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OUT NOW: EWG’s 2021 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

Collard and mustard greens join kale among the most pesticide-contaminated fresh produce on the Environmental Working Group's 2021 Dirty Dozen™ list. For the first time, bell peppers and hot peppers...

Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

EWG Comments to EPA Opposing New Uses of Aldicarb

EWG submitted comments to the EPA in opposition to proposed new uses of the neurotoxic insecticide aldicarb on oranges and grapefruit in Texas and Florida.

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

EWG Comments to NTP to Strengthen and Prioritize the Goal of Environmental Justice

The Environmental Working Group submitted comments urging the Board of Scientific Counselors of the National Toxicology Program to strengthen and broaden the NTP efforts to identify and characterize...

Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

EWG Comments to EPA To Ban All Uses of Chlorpyrifos

The Environmental Working Group submitted comments to the EPA urging the agency to revoke the proposed interim decision for chlorpyrifos, issued in December 2020, to cancel all chlorpyrifos uses, and...

Food & Water
Food
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Study: Ditching Diet Drinks May Reduce Risk of Heart Disease

The soda industry has long been recognized as a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. In an attempt to change the narrative, Big Soda is pushing diet drinks, spending $296 million on marketing in...

EWG News Roundup (1/15): Follain Commits To Support Black-Owned Brands, Trump EPA Announces 11th-Hour Toxic Rollbacks and More

EWG News Roundup (1/15): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Just Add Water

More than 45 million Americans in thousands of communities were served drinking water during 1994-1995 that was polluted with fecal matter, parasites, disease causing microbes, radiation, pesticides, toxic chemicals, and lead at levels that violated health standards established under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. More than 18,500 public water supplies reported at least one violation of a
Research

In The Drink

In 1993-94 over 53 million Americans drank water that did not meet Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) health or biological treatment standards or guidelines. In the Drink documents, on a community-by-community basis, drinking water utilities that have been listed as violating or exceeding these basic health and treatment safety standards.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

California Assembly approves bill to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from kids products

Today the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 652 by a vote of 53-0.
Research

In the Corn Belt, planting of cover crops plateaus, even as interest grows in their potential to address the climate crisis

The Department of Agriculture has known for almost a century that planting cover crops between growing seasons benefits soil, water and air quality. Now the USDA, heartland politicians and the agricultural industry are touting cover crops as a solution to the climate emergency.
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution

Minnesota appeals court ignores threat to Pineland Sands communities’ water and health

The Minnesota Court of Appeals will not reverse the state’s decision to allow more irrigation permits in the Pineland Sands region, despite the lack of full environmental review – a ruling that clears...
Crop duster photo
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals

Biden EPA reverses Trump ‘secret science’ rule

The Environmental Protection Agency today officially reversed the former Trump administration’s controversial “secret science” rule that prevented the agency from relying on the most up-to-date...
Food & Water
Food
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Bug Repellent
Sunscreen
Food Chemicals

Tips for a healthy and safe Memorial Day holiday weekend

It’s Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial beginning of summer. As you get ready to spread the picnic blankets, fire up the grills and enjoy the warm evenings, EWG has useful tips for helping you and...

Family having a cook out
Research

Much Ado About Nothing

Wetlands, and federal efforts to protect them, have become the source of considerable controversy in recent years. Many opponents of the current wetlands regulatory system have made exaggerated claims about the effects of the federal wetlands permitting program on private landowners. Among those claims are that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wetlands program (authorized under Section 404 of the
Conservation

Methods: In the Corn Belt, planting of cover crops plateaus, even as interest grows in their potential to address the climate crisis

In the Upper Mississippi River Basin, cover crops are usually planted in the fall, after the cash crop has been harvested, with emergence occurring later that year or the following spring. These emergence seasons help differentiate cover crops from cash crops like corn and soybeans, which are harvested in the fall and planted in the spring.
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

PFAS news roundup

Groups petition the EPA to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in food applications, bill introduced to limit PFAS water discharges, risks of PFAS exposure in children, and more.
This week in PFAS
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA chemical office takes three actions on ‘forever chemicals’

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention today announced three actions to protect the public from the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
Consumer Guides

EWG’s Guide to Safer Cellphone Use

At least six countries have issued warnings to consumers to reduce cellphone radiation exposures, especially those of children.
Consumer Guides

EWG’s Top 5 Tips for Choosing Safer Cosmetics for Kids

From shampoo and lotion, to baby oil and body wash, we apply cosmetics or personal care products every day to our skin, hair and nails.
Consumer Guides

EWG’s Tips for Cleaning Up After a Meal

EWG’s Tips for Cleaning Up After a Meal
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Water
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Regional Issues
Midwest

Wisconsin’s Big Ag lobby threatens clean water rule

Wisconsin’s proposed nitrate pollution rule, critical to protecting the health of more than 1 million residents, is in danger of being blocked by a group of lawmakers beholden to industrial...
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
North Carolina

Watchdog group calls on Duke Energy to embrace fairness and justice for low-income communities

A coalition of public interest, environmental and economic justice organizations are demanding that Duke Energy, which has more customers than any other investor-owned electric utility, reverse years...
Consumer Guides

Guide to Solar Energy

Our reliance on fossil fuels has had devastating consequences on our environment and human health. The coal, gas and oil we burn to generate electricity emits hundreds of toxic pollutants into the air, causing increased instances of lung and cardiovascular health issues.
Solar panel installation

EWG news roundup (4/16): EWG applauds President Biden’s ambitious budget proposal, spring health goals and more

EWG news roundup (4/16): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.