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The House farm bill is bad news for children’s health and safety
Behind the science: ‘Big year’ for neonics as EWG calls for stricter EPA insecticide reviews
A rare window is opening for public health advocates to push the Environmental Protection Agency to rethink how it assesses the health risks of five neonicotinoids – insecticides that EWG and others...
Clock ticking to fight foolish EPA analysis allowing toxic weedkiller paraquat
It seems like an April Fools’ Day joke – the Environmental Protection Agency is defending its analysis permitting the use of the weedkiller paraquat, despite its links to Parkinson’s disease. With...
Why does EWG release its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ each year?
With its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, released almost every year since 2004, EWG’s goal is to educate the public about pesticides on popular fruits and vegetables, so consumers can make...
Let states and communities protect their citizens from pesticides
EWG finds little-known toxic chemical in four out of five people tested
It’s time to ban paraquat
The EPA hasn’t banned this brain-damaging pesticide, so states are stepping up
EWG: Schools near pesticide spray zones could lose health protections
Yet another pollinator, the monarch butterfly, is being threatened by toxic pesticides
Chlormequat: What you need to know about this problematic pesticide
Going, going, gone? EWG finds glyphosate levels drop in oat-based products
Setting the record straight on EWG’s funding and Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
How to protect kids during the EPA’s Children’s Health Month
The Environmental Protection Agency is celebrating national Children’s Health Month, with tips for shielding kids from potential health harms caused by lead contamination, pesticides on produce and...
Chemicals in our food may be contributing to weight gain
It’s no secret rates of overweight, obesity and other metabolic diseases are skyrocketing. And food is a big part of the problem, though not in the way you might think. It isn’t just how many calories...