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PFAS Chemicals

Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters

Taking ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters. Discover the most effective water filters for reducing PFAS contamination in your water. EWG's extensive tests...

July 11, 2023

EWG investigation: Dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat found in popular oat-based products

A new EWG investigation finds for the first time troubling concentrations of the toxic agricultural chemical chlormequat in oat-based products sold in the U.S., including everyday brands marketed to...

January 31, 2023

Federal & State Energy Policy

Power and profit: How PG&E fails California ratepayers and what to do about it

EWG’s utility business model would create a more balanced policy and regulatory regime for PG&E customers. It is designed to hold the company responsible for its investment patterns and shift...

June 16, 2022

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Factory Farms

North Carolina

And Manure for All

December 13, 2018

North Carolina's dense concentration of approximately 6,500 confined animal feeding operations, often called CAFOs, annually generate two million tons of dry chicken waste and 10 billion gallons of...

Children’s Health

Lead

California

One-Third of California’s High-Risk Kids Not Tested for Lead Poisoning

September 19, 2017

Despite federal and state laws requiring blood tests for all young children most at risk for lead poisoning, year after year California falls far short of its responsibility.

Factory Farms

North Carolina

N.C. Bill to Shield CAFOs’ Liability Would Curb Legal Rights for Hundreds of Thousands

April 17, 2017

The legislation would cap the amount of damages that could be sought in so-called nuisance suits brought by owners of property near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

Water

California

Cancer-Causing Pesticide ‘Garbage’ Taints Tap Water for Millions in California

April 11, 2017

TCP is just one example of the widespread contamination of drinking water from agriculture chemicals.

Factory Farms

Meat and Dairy Alternatives

North Carolina

Exposing Fields of Filth

November 4, 2016

When high water breaches animal barns, waste lagoons or fields with applied manure, the nearby surface water becomes toxic.

California

Federal & State Energy Policy

Toxic Chemicals May Contaminate Oil Field Wastewater Used to Grow Calif. Crops

October 26, 2016

In the last three years, farmers have irrigated 95,000 acres of food crops with billions of gallons of oil field wastewater possibly tainted with toxic chemicals.

Farm Subsidies

Factory Farms

Meat and Dairy Alternatives

North Carolina

Exposing Fields of Filth in North Carolina

June 21, 2016

North Carolina boasts the nation's second biggest hog farming industry, worth $3 billion in hog and pig sales in 2012 alone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It ranks third among the...

Expert Spotlight

Chemical companies provide quarterly reports on production and sales figures to shareholders. Why shouldn’t the public and EPA receive similar reports every year about commonly used chemicals, some of which could pose a serious health risk?”

David Andrews, Ph.D.

Deputy Director, Investigations and and Senior Scientist

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Farm Subsidies

Benefit of boost in crop reference prices would mostly only aid large farmers in just 100 counties

May 17, 2024

Here we go again: House Republicans are trying to rig subsidy programs to benefit Southern farmers.

Their proposal would raise price guarantees for commodity crops in the upcoming farm bill, mostly...

Food

Children’s Health

Food Chemicals

What are ultra-processed foods?

May 17, 2024

Most of the foods and drinks the average American consumes may be making them sick.

Farm Subsidies

More than 4,000 Black farms are gone and House Republican proposals to increase reference prices will make it worse

May 16, 2024

The number of Black farms in the U.S. plummeted by more than 4,000 from 2017 to 2022, yet some farm groups and House Republicans have proposed to tilt the playing field even further against them.

Climate & Agriculture

Conservation

Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions could surge without climate guardrails

May 15, 2024

Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. farming could surge if House Republicans get their way. They’re fighting now to scrap legislative guardrails designed to ensure that Department of Agriculture...

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PFAS Chemicals

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Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters

EWG investigation: Dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat found in popular oat-based products

Power and profit: How PG&E fails California ratepayers and what to do about it

Areas of Focus

And Manure for All

One-Third of California’s High-Risk Kids Not Tested for Lead Poisoning

N.C. Bill to Shield CAFOs’ Liability Would Curb Legal Rights for Hundreds of Thousands

Cancer-Causing Pesticide ‘Garbage’ Taints Tap Water for Millions in California

Exposing Fields of Filth

Toxic Chemicals May Contaminate Oil Field Wastewater Used to Grow Calif. Crops

Exposing Fields of Filth in North Carolina

David Andrews, Ph.D.

‘Forever chemicals’: Top 3 ways to lower your exposure

EWG comments on the WHO proposed guidelines for PFOA and PFOS contamination of drinking water

Flawed WHO report on ‘forever chemicals’ fails human health, EWG scientists find

Addressing misinformation on the internet about EWG’s ratings systems

Benefit of boost in crop reference prices would mostly only aid large farmers in just 100 counties

What are ultra-processed foods?

More than 4,000 Black farms are gone and House Republican proposals to increase reference prices will make it worse

Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions could surge without climate guardrails

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