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An Apple A Day, Too Much Pesticide Spray
For the fifth year in a row, EWG 's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in ProduceTM ranks apples at the top of the Dirty Dozen PlusTM list of non-organic fruits and veggies with high levels of pesticide...
What About Farm Subsidy Fraud?
Based on this week's House Agriculture Committee hearings, you might think it's the food stamp program – and not the heavily subsidized farm subsidy program – that is plagued by fraud and abuse.
Organic Fruits and Vegetables Co-Star in a Healthy Diet
What makes a healthy diet? Adopting a low-fat diet didn't make Americans healthier. But does that mean “paleo” is the way to go?
Eating More Veggies: A Recipe for Sustainability
The Obama administration's Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, a panel of respected scientific and medical experts who help craft the federal government's official position on nutrition, yesterday...
Arctic ® Apples leaves Sour Taste for Consumers
Last Friday the 13th was unlucky for more than 90 percent of Americans who favor of labeling genetically modified organisms.
Oil and Water Don’t Mix -- Add trains and it’s a disaster waiting to happen
When I heard earlier this week that a train carrying crude oil had derailed and exploded in flames near the West Virginia town of Mount Carbon, I had a sickening feeling of déjà vu.
DIY Don't
In between blizzards, you may be thinking of installing insulation to save money and energy.
GMO Labels Don’t Scare Away Shoppers
Food and biotechnology giants fighting against mandatory labeling of genetically engineered food (commonly known as GMOs) claim that it would have consumers fleeing their products. But the evidence...
Another Reason To Eat Organic
A study published last week (Feb. 5) has confirmed once again that a good way to eat fewer pesticides is to choose organically grown fruits and veggies whenever possible.
“Voluntary” a Dead End for Gulf’s Dead Zone
A new study shows that implementing simple good stewardship practices for farmland – such as planting cover crops of grasses during the off-season and using fertilizer with greater care – could reduce...
New Crop Insurance Programs Lavish Supersized Payouts on Farmers
A new report shows that some farmers could receive larger payments under newly implemented crop insurance programs than they would have through the discredited -- and now defunct -- direct payments...
Cleaner Iowa Water: Ripe for the Picking
Nitrate and phosphorus runoff from farm fields is a major reason why water quality is notoriously poor in Iowa's rivers, streams and lakes.
Why Mega-Farms May Ruin Illinois Farmland
A mega-farm is a colloquial term, not an official designation used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any other agricultural authority for that matter. Yet it's often bantered about in...
Corn Ethanol: A Bad Idea Looks Even Worse
Growing corn to make fuel for your car just doesn't work. And reversing government policies that require it would ease a world of problems.
Super snacks for the Super Bowl, Oscars and more!
EWG's research team uses Food Scores database to bring you a February Food Scores Challenge featuring tortilla chips and salsa.
What Monsanto Doesn’t Want You To See
When consumers across Europe started campaigning for GMO labeling in the early 1990s, Monsanto released a series of advertisements in support of mandatory GMO labels.
Toxic Chemicals in Oil and Gas Drilling Waste: The List Grows Longer
New tests of wastewater discharged from oil and gas drilling in Pennsylvania and West Virginia show that water tainted with high levels of toxic chemicals is ending up in rivers and streams.
Unregulated Genetic Engineering: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
How To Head Off Another Elk River Crisis
The Elk River chemical disaster, which unfolded a year and four days ago, is one of those crises too terrible to waste. Here are five surprising lessons we need to learn from the spill, which...
Big Ag: Cheaper to Pollute
The American Farm Bureau Federation believes that it's simply cheaper to pollute America's rivers and streams – and pass the cost on to water utilities like the Des Moines Water Works – than it is to...