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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...

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...

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...

If you care about the environment, human health or helping small growers, you should support reform of the federal crop insurance program.

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...

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?

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before a Senate committee this morning, she heard a lot about billboards.

What are your chances of getting bit by a mosquito infected with the Zika virus?

“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.

September was national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, reminding Americans of the sobering facts about this terrible disease