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Feinstein to fight for BPA-free formula
Five years ago, tens of millions of baby bottles and sippy cups sold in the United States were manufactured with a petrochemical derivative called bisphenol A. Today, according to the American...
The Food Movement Must Fight a Secret Farm Bill
Industrial agriculture's allies are hijacking the farm bill process. The farm subsidy lobby and a handful of their powerful Congressional allies are working overtime to skirt normal democratic...
“Freedom” is Corn Ethanol Propaganda
The new film “Freedom” is an industry bought-and-paid-for infomercial for environmentally destructive corn ethanol, masquerading as a pseudo-documentary on the nation's oil addiction. Josh Tickell won...
Detailing the Big Handout to Big Ag
A timely new book explores how America's food, farm and energy policies got derailed by greedy lobbyists and government subsidies.
Leading Scientists Rely on and Back EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides
Chensheng (Alex) Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology at Harvard School of Public Health has advised parents and caregivers to use the Shopper's Guide to "keep nutritional foods...
Canada, San Francisco blaze forward on cell phone advisories
As the world mourns the passing of iPhone creator Steve Jobs, San Francisco and Canada are blazing new paths to ensure that the public knows how to use cell phones safely.
The Downfall of Direct Payments
The Congressional Super Committee may decide the fate of the hotly debated “direct payment” subsidies for farmers in the next several weeks -- most likely in a smoke filled room without democratic...
Pesticide Hacks Attack Popular Shopper’s Guide
Since the Environmental Working Group released its 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce earlier this year, apologists for the pesticide industry and conventional agribusiness have attacked it...
Super Committee Me
If the next farm bill gets written without input from healthy food reformers, maybe it's time to occupy the agriculture committees?
The Great Food Divide
The fortunate among us need never struggle with either hunger or obesity. This morning my healthy 3-year old had yogurt, a banana and scrambled egg whites for breakfast before beginning her day. But...
Food Companies Take a Page from Tobacco Industry Playbook
Amid an epidemic of childhood obesity, food companies are taking lessons from the tobacco industry on how to target children with advertisements for unhealthy products. The Sensible Food Policy...
The Ag Lobby Goes for the Gold
Here in Washington, the so-called “Super Committee” on deficit reduction is continuing to scour the federal budget in search of $1.5 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years. The House and Senate...
Dear Super Committee: What to Cut, What NOT to Cut
Lobbyists for polluting industries and opponents of environmental regulation have been tripping over one another to come up with self-serving lists of targets for the Congressional Super Committee as...
What to Cut, and NOT Cut
Lobbyists for polluting industries and opponents of environmental regulation have been tripping over one another to come up with self-serving lists of targets for the Congressional Super Committee as...
Your best air freshener isn't an air freshener
A quick spritz of air freshener may seem like a simple way to kill funky odors. Unfortunately, that pleasing smell is just more indoor air pollution.
Chemical ag's flyboys often miss the mark
"I came out of a sound sleep and honestly our entire house was shaking, and I said, 'What is that God-awful roar'," said Stephanie Feller, a resident of Sagewater Court in Fossil Lake Ranch (Colorado)...
Americans' Views of Industrial Agriculture By the Numbers
The popularity of Oscar-nominated “Food, Inc.” and writers Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman make it clear that consumer interest in food and farming issues is now deeply embedded in the cultural...
EWG to FDA: Sunscreen Regs a Good Step, Not Enough
Nearly thirty-three years after the federal Food and Drug Administration announcing its intention to develop sunscreen regulations, it finally finalized some of its rules this summer. And while we at...
Subsidizing High Income Farms
The current focus on deficit reduction has government leaders scrambling to find places to make significant cuts. Congress and the President are currently grappling with what to do about farm...
Fracking Jobs? N.Y. Residents Need not Apply
Think fracking for natural gas means jobs? Think again.
