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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...

EWG News Roundup (4/19): EPA Balks at Asbestos Ban, Toxic-Free Easter Eggs and More

EWG News Roundup (4/19): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Cutting Waste in the Crop Insurance Program

Congress could dramatically cut spending on the federal crop insurance program without sacrificing anything other than the political objective of propping up a crop insurance industry that only exists because of taxpayer support. Cutting this spending would not necessarily mean providing farmers with less money, because the freed-up funds could be spent on programs that benefit both farmers and

Energy
Renewable Energy
Utilities
Fossil & Nuclear

Big Utilities Scheme to Make Solar Customers Pay More

When homeowners install rooftop solar panels, their electricity bills go down. That's a threat to the profit margins of big utility companies, and in response they are scheming to undermine the...

Energy
Utilities
Fossil & Nuclear
Federal & State Energy Policy

Trump Says He’ll Save Coal Power Plants, But Even Utilities Know He’s Blowing Smoke

The Trump administration's latest idea to “bring back coal” is to let individual states decide how – or even whether – to cut air pollution from coal-burning power plants. The plan is meant to...

Energy
Energy

Court Rejects Challenge to Ban on Uranium Mining in Grand Canyon

Marking a major victory for efforts to protect the iconic Grand Canyon National Park and the Colorado River, a U.S. district court judge last week upheld the Obama administration's moratorium on new...

Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Utilities
Fossil & Nuclear
Federal & State Energy Policy

Dying Coal- and Nuclear-Powered Utility Asks Again for Government Bailout

FirstEnergy, a utility struggling to stay alive in the dying coal and nuclear industries, is once again looking for a bailout from government regulators.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/10): Expanding PFAS Contamination Crisis, Golden State Bans Brain Damaging Pesticide and More

EWG News Roundup (5/10): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
California

Will New Chemical Law Hide the Fracking Industry’s Toxic Secrets?

The makeup of hydraulic fracturing fluid – the slurry of chemicals, sand and water injected deep underground to free petroleum deposits trapped by bedrock – is a closely guarded secret of the oil and...

Consumer Guides

EWG’s guide to endocrine disruptors

Endocrine disruptors are natural or synthetic chemicals that can disrupt the hormone system in many ways – increasing the production of some hormones, decreasing the production of others and interfering with their signaling, which can result in health problems.
Woman drinking water
Energy
Midwest

Corn Ethanol Deadlier Than VW Emissions Scam

Volkswagen could be fined up to $90 billion for violating the federal Clean Air Act by jerry-rigging diesel engines to burn cleaner on emissions tests. The added air pollution will cause up to 60...