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Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

California Slaps Health Warning Label on Popular Weed Killer

The most commonly found pesticide in U.S. ground and surface water – a toxic weed killer called atrazine – will now have to carry a warning label in the most populated state in the country.
Food & Water
Federal & State Energy Policy
Regional Issues
California
Midwest

Concern Over California Crops Irrigated with Oil and Gas Wastewater

Would you eat food grown with wastewater from oil and gas drilling? You could be already: farms in California's Central Valley, which produces 40 percent of the nation's fruits and vegetables, are...

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food

Monsanto GMO Guru Attacks EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce

We'd like to thank Rob Fraley, chief technology official at Monsanto, who's largely responsible for introducing genetically modified foods to the U.S. and Big Ag's surge in pesticide use that ensued.
Research

Teflon Chemical Harmful at Smallest Doses

Every time they drink a glass of tap water, people in the mid-Ohio River Valley of West Virginia and Ohio may be consuming unsafe amounts of an industrial chemical linked to cancer, birth defects, heart disease and other illness. More than a decade after this threat became known, government regulators have failed to set enforceable standards to ensure the water is safe – and now, new science says

Cancer-Causing Chemical 1,4-Dioxane Contaminates Americans’ Drinking Water

Water supplies for more than 7 million Americans in 27 states are contaminated with an industrial chemical at levels higher than what federal scientists say poses a minimal lifetime risk of cancer...

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Flame Retardants

Flame Retardant Roulette: Swapping One Toxic Compound for Another

For decades, Americans have been needlessly exposed to chemical flame retardants – which have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption and other health effects – all because of a well intentioned but...

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (9/22): Trump Nominee Imperils Chemical Safety, CPSC Moves to Ban Flame Retardants

Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG Tackling Global Challenges, One Step at a Time

Eradicate poverty. End hunger. Reduce inequality. Stop climate change. Such huge, idealistic goals may seem impossible.

Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Food & Water
Food

In 20 Years Since Landmark Law, Pesticides in Baby Food Drop Dramatically

On Aug. 3, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Food Quality Protection Act, a landmark law that required the EPA to show that all exposures to pesticides in food were safe for infants and children...

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.