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Food Labeling Rule Threatens to Further Undermine Consumer Trust

Americans have already lost faith in big food brands, and the brands are only giving consumers more reasons not to trust them. In 2015, food, farm and biotechnology companies, and their trade...

How to Keep Your Kids Safer in the Sun

Kids are more vulnerable to damage from the sun than adults. A few blistering sunburns in childhood can double a person's lifetime chances of developing serious forms of skin cancer.

Study: Giving Children Flame-Retardant Free Nap Mats Reduces Harmful Exposures

Children are exposed to brominated and organophosphate flame retardants from nap mats at child care centers, but switching to mats without the chemicals reduces kids' exposures, according to a new...

7 Farm Facts to Get Straight Before Farm Bill Debate

When the House considers the farm bill this morning, watch out for defenders of unlimited farm subsidies delivering misinformation.

The U.S. Must Ban Asbestos – With No Exemptions

More than 60 nations have banned all uses of asbestos. Shockingly, the U.S. isn't one of them. The nation's new toxics law gives the Environmental Protection Agency the power to completely ban the...

What All Parents Should Know About Pesticides in Produce

Every spring EWG releases our Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™. The guide can be used by anyone trying to avoid pesticides, but it's especially important for parents to limit their children's...

Two-Faced Farm Bill Subjects Hungry Americans, Not Farm Subsidy Recipients, to Stricter Work Requirements

Anyone who has been following the debate over the House farm bill knows lawmakers are closely watching the stricter work requirements proposed for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or...

California Lawmakers Move to Ensure Lead-Free Water in Child Care Centers

California lawmakers are moving toward ensuring that lead-free drinking water is required in all child care centers, catching up with Oregon, Washington and four other states.

Thank You for (Subsidizing) Smoking

Cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year, including more than 41,000 deaths from secondhand smoke. So why are American taxpayers still subsidizing farmers to grow tobacco...

Despite Federal Roadblocks, States and Cities Lead on Solar Power

The Trump administration is not only trying to revive the dying coal industry, but is working to slow the rapid growth of solar power. But at the state and local levels, governments and citizens...

Will the House Farm Bill Leave No Billionaire Behind?

The farm bill under consideration by the House of Representatives this week may reopen loopholes that once allowed billionaires to receive federal farm subsidies.

The 23andMe Farm Bill?

Under current law, numerous loopholes in federal farm subsidy programs distribute the lion's share of farm subsidies to the largest and richest farms

Why is Sonny Perdue Lobbying for a Farm Bill That Snubs President Trump?

Here are six ways the bill snubs President Trump's February budget request.

Proposed GMO Disclosure Rule Leaves Consumers in the Dark

Here are six ways the draft rule might leave consumers in the dark.

House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers

The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at risk.

6 Ways the House Farm Bill Betrays Perdue’s Principles

The farm bill produced by the House Agriculture Committee violates many of the principles developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

Pentagon: Fluorinated Chemicals Taint Water at Scores of Bases, Neighboring Communities

The Defense Department has for the first time disclosed the locations of military installations where tap water or groundwater on or off base is contaminated with highly toxic fluorinated chemicals.

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