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“Obamacare” of Crop Insurance? Not Exactly.
Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) will oppose a budget deal because $3 billion in savings come at the expense of giant crop insurance companies. In his statement, Rep. Cramer called a proposal to limit...
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Simple Steps for Safer Face Paint
From spooky to adorable, face paint can put the finishing touches on a great Halloween costume.
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Sunscreen Ingredient is Toxic to Coral Reefs
New evidence shows that a sunscreen ingredient EWG has long urged people to avoid is damaging to coral reefs. A study published [Oct. 20] in the journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and...
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Your Nail Polish Could Be Disrupting Your Hormone System
As my 10-year old daughter handed me her sleeping bag and pillow after the spa party, I noticed that her nails were decorated with multi-colored stickers. She said that she knew I worked in...
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More Bad News About Nail Polish
If you wear nail polish, you might be applying more than glossy color to your fingertips. A new study by researchers at EWG and Duke University finds that nail polishes can contain a suspected...
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EPA Watchdog Probes Climate Pollution from Dirty Corn Ethanol
The federal Renewable Fuel Standard is supposed to promote fuels that emit less global warming pollution than gasoline. But it's done just the opposite, stimulating a boom in ethanol made from corn...
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You Can Help Get Toxic Fire Retardant Chemicals Out Of Consumer Products
More than 97 percent of Americans – including children and pregnant woman – have harmful fire retardant chemicals in their bodies, according to the most recent biomonitoring study by the Federal...
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Five Things You Don’t Know Your Kids Are Eating
As parents, we do the best we can to give our children a healthy diet. We read ingredient lists, shop conscientiously, pack healthy lunches and cook meals at home whenever possible. But big holes in...
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Ohio River Basin Polluted by Super Algal Bloom
Ripped from the pages of an obscure science fiction novel, millions run screaming from the threat of a toxic algal bloom blanketing almost 650 miles of the Ohio River. Regrettably, this story isn't...
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DuPont Found Liable for Cancer from Teflon Chemical – $1.6 Million in Damages
A federal jury on Wednesday (Oct. 7) found DuPont liable for causing an Ohio woman's kidney cancer by poisoning her drinking water with a chemical used to make Teflon. The jurors ordered the company...
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Billions of Pounds of Monsanto’s Glyphosate Blanket U.S. Farmland
Farmers sprayed 2.6 billion pounds of Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide on U.S. agricultural land between 1992 and 2012, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Glyphosate has been the go-to weed...
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Communities Near GMO Fields Sprayed By Monsanto's Glyphosate
One reason nine out of 10 Americans want genetically engineered, “GMO,” food to be labeled is their concern over the escalation of herbicide spraying on hundreds of millions of acres of GMO crops.
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Monsanto’s GMO Herbicide Doubles Cancer Risk
Glyphosate – the main ingredient in Monsanto's widely used herbicide Roundup – is a colorless, odorless chemical and might seem innocuous to those who spray it on crops. But in the past few months the...
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Busting GMO Labeling Myths
Should GMO foods be labeled? Legislation passed by the House would block state GMO labeling laws and make it virtually impossible for the FDA to ever craft a national GMO labeling system.
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International Specialists Warn of Global Toll from Chemical Exposures
In a strongly worded report, a leading international organization of gynecologists and obstetricians warned this week (Oct. 1) that “exposure to toxic environmental chemicals during pregnancy and...
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Organic Diet Reduced Children’s Exposure to Pesticides
New research in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health Perspectives found that an organic diet significantly lowered concentrations of certain pesticides in two groups of California children.
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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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An Important New Reason to Keep Pesticides Away from Children
Despite major improvements in treatment and survival, children's cancer rates are rising in the United States, leaving parents and scientists alike searching for evidence of what's behind the trend. A...
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How Two Dogged Clean Air Sleuths Exposed Massive VW Deceit
If you're looking for environmental heroes – and who isn't – take a look at mine: Peter Mock, Europe managing director of the obscure but well-informed International Council on Clean Transportation...
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How Much Seafood Should Your Family Eat?
Seafood is good source of lean protein and healthy omega-3 fatty acids. But some types of fish contain high levels of mercury, a heavy metal that's harmful to human health when consumed in large...
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