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EWG News Roundup (2/21): EPA (Finally) Moves To Regulate PFAS, Toxic Algae Poses Airborne Risks and More
EWG News Roundup (2/21): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
The Revenue Insurance Boondoggle
As a Congressional “Super Committee” presses to meet its Nov. 23 deadline to come up with a deficit reduction proposal, powerful farm state legislators and agricultural industry lobbyists have moved to hijack the process of rewriting the federal farm bill and enact a new, multi-billion dollar entitlement for the largest, most profitable farming operations. Their goal is to have the 12-member
FDA: Vomiting, Burning and Pain From Using Baby Wipes, Other Kids’ Cosmetics
Vomiting. Burning sensation. Pain. These are some of the effects children as young as 5 months experienced after using cosmetics and other personal care products, according to data collected by the...
Update: Trump’s USDA Trade Bailout Flows to City Slickers, a D.C. Lobbyist and ‘Farms’ on Golf Courses
PFAS Nation: Toxic Discharges Suspected From Almost 500 Industrial Facilities Across U.S.
At least 475 industrial facilities across the nation could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water, according to an EWG analysis of government data.
Feds Seek to Gut Law Boosting Small-Scale Renewables
Since 1978, the federal Public Utilities Regulatory Act has boosted renewable energy by requiring big utilities to buy some power from small solar and wind companies. PURPA reduces the nation's...
Plowed Under
EWG News Roundup (10/18): California Seeks To Reduce Lead From Daycare Facilities, Debunking PFAS Polluters’ False Claims and More
EWG News Roundup (10/18): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
USDA Bailout for Impact of Trump’s Tariffs Goes to Biggest, Richest Farmers
Farm bailout payments designed to offset the impacts of President's Trump's trade war have overwhelmingly flowed to the largest and most successful farmers, according to EWG's analysis of the latest...
Inside Track
Holiday Presents for Your Family: Gifts Without Guilt
Gift-giving is filled with minefields, but EWG's got your back, so you don't need to worry about inadvertently giving family members presents laden with toxic chemicals.
EWG’s Most-Read Stories of 2019 – And Some You May Have Missed
To Support Military Families, Congress Must Pass the PFAS Action Act
On Wednesday, I spent the day with retired military firefighter Kevin Ferrara. Like thousands of military firefighters, Master Sgt. Ferrara was trained at Chanute Air Force Base – a now-closed...
EWG’s Top 10 Agriculture Stories of 2015
As in past years, EWG asked its staff of scientists, policy analysts and governmental and communications specialists to vote on what they considered the 10 most important stories of 2015 in two...
Citing GMO-Herbicide Link, Renowned Children’s Health Expert Calls for GMO Labeling
An article published today in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine by two of the nation's most respected experts on pesticides and children's environmental health calls for the Food and...
EWG News Roundup (5/17): Cover Crops Expand Across the Corn Belt, Billion Dollar Monsanto Ruling and More
EWG News Roundup (5/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
FDA Tests Confirm Suspicions about PFAS Chemicals in Food
A recent investigation by the Food and Drug Administration found per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in food, including meat, seafood and dairy products; sweet potatoes; pineapples; leafy...
Top 10 Reasons to Oppose the Senate DARK Act
This week, the Senate Committee on Agriculture will consider a new version of the DARK Act. The House of Representatives has already passed legislation blocking your right to know what's in your food...
Duke Energy Refuses to Acknowledge the New Realities of the Electricity Market
Duke Energy's new 20-year plan for generating power for its 840,000 Indiana customers shows why the nation's largest electric utility is Public Energy Enemy No. 1. It continues the utility's outdated...
Five Things FDA and EPA Didn’t Tell You About Seafood Safety
Bed Bugs? Chemical Pesticides Aren’t the Answer
The fact is that not only can chemical pesticides harm kids, both during and after application, but they're also not the best answer to bed bug infestation.
Coming Soon to a Store Near You: EWG VERIFIED® Hair Care
You'd love to keep harmful chemicals out of your family's bodies and home, but that can turn your shopping trips into even more of a production. It can be a tough decision for busy parents: Make the...
A Year’s Worth of (Achievable) Resolutions To Protect Your Family’s Health
