Saudi Prince Khalid bin Abdullah could be raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars in U.S. taxpayer-funded crop insurance subsidies through farms he owns in Kentucky – but we have no way...

Bogus Claims of ‘Organic’ Cosmetics Mislead Consumers

Cosmetics and other personal care product companies make questionable organic claims on thousands of products, a new EWG analysis shows.

Agricultural Sustainability is Key to Ending World Hunger

The only way to eliminate world hunger and poverty is to make agriculture more environmentally sustainable.

Agricultural Pollution Threatens Water Supplies in Central Iowa

Des Moines Water Works warned customers of elevated levels of microcystins, the toxins created by cyanobacteria, in their drinking water. These toxins cause acute problems with the liver, including...

Will the New Administration Bring ‘Freedom Fries’ Back to Our Schools?

One of the leading candidates for Secretary of Agriculture says bringing deep-fat fryers back to our schools isn't about french fries. It's about freedom.

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Exposing Fields of Filth in North Carolina

North Carolina boasts the nation's second biggest hog farming industry, worth $3 billion in hog and pig sales in 2012 alone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It ranks third among the states for poultry production.

Healthy Diet Plays Key Role in Breast Cancer Prevention

Maintaining a healthy weight as the years go by is one of the most important things a woman can do to help prevent chronic disease, including breast cancer.

Getting Active for Breast Health

EWG, breastcancer.org and breasthealth.org explore the benefits of staying active and give tips on exercises to do and how to keep yourself motivated.

Ask an Expert: Your Questions Answered by Curt DellaValle, Ph.D., Senior Scientist

EWG's community has lots of questions about chemicals in consumer products and food, and from time to time we do our best to provide answers.

Will We Modernize Farm Policy?

In recent years, important bipartisan progress has been made to food policy, including new food safety laws, new rules and incentives for healthier packaged foods, increased access to healthier foods...

Food and Farm Contributions to Key Senate Committee Top $2.5 Million

Over the last three election cycles, Big Food and Ag businesses and organizations have donated more than $2.5 million to members of the Senate Agriculture Committee and over $8.5 million to Senate...

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Mapping Cover Crops on Corn and Soybeans in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, 2015-2016

Mapping Cover Crops on Corn and Soybeans in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, 2015-2016

Growing Organic and Growing Pains

This week EWG asked our Facebook followers to thank Driscoll's, the nation's largest grower of strawberries, for its investment in organic farming to date and commitment to increasing organic...

Organic Produce – A Path to Health and Prosperity

It may sound corny, but it's time to celebrate good old-fashioned fruits and veggies of the organic bent. We have been told since we were toddling to “eat your fruits and veggies dear.” We know that...

New for Earth Day: EWG’s Healthy Living Mobile App

Go green this Earth Day with EWG's new Healthy Living app. We've heard you loud and clear. Time and again, we've been asked to package our advice and consumer guides so you can use them wherever you...

Top Problems with New Senate DARK Act

Last night (March 14) Sen.Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) filed a new version of the bill we call the Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK, Act. Unfortunately, this new proposal is not much better than the...

Caps on Crop Insurance Subsidies Would Not Devastate Growers

If you care about the environment, human health or helping small growers, you should support reform of the federal crop insurance program.

Will Chemical Safety Bill Shortchange EPA?

The best car won't run if you don't put gas in it. Even if Congress modestly improves the federal chemical safety law—and there are lots of reasons to think it won't—the changes won't mean much if the...

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EWG Investigates: Pruitt’s Toothless Poultry Law

Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, has a penchant for making misleading claims about his record on the environment.
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EWG Investigates: Scott Pruitt and Poultry Pollution

As Oklahoma's attorney general, Scott Pruitt rolled back efforts to protect the waters of his home state from the poultry industry and other polluters.

Tale of Two Fields – Voluntary Conservation Delivers Inconsistent Results

We need a consistent approach to agricultural conservation.Driving around central Iowa on a crop survey this spring, EWG analysts came across a far-too-common scene: adjacent fields reflecting...