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Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Unregulated Farm Pollution Dirties Calif. Air and Water

A study released this week by the University of California, Davis, found that farming is the biggest source of nitrogen pollution in California, contributing harmful pollutants to the state's air and...

Food & Water
Food

Panera’s Promise to Sell Clean Kids’ Food Could Lead to Healthier Fast Food – Fast

Panera Bread's Kids Meal Promise – a children's menu free of artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners and colors – challenges the rest of the fast and fast-casual food industry to get serious...

Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

Illegal Herbicide Use on Monsanto GMOs Spurs Bitter Complaints

Remember when we told you that some farmers were illegally spraying the herbicide dicamba on Monsanto's new GMO crops? Well, the situation is getting worse.

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

Soaring Sales Should Spur Congress to Expand Organic Acreage

New data released today by the Organic Trade Association show that total organic product sales in the U.S. for 2015 hit a new record of $43.3 billion, up 11 percent from the previous year's record...

Toxic Chemicals
Chromium-6
Food & Water

'Erin Brockovich' Chemical in Drinking Water of More than 200 Million Americans

Drinking water supplies for two-thirds of Americans are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical made notorious by the film "Erin Brockovich," which was based on the real-life poisoning of tap...

Toxic Chemicals
Flame Retardants

Study: Flame Retardant Use in Some Products Declining

When EWG and other environmental health advocates began raising alarms about toxic flame retardants in foam-cushioned furniture and other products, people couldn't find out exactly what chemicals were...

Preventing Cancer is Not a Game of Chance

Today is World Cancer Day, a perfect time to raise awareness and spur action in the fight against cancer. It's a day to reflect on a very important question: What is the main cause of cancer? Is it...

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

EPA Chief May Let Young Farmworkers Handle Toxic Pesticides

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is taking steps that could lift health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

Breathe Easy: Healthier Indoor Air in Cold Weather, Part 4

You've tackled the more obvious sources of airborne pollutants in your home. Now it's time to poke around your home's behind-the-scenes spaces to eliminate them there as well.
Children’s Health
Household & Consumer Products

Is the U.S. Doing Enough About Kids and Cell Phones?

Rumblings about health concerns from cell phone radiation are getting louder around the world — a sign that it's time to take them more seriously in this country.
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (2/15): EPA’s So-Called PFAS Plan, Chicken Factory Farms Overwhelm N.C. and More

News Roundup (2/15): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Broken Stream Banks

Water pollution from farmland is a major problem in southern Minnesota and wherever row crops dominate the landscape across the United States. Much of this pollution can be prevented by the conscientious use of riparian buffers – strips of grass, trees or other permanent vegetation maintained along the banks of rivers, streams, lakes and other waterways.
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food

‘Homegrown Organic’ Bill Would Help Growers Transition, Boosting U.S. Production

Despite the rapid growth of the organic sector and the price premiums enjoyed by organic farmers, U.S. production of organic food has significantly lagged behind consumer demand.
Midwest
Farming & Agriculture

Farm Crisis? What Crisis? Ag Interests Cry Wolf on Economy

In the wake of President Trump's tariffs, agriculture interests are claiming that the farm economy is crashing. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said recently that farm debt is rising to levels not...

Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Cell Phones

It’s Official: California Issues Caution on Cell Phone Use

This week, California officially issued groundbreaking guidelines advising cell phone users to keep phones away from their bodies and limit use when reception is weak.
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (3/15): Asbestos in Cosmetics, 100% Renewables Is Closer Than You Think and More

EWG News Roundup (3/15): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (2/1): 100% Renewable Energy on the Horizon, Will Trump EPA Cave on PFAS and More

News Roundup (2/1): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (9/14): Health Effects from Hurricane Florence, Groundbreaking BPA Study and More

EWG News Roundup (9/14): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Nearly 500 ways to make a yoga mat sandwich

If you've planked on a yoga mat, slipped on flip-flops, extracted a cell phone from protective padding or lined an attic with foam insulation, chances are you've had a brush with an industrial chemical called azodicarbonamide, nicknamed ADA. In the plastics industry, ADA is the “chemical foaming agent” of choice. It is mixed into polymer plastic gel to generate tiny gas bubbles, something like
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (3/30): Pruitt’s Pesticide Anniversary and $50 Condo, Chemicals Causing Weight Gain and More

Roundup 3/30: Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals

EWG’s News Roundup (3/16): Scrutinizing Stain-Resistant Carpets, Mining the Grand Canyon and More

Roundup 3/16: Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Consumer Guides

EWG’s 2014 Shopper’s Guide To Avoiding GMO Food

Consumers have the right to know if their food has been genetically modified. However, the U.S. government does not require labeling of GE foods or ingredients so that shoppers can make informed decisions.
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Dec. 16)

With this week's nomination of ExxonMobil and Dow Chemical executives for top Trump administration posts, and the former governor of Texas, Rick Perry, tapped to lead the energy department, it's...
Energy

A Clean Energy Future Starts at the Grassroots

Alarmed by current U.S. energy policy, 60 Americans from all over the country came together in 2012 and earlier this year in Cambridge, Mass., to explore alternatives to the dangerous and misleading...