Catch up on the latest news and analysis from EWG’s team of experts.
Displaying 1261 - 1280 of 4063
EWG News Roundup (3/3): Trump’s Budget Cuts, the Clean Water Rule and Neurotoxin in Hair Dye
Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/News%20Roundup%20Blog%20Image_13.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=mP-URQ0r)
Will More Farm Subsidies Help the Rural Economy?
It's an understatement to say “there is real potential for a crisis in rural America,” as House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway warned before a hearing on the new farm bill.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Conservation%20Blog_0.jpg?h=2e181f1f&itok=l_21Bu75)
If You Are What You Eat, Are We Making Children Nonstick?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on any given day one in three American children – no matter their age, race or family income – eat fast food. Hamburgers, french fries...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/kids-PFCs.jpg?h=36c35a30&itok=K3kd5lpN)
March 2017: Colorectal awareness month
The War on Cancer: Progress, But Still a Long Way to Go
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/EWG_WarOnCancer-CancerSiteBlog.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=oyKvLsXF)
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 24)
Last Friday, in a near party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt as the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator. A swell of controversy surrounded the decision, with an Oklahoma...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Ground%20Control%20Blog_8.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=tXbjFfyF)
Nutrition Calculator for Cancer Prevention
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/Cancer-Nutrition_Images-Calculator.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=96VQyp5c)
EWG News Roundup (2/24): Cancer Defense Diet, Plate of the Union, and Pruitt’s Love Letters with Fossil Fuel Industry
Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/News%20Roundup%20Blog%20Image_12.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=oy86Joq-)
Enjoying the Process of Home Cooking
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt joined us for a conversation about how he got into cooking, the connection between your health and the food you eat, and enjoying the cooking process. He is the managing culinary...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Cancer-Nutrition_Images-homecooking.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=V6UO2Q63)
Appreciating Cooking and the Science Behind It
Guy Crosby, Ph.D., joined us for a conversation on how understanding the science of food can make you a better home cook. He is the science editor at America's Test Kitchen; an adjunct professor at...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Cancer-Nutrition_Images-homecooking_0.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=2DzwMmsp)
Nonstick Chemicals: A Hydra-Headed Family of Toxic Compounds
Banning or restricting toxic chemicals one at a time is like fighting the mythical hydra: For each head cut off, multiple replacements appear that may be just as hazardous. There's no better example...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/PFC%20Blog.jpg?h=2e181f1f&itok=P7Je1g1d)
News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 17)
After today's vote confirming Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, a number of troubling questions remain as to his impartiality and his commitment...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Ground%20Control%20Blog_7.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=cdlw8oIg)
EWG News Roundup (2/17): Pruitt’s Emails, DuPont’s $671M Teflon Settlement and Lead in Lipstick
Today, in a near-partisan vote, Scott Pruitt was confirmed as the next head of the Environmental Protection Agency. It's no secret that EWG opposed him for the job.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/News%20Roundup%20Blog%20Image_11.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=KEtp27m3)
As Okla. Attorney General, EPA Nominee Did Nothing to Protect Oklahomans from Toxic Swine Waste
Oklahoma has a dangerous and widespread groundwater pollution problem caused by illegal discharges of toxic swine waste from industrial-scale swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Nitrate%20Blog.jpg?h=2e181f1f&itok=q7mqi_oU)
6 Facts You Didn’t Hear at the House Rural Economy Hearing
At today's House Agriculture Committee hearing on the state of the rural economy, Chairman K. Michael Conaway set the tone for increasing farm subsidy spending.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/farm-subsidies_0_0.jpg?h=f5395998&itok=DyZb013Y)
‘The Next American Farm Bust’? Chicken Littles Ignore the Facts
There they go again. In the run-up to the 2018 Farm Bill, agriculture interests are squawking that America is facing a new farm crisis – one that can only be staved off by billions more taxpayer...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Farm%20Bubble%20Blog.jpg?h=2e181f1f&itok=I_VE4N34)
EWG's Cancer Defense Diet
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/Cancer-Nutrition_Images-Main.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=VLnBD5nf)
Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Scott Pruitt for EPA Head
This week the full Senate will likely decide whether to confirm President Trump's nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Here are the top 10...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/Pruitt%20Pic.jpg?h=2e181f1f&itok=5C4JTx1q)
Pucker Up for a Dose of Lead
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/lead-lipstick.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=MJMp_74k)
EWG News Roundup (2/10): Chemical Disclosures in Cosmetics and Cleaners, False Statements to Congress
Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/standard_sm/public/blog/News%20Roundup%20Blog%20Image_10.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=MjaeYelk)