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What are ultra-processed foods?
Most of the foods and drinks the average American consumes may be making them sick.
Benefit of boost in crop reference prices would mostly only aid large farmers in just 100 counties
More than 4,000 Black farms are gone and House Republican proposals to increase reference prices will make it worse
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.
Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions could surge without climate guardrails
At least 10,000 farmers took over $11B in farm subsidies over 39 consecutive years
Does this cattle feedlot look “climate friendly” to you?
Senate farm bill proposal makes climate a USDA priority
Best bang for your buck: Kids sunscreens
What you need to know about international sunscreens
USDA should strategically expand list of climate-smart conservation practices
USDA conservation funding ‘guardrails’ vital for reducing agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
When Congress provided almost $20 billion in Department of Agriculture funding for climate-smart farming practices, it included legislative “guardrails” to ensure the money goes to practices that...
Best bang for your buck: Mascaras
What they’re saying about the EPA’s ‘hazardous substances’ designation for two PFAS
On April 19 the Environmental Protection Agency designated two of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and...
What does the EPA’s new hazardous substances designation for two ‘forever chemicals’ mean?
More than 5,000 sites across the U.S. are polluted with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, creating an urgent national health and environmental crisis. The Biden administration took a...
What is EWG’s Food Scores?
First-time homeowners, first-time twins: How one mom relied on EWG to babyproof her house
What they’re saying about the EPA’s regulation of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Here are excerpts from the statements of environmental, health and community advocacy leaders and organizations about the EPA announcement, which marks historic progress addressing PFAS.
What do the new federal PFAS drinking water standards mean?
More than 5,000 sites across the U.S. are polluted with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, creating an urgent national health and environmental crisis.