Search

September was national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, reminding Americans of the sobering facts about this terrible disease.

Children born to mothers who were exposed during pregnancy to higher levels of PFOA, the non-stick chemical DuPont formerly used to make Teflon, tend to put on more weight and do so more quickly than...

The Food and Drug Administration today (Nov. 19) approved genetically engineered salmon for human consumption, making it the first genetically engineered animal destined to reach American grocery...

In a letter to Congressional leaders sent this week, nearly 300 environmental advocacy, farming and fishing groups and food companies voiced strong opposition to a plan to tack a provision onto the...

You may have seen the headlines yesterday claiming bacon is better for the environment than lettuce. Bacon cheeseburger lovers may have cheered the news, but a closer look shows the claim has more...

What could a member of Congress who has collected more than $3 million in federal cotton subsidies want in his Christmas stocking this year? If you're Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.), the answer is...

Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs – the class of chemicals used in DuPont's Teflon, 3M's Scotchgard and many other products – pollute the bodies of people and animals in every corner of the world. In...

Some members of the U.S. Congress don't want you to know how the food you eat strains natural resources. That's the meaning of a statement attached to the omnibus federal spending bill Congress sent...

Those pyramids of apples in the produce section of supermarkets year-round may look fresh, but sometimes they're not. Apples are harvested once a year, in the autumn. Growers apply a mixture of...

The American Chemistry Council, a trade association of major chemical makers, is among the largest donors to a fund created to support Sen. David Vitter's campaign for governor of Louisiana.

This week was another busy one for folks at EWG. We released a report documenting some troubling facts about cosmetics products marketed to Black women. And we weighed in on President-elect Donald...

With President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration coming in just two weeks, the final touches of the transition are being put in place. The Agriculture Secretary remains one of the very few slots left...

In a shift that could help hundreds of thousands of U.S. children, federal health officials are considering whether to lower the threshold for identifying kids with elevated levels of lead exposure.

Last fall, an EWG investigation debunked the agriculture industry's claims that American farms “feed the world.” In fact, fewer than 1 percent of U.S. exports go toward feeding the hungriest nations.

Interests tied to the big polluters who joined Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt's 14 lawsuits against the Environmental Protection Agency – companies such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and Peabody Coal...

Last weekend, EWG reported that after taking $40,000 in campaign contributions from poultry industry interests, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt – President Trump's nominee to head the...

Rural voters played an important role in the last election. As the Senate considers a new Secretary of Agriculture and Congress begins work on a new Farm Bill, it's important to consider the effect...