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EWG scores crucial victories with three new California laws to protect your health
In a major win for people aiming to live healthier lives, EWG has helped usher in six new California laws that will reduce exposure to harmful chemicals in food, cosmetics and other products – and...
What you can do about the environmental risk factors that can lead to breast cancer
Giving IRA conservation funds to farm subsidies threatens millions of cover crop acres
What’s in your water bottle? Concerns about microplastics in caps
Despite record farm income and subsidies, some seek even more handouts
Pumpkin spice surprise – the toxic chemicals lurking in ‘fragrance’
New study finds possible link between ultra-processed foods and depression
Pocket pickers: Eight cotton farms picking taxpayer pockets
Farm bill for the few?
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently pleaded with Congress to reform farm policies to serve the “many and the most,” not the few, citing data showing family farms lagging behind their bigger...
Latest nuclear power boondoggle barrels toward North Carolina
Lawmakers in North Carolina may soon make the misguided step of designating nuclear power “clean energy,” a change that would encourage Duke Energy’s foolhardy plan to throw away millions or even...
USDA conservation funding benefits all farmers, not just rice, cotton and peanut farmers
All farmers and ranchers – regardless of what they grow or where they live – can participate in Department of Agriculture conservation programs.
How to buy a safer crib mattress
Update: Federal facilities struggle to routinely offer plant-based or vegetarian options
Despite new climate-smart funds, agricultural conservation programs remain oversubscribed
The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, set aside $19.5 billion for agricultural conservation programs that pay farmers to implement conservation practices that reduce agriculture’s greenhouse gas...
What are VOCs?
If you’ve ever inexplicably felt sick around a new mattress or curtains, using air freshener, or visiting a nail salon, it could be you’re affected by chemicals called volatile organic compounds, or...
Freezer finds: Toxic chemicals in frozen meals may cause health harms
Calls to increase crop reference prices would help fewer than 6,000 farmers
Some farm groups and legislators have proposed increasing price guarantees for major crops. But the higher price guarantees would mostly benefit fewer than 6,000 farms in a few states, EWG found.
Mattress chemicals you could be sleeping on
USDA livestock subsidies top $59 billion
What is titanium dioxide?
Titanium dioxide is a food additive that can be found in over 3,000 different products in EWG’s Food Scores database.