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California Senate advances bill to shield schoolchildren from harmful food dyes
Today the Senate Health Committee voted to advance a bipartisan bill to ban six harmful dyes from food provided in the state’s public schools during regular school hours.
‘City slicker’ farm payments hit $2.3B, with House GOP looking to increase payouts
Almost 80,000 “city slickers” living in some of the biggest urban areas in the U.S. took in a combined $2.3 billion in farm subsidies between 2019 and 2023 – many of them using loopholes that allow...
What are methylene chloride, trichloroethylene and ethylene dichloride?
Methylene chloride, trichloroethylene and ethylene dichloride are chemical solvents used in industrial processes such as food production, to extract specific components or concentrate flavors.
Children’s Environmental Health Day highlights everyday risks for kids – and solutions
Every year on October 10, Children’s Environmental Health Day shines a spotlight on the risks kids face from pollution, and calls for steps to create a safer, healthier world for them.
The power of plain soap: Why you don’t need antibacterial soap to stay healthy
Do you buy soap labeled “antibacterial” thinking it will protect your family from getting sick or spreading germs? You might be surprised to learn that regular soap works just as well.
What’s in your coffee creamer – and is it healthy?
For many people, coffee can be part of a healthy diet – but what you add to it can change that.
California finds toxic pesticides in nearly 80 percent of air samples
Roughly four out of five air samples collected throughout 2023 in four of the most agriculture-intensive communities had detectable levels of pesticides, according to the state’s Department of...
Unmasking the ingredients in fall’s favorite flavor: Pumpkin spice
Pumpkin spice season is officially here. As soon as the temperature drops and the first leaves start to change color, everything edible from lattes to muffins, cheeses and ice cream takes on this warm...
How factory farms can contaminate onions with dangerous pathogens like E. coli
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration report that onions are the likely source of the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened...
Greenwashing: Truth versus hype about consumer products
Many consumer product companies tout the environmental and health benefits of what they sell, but some of these claims fall short of the hype – a problem known as “greenwashing.”
Cancer: Putting Prevention First
Medical experts will never cease searching for cures for the gravest illnesses that afflict people. But a growing consensus is forming in the medical and public health communities that preventing...
EPA finalizes ban on all uses of notorious cancer-causing solvent TCE
WASHINGTON – The Biden Environmental Protection Agency today prohibited all uses of the toxic solvent trichloroethylene, or TCE. The rule is a crucial victory in efforts to tackle health harms, like...
Transcript of EWG podcast ‘Ken Cook Is Having Another Episode' – Episode 18
In this podcast episode , EWG President and Co-founder Ken Cook and his guests discuss the intersection between animal welfare and environmentalism. Cook first speaks with veterinarian Crystal Heath...
EWG statement on FY25 NDAA mandating DOD buy Safer Choice products made without PFAS
WASHINGTON – The newly passed National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, for fiscal year 2025 includes a provision requiring the Department of Defense to prioritize purchasing cleaning products...
Whether it’s paying for wildfire safety or padding the profits of PG&E’s shareholders, California ratepayers are on the hook for billions of dollars of unfair bailouts for the utility.
Biden EPA moves closer to final ban of brain-damaging pesticide
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is taking several final steps required to officially ban any further agricultural uses of the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos, rejecting all...
EWG joins North Carolina coalition fighting monopoly utility Duke Energy’s plot to hobble rooftop solar
The Environmental Working Group is formally intervening in a North Carolina utility proceeding to oppose a Duke Energy plan that would put rooftop solar power financially out of reach for many working...
The vital nutrition facts you’re missing when buying groceries online
When you’re shopping for groceries online, you’re likely missing out on vital nutritional information. That’s because the law requiring these facts to be printed on food product labels is a few...
What is chromium-6? Here’s what you need to know
Hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6, is the cancer-causing chemical that poisoned the community of Hinkley, Calif., made notorious by the 2000 film “Erin Brockovich.”
Biden EPA rescinds Trump-era rollback of California’s fuel efficiency standards
The Biden Environmental Protection Agency today restored California’s right to set tighter auto tailpipe standards, reversing the Trump administration’s long battle with the state over its efforts to...
EWG news roundup (3/11): Decades of FDA failure to act on ‘forever chemicals,’ how cancer-causing benzene ends up in cosmetics and more
EWG news roundup (3/11): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Research
EWG analysis: In the Western Lake Erie Basin, newly identified animal feeding operation hot spots produce excess manure, threatening waterways and human health
A new EWG analysis has identified and mapped more than 2,500 animal feeding operations in the Western Lake Erie Basin, a watershed encompassing nearly 6 million acres in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio that drains into Lake Erie, which has a well-known toxic algae bloom every summer. These facilities house about 400,000 cows, 1.8 million hogs and nearly 24 million chickens and turkeys.
Methodology: New analysis identifies animal feeding operation ‘hot spots’ in Western Lake Erie Basin
Study area
The study area for this analysis contains the Western Lake Erie Basin, or WLEB, plus a 5-mile buffer extent outward from the basin boundary. Inclusion of the buffer area allowed for modeling of manure phosphorus that may be produced outside the basin and applied within, and vice versa. The WLEB represents 11,870 square miles and the buffer area adds an additional 2,473 square miles
California announces maximum contaminant level for ‘Brockovich’ carcinogen in drinking water
On Monday, the California Water Resources Control Board’s Drinking Water Program, or DWP, announced a maximum contaminant level of 10 parts per billion for hexavalent chromium in water.
