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Big Ag Fights to Keep Pesticide Linked to Brain Problems in Kids
After years of debate, the Environmental Protection Agency is finally poised to revoke all uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which first came on line as a pest control technology in 1965. That...
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Will Chemical Safety Bill Shortchange EPA?
The best car won't run if you don't put gas in it. Even if Congress modestly improves the federal chemical safety law—and there are lots of reasons to think it won't—the changes won't mean much if the...
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Are Billionaires Getting Crop Insurance Subsidies? We Still Don’t Know
Last week (April 18) EWG published the names of the fifty billionaires on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans who received millions of dollars in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2014. It's...
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Caps on Crop Insurance Subsidies Would Not Devastate Growers
If you care about the environment, human health or helping small growers, you should support reform of the federal crop insurance program.
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Farm Pollution Doubles the Risk of Several Cancers
Pollution in Minnesota's drinking water has gotten worse in recent years, but no one wants to call out the industry responsible. It's been the primary source of water pollution for decades, making...
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Melanoma Rates Dropping Among Children and Teens
Melanoma, characterized by mole-like cancerous growths, is on the rise in the U.S. The most serious form of skin cancer, it's particularly rising among women and seniors. But what about kids?
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Do Farm Subsidies Fuel Farm Pollution?
It's bad enough that farm subsidy rates are driven by politics, not good policy, as legendary agricultural economist Carl Zulauf noted last week. But it turns out, Zulauf says, that subsidies also...
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Are Those GMO Mushrooms onYour Plate? You May Never Know
All of us who like mushrooms let out a big gasp last week after learning that a GMO mushroom could wind up on our dinner tables without any notice or label.
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EPA Must Act Now to Protect Public from Teflon Chemical in Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency was first alerted 15 years ago to contamination of drinking water by PFOA, a chemical used to make Teflon that has since been linked to cancer, hormone disruption...
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New for Earth Day: EWG’s Healthy Living Mobile App
Go green this Earth Day with EWG's new Healthy Living app. We've heard you loud and clear. Time and again, we've been asked to package our advice and consumer guides so you can use them wherever you...
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Crop Insurance Rates Based on Political Will
Americans might think that there's a formula to determine the amount of premium subsidies growers get through the federal crop insurance program. They'd be wrong. The subsidies are based on what...
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Organic Produce – A Path to Health and Prosperity
It may sound corny, but it's time to celebrate good old-fashioned fruits and veggies of the organic bent. We have been told since we were toddling to “eat your fruits and veggies dear.” We know that...
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Early Planting Raises Risk of Erosion
Recently, spring weather in upper Midwest has been warmer and dryer, leading farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota to plant corn in early April. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's...
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Widely Used Hormone-Disrupting Pesticides Put Millions at Risk
The European Union just banned two agricultural weed killers linked to infertility, reproductive problems and fetal development – the first-ever EU ban on endocrine-disrupting pesticides. That's good...
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What Does a Good Breakfast Cereal Look Like?
Breakfast cereals like Kellogg's Corn Flakes and General Mills' Cheerios have been breakfast table regulars for nearly a century. Many of us think of them as a healthy way to start the day. After all...
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House Bill Slashes Funding for Critical Farm Conservation Programs
Today (April 19) the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the $21 billion agriculture spending bill for fiscal year 2017, which proposes to slash a number of vital conservation programs. To...
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Unregulated Farm Pollution, Not Billboards, Is The Real Scandal
When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before a Senate committee this morning, she heard a lot about billboards.
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As Zika Spreads, Everyone Should Take Precautions
What are your chances of getting bit by a mosquito infected with the Zika virus?
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Why Children, Pregnant Women Should Eat Food with Fewer Pesticides
“For many children, diet may be the most influential source” of pesticides, said the Academy of Pediatrics in a landmark report published in November 2012.
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Childhood Cancer: More Evidence Points to Chemical Exposure
September was national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, reminding Americans of the sobering facts about this terrible disease
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