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Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies

Detailing the Big Handout to Big Ag

A timely new book explores how America's food, farm and energy policies got derailed by greedy lobbyists and government subsidies.
Food

A cookbook for everyone on EWG's list

My favorite gifts are recently released cookbooks. I love to give and get them. I know picking the right cookbook can be a challenge - especially when there are so many great ones these days to help...
Sunscreen
Cosmetics

Best, Worst Sunscreens and Lip Balms for Winter Sports

Hitting the slopes this winter? Gnarly is for steeps and chutes, not faces.
Children’s Health
Food

Feeding Baby Green: Dr. Greene tells us how - and why

My husband hates parenting books. Absolutely hates them. Which is a good thing (there. are. so. many.) and a bad thing (sometimes you just gotta get an expert outside opinion).
Research

New Study Confirms BPA in Receipts

Sophisticated tests on paper used to print cash register receipts at 10 suburban Boston-area stores found measurable levels of the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol A in all but two of them, according to a new study by John C. Warner, acclaimed as the co-founder of “green chemistry.”
Pesticides

America's schools have a pesticide problem

We talk a lot about pesticides around these parts, and with good reason. Marc Lame talks a lot about pesticides, too. He's an entomologist and professor at Indiana University's School of Public and...
BPA
Food & Water
Food
Food

BPA: Why I Became Best Friends with my Slow Cooker

My slow cooker is battered and dinged, and I love it. Fill it with filtered water and dried beans in the morning, set on low, and by dinnertime, I have a steaming pot of cooked beans. Or load it up...
Food & Water
Food

Back-to-School with Weelicious Lunches – for You and Your Children

With fall quickly approaching and some school bells already ringing, it's time to get back to thinking about what to pack for your kids' lunch. Your third grader might not give the food in his lunch...
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/19): Sick Farmworkers, Toxic Waste Sites and the Senate’s ‘License to Kill’ Bill

Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/11): Fluorinated Chemicals Taint Military Bases’ Water, Farm Bill Falls Short and More

News Roundup (5/11): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (6/25): Nitrate Contaminates Farm Country Drinking Water, $10 Billion Settlement in Monsanto Weedkiller Case and More

This week, EWG released an analysis of nitrate contamination of drinking water, largely caused by polluted runoff from crop fields, across 10 states, affecting more than 20 million Americans. The...

Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Algae

Beware Toxic Algae Over the Fourth of July

Over the Fourth of July holiday, don't act like the crowds recreating in Grand Lake St. Marys, Ohio. With area pools closed due to the pandemic, people are flocking to the lake to cool off, despite...

EWG News Roundup (7/16): Glyphosate in Hummus, States Failing Farmworkers During COVID-19 Pandemic and More

EWG News Roundup (7/16): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (7/30): CAFOs Run Amok in North Carolina, Senate Republican COVID-19 Stimulus Lets Down Farm Workers and More

EWG News Roundup (7/30): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

COVID-19
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers
Farm Subsidies

Trump’s Farm Relief Won’t Protect Essential Farmworkers From COVID-19

The Trump administration's plan to spend billions to address the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on agriculture may help industrial-scale produce farms but does little to assist farmworkers...
COVID-19
Food & Water
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers
Midwest

In a Pandemic, Farmworkers Deserve a Raise, Not a Pay Cut

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, farmworkers are risking their lives to feed us. So why are some officials in the Trump administration and some Republicans in Congress trying to cut farmworkers'...

Ultra-Processed Foods

Study: Big Soda’s Ads Target Young People of Color

In June, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo pledged to support Black Lives Matter. But according to a new study of advertising of sugary drinks to children, their money tells a different story: Despite an epidemic...
Research

Drilling Doublespeak: Slideshow

As natural gas development has pushed into populated areas, gas drillers have consistently disclosed to shareholders and potential investors daunting lists of possible mishaps, including leaks, spills, explosions, bodily injury, limited insurance coverage – and death
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Algae
Toxic Chemicals

Algae Blooms: More Than 300 Outbreaks So Far This Year

If you're headed for the lake or river this Labor Day weekend, be on the lookout for outbreaks of potentially toxic algae. Through the end of August, algae blooms have plagued 318 bodies of water...

Research

California Regulators

The state agency responsible for regulating oil and gas drilling in California has long turned a blind eye to the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), insisting as recently as this year that drillers rarely use the process in the state despite industry records documenting the practice at least as far back as 1953.
Energy
Renewable Energy
Fossil & Nuclear

Like Coal, Natural Gas Losing Ground to Renewables

As expensive, dirty coal power staggers toward its inevitable demise, natural gas has come to dominate the electricity market.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

How Does EWG Set a ‘Health Benchmark’ for Glyphosate Exposure?

The widespread use of the herbicide and probable carcinogen glyphosate in farms across the nation has made its presence on processed foods containing oats, beans, wheat and barley nearly ubiquitous.
Energy
Renewable Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy

Absent Federal Action, Communities and Corporations Commit to Renewables

While the Trump administration is promoting coal, a dirty and dangerous fossil fuel headed for the scrap heap of history, a growing number of communities and companies across the nation are embracing...

Energy
Fossil & Nuclear
Federal & State Energy Policy

Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Answer Coal Boss’ Wish List

This week, federal regulators rejected the Trump administration's proposal to require the use of electricity from failing coal and nuclear plants, even when cheaper sources are available