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Time to Lift the Veil of Secrecy from the Crop Insurance Program
The head of the crop insurance industry's trade group is objecting to an EWG analysis that found that crop insurance companies could easily absorb cuts to their taxpayer-guaranteed rate of return. But...
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Common Preservative in Personal Care Products Linked to Breast Cancer
Low levels of chemical preservatives widely used in cosmetics, shampoos, skin lotions and other personal care products may be linked to breast cancer, according to a new study from researchers at the...
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Reid Opposes Deal to Restore Crop Insurance Industry's Higher Rate of Return
A back-room deal to restore crop insurance companies' sky-high guaranteed rate of return won't stand if Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has anything to say about it.
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Don’t Let The DARK Act Sneak Through Congress
Some lawmakers are trying to slip the darkest part of the DARK Act onto the must-pass spending bill Congress will consider.
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VIDEO: Ken Cook Answers Your Questions About the DARK Act
There are a lot of misconceptions out there when it comes to GMO labeling and the many implications of what we call the Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK, Act.
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Ethanol Industry Study Fudges the Numbers
A study released today by the Renewable Fuels Association makes the bogus claim that the use of corn ethanol as a vehicle fuel reduced emissions by 240 million tons of carbon dioxide since 2008.
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GMO Salmon Approved for Your Dinner Plate
The Food and Drug Administration today (Nov. 19) approved genetically engineered salmon for human consumption, making it the first genetically engineered animal destined to reach American grocery...
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Who Wants Marshmallows?
The sweetest dish at your Thanksgiving dinner may not be the pie. On countless Thanksgiving tables, nestled somewhere between the turkey, gravy and green beans, sits a sweet potato casserole, topped...
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Infants' Exposure to Toxic Fire Retardant Linked to Baby Items
Evidence of a chemical linked to cancer and hormone disruption was found in the urine of all babies tested for a new study from Duke University. The sources, researchers say, could be nursery gliders...
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Can Cleaning Chemicals Damage Your Reproductive Potential?
Two chemicals frequently used as disinfectants in cleaning products and antibacterial wipes, as anti-static agents in fabric softeners and dryer sheets and as preservatives in personal care products...
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Study: Teflon Chemical Linked to Childhood Obesity
Children born to mothers who were exposed during pregnancy to higher levels of PFOA, the non-stick chemical DuPont formerly used to make Teflon, tend to put on more weight and do so more quickly than...
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How Industry Twists Science to Downplay the Dangers of Toxic Chemicals
The most egregious flaw of the United States' toothless and outdated system of regulating chemicals is the failure to adequately and independently test chemicals for safety. Because of the...
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Crop Insurance: An Annual Disaster
Crop insurance has come under attack for its increasing cost, environmental harm and secrecy. The farm lobby, the crop insurance industry and their political patrons push back by claiming that despite...
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Corn Lobby Sells Snake Oil in New Ads
New television ads paid for by the corn lobby are touting ethanol as a way to lower gas prices, but common sense and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office tell us just the opposite.
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How Cutting Sugar Can Improve Children’s Health
Now parents have yet another reason to wean their kids off the sweet stuff.
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Top Five Reasons To Shop With EWG VERIFIED®
EWG's Skin Deep®, launched in 2004, transformed the way you shop for personal care and cosmetics items. Two years ago, we introduced the Skin Deep® barcode scanning app to make shopping on-the-go even...
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Better Biofuels Ahead
Dirty corn ethanol was supposed to be a bridge to greener fuels, but 10 years after it was mandated, it's looking like a bridge to nowhere.
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Nitrate pollution plagues Midwestern rivers
A recent study by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey has concluded that the water quality in 22 rivers over the past 65 years is terrible and not getting better, judging by the concentration of...
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The True Cost of Soybeans
We've long suspected that organic soybeans are better for the environment than conventional soybeans grown with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Now, we know how much better.
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Bacon, Red Meat and Cancer: What the World Health Organization Said – and Didn’t Say
The finding of the International Agency for Research on Cancer , or IARC, that processed meats like bacon, ham and sausage definitely cause colon cancer, and that red meat probably does, provoked...
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