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What Bill Nye Got Right About GMOs

Twitter was buzzing this week that Bill Nye the Science Guy – every elementary school's favorite scientist – has changed his mind about GMOs.

Congress Lauds Biotech Benefits – but at Children’s Expense?

School children in districts represented by some members of the House subcommittee that oversees biotechnology could soon be at increased risk of being exposed to a toxic weed killer, a recent EWG...

EWG Applauds Rep. Pallone for Oversight of Imported Cosmetics

EWG today applauded House Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) for demanding new data from the Food and Drug Administration on the safety of imported cosmetics.

Coal States’ Futile Bids To Prop Up a Dying Industry

The U.S. coal industry is dying, and the Trump administration's schemes to keep it alive through taxpayer subsidies have likewise hit a dead end. But that's not stopping coal states' increasingly...

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Water Treatment Contaminants:

Across the nation, chlorine, added as a disinfectant to kill disease- causing microganisms in dirty source water, is reacting with rotting organic matter like sewage, manure from livestock, dead animals and fallen leaves to form toxic chemicals that are potentially harmful to people.

It’s Time To Regulate Industrial Discharges of PFAS

Fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, harm to the reproductive system, and harm to the immune system.

Unpacking the ‘Clean’ Claims Made by 3 Beauty Boxes

I try to stay up to date on the latest beauty trends, especially when they involve products advertised as “clean” or “nontoxic.” Even before my internship with EWG's Healthy Living Science team, I...

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Farming in California

The federal Specialty Crop Block Grant (SCBG) program, though tiny compared to the billions that flow to growers of commodity crops such as corn and soy, is one of the government's most important efforts to promote cultivation and sale of fruits, nuts and vegetables.

PFAS and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity: An EWG Fact Sheet

The toxic fluorinated per-and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals known as PFAS are a class of thousands of environmentally persistent synthetic chemicals that have been used since the 1940s. They are added as...

Big Oil Schemes To Crush the Electric Car Market

The U.S. electric vehicle market is exploding – up 81 percent last year over 2017. That's got the oil industry worried, and Big Oil is scheming to kneecap the EV boom.

As States Lead the Way to a Clean Energy Future, Federal Policies Remain Stuck in the Past

Across the nation, states and local governments are leading the way toward a clean, safe and renewable energy system – 100 percent electric and powered by solar and wind, coupled with battery storage...

EWG News Roundup (2/28): EPA Opens Multiple Criminal Probes of PFAS Polluters, Trump’s Toll on Children’s Health and More

EWG News Roundup (2/28): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup (3/6): PFAS Resemble Cancer-Causing Chemicals, Nitrate Taints Minnesota Drinking Water and More

EWG News Roundup (3/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

‘Forever Chemicals’ in Milk: EWG Tests All Negative, But More Food Testing Needed

Tests of 10 samples of supermarket milk commissioned by EWG found none contaminated with the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS – a welcome result, but more testing of milk and other foods is...

Trump Rollback of Auto Emissions Standards = 1 Billion More Tons of Air Pollution

Today the Trump administration is set to release a final rule rolling back auto fuel efficiency standards, which will let cars and light trucks emit 1 billion more tons, or more, of carbon pollution...

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Giving It Away Free

View and Download the report here: Giving it Away Free A simple, free program to insure farmers against actual crop losses at full market price would be cheaper and fairer than today's hopelessly inefficient and costly system.

Wind Power, Not Oil Drilling, Is Future of Offshore Energy

In an era of bitterly divisive politics, there's one thing that unites Democrats and Republicans across the nation: They oppose Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's proposal to allow offshore drilling for...

A Produce Industry Hater of EWG’s Dirty Dozen™ Asked Consumers If They Trust Us: ‘Absolutely!’

The Packer, a leading trade publication for the conventional produce industry, loves to attack EWG's annual Dirty Dozen™ list of fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides.

Dog Days of Summer: Pet Deaths From Toxic Algae Blooms Already Mounting

As some COVID-19 shutdowns now stretch into their fifth month, and with record-setting temperatures blanketing the U.S., cooped-up Americans may be hankering for water-centric recreation. But those...

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Identifying Congress Members Who Get Farm Subsidies

Sorting out the details of USDA's farm subsidy data and Congressional disclosure forms is a difficult process. Records don't always match up; details appear one place but not another. And USDA, taking advantage of a change in the law, now withholds previously available information on the names of individuals who have ownership interests in farms receiving federal payments. EWG took the time to

Dear Food Manufacturers: Stop Polluting Children With Glyphosate

In its latest report on glyphosate residues on common children's foods, EWG found that, like oats and wheat, chickpeas and other beans and lentils come with a dose of Roundup, a weedkiller formerly...