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California’s Fracking Fluids Tell a Bigger Story
Although hydraulic fracturing for oil has gone on for decades in California and half a million Californians live within a mile of a fracked well, the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal...
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5 Questions You Should Ask Your Child’s School
When choosing the right school for their children, many parents ask about class sizes, the community, learning objectives and schedules.
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Respiratory Risk Before the First Breath? Household cleaning products may affect health in the womb
We know there is a link between exposure to cleaning products and respiratory problems. But could unborn babies be at risk from their mothers' exposures even before they've taken their first breaths?
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Treat Your Child to Nutritious School Lunches
As the oldest sister, I'm often tasked with making lunch and snacks for my brothers. So I get why parents dread the summertime food-prep hassle. Keeping the kitchen stocked to satisfy kids' appetites...
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Does Obama have the Right to Know?
When President Obama stepped off Air Force One in Kenya last month, he could automatically enjoy the right to know what is in his food... a right Americans don't have in the U.S.
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EWG's Women of Courage: Janet Keating
Janet Keating has spent a lifetime as an activist, defender and organizer. Keating, executive director of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, began her career in 1983, as a volunteer with a...
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Try EWG’s Food Scores App at the Grocery Store
This summer as an EWG research intern, I've helped develop EWG's Food Scores. The database and mobile app help consumers make healthier, cleaner grocery store purchases by rating food on a scale with...
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What the Boston Globe Got Wrong on Food Labeling
The Boston Globe ran an editorial yesterday (August 3) supporting a bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representative to block states and the federal government from requiring foods to be...
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The Myth of “Natural” Parabens
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Give the Oceans a Break with Greener Back-to-School Supplies
We live in the age of plastic. Every year we make plastic stuff in amounts that equal the weight of the entire human population, and enough of it is thrown away to circle the Earth four times. More...
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Campbell’s Soup Will Soon Be Free of Artificial Flavors and Colors
The news last week that Campbell Soup Company will remove artificial colors and flavors from its product lineup is just the latest indication that big food companies are increasingly paying attention...
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To Fight Consumer Rights, Food Companies Recycle Food Price Myths
The hysterical arguments being made by some food companies to fight GMO labeling should sound familiar: they've made the same claims to combat food safety and food labeling laws for decades.
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Amended DARK Act Would Still Block State and Local GMO Crop Rules
As EWG pointed out last week, the version of the DARK Act passed by the House Committee on Agriculture could block or “preempt” many state and local regulations related to GMOs.
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More People Want GMO Labeling Than Like Apple Pie
As the fight over the DARK Act heats up in the House this week, new survey data underscore what polls by The Washington Post, The New York Times and Consumer Reports have been showing for years: nine...
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The Growing Opposition to the DARK Act
It's getting harder and harder for opponents of GMO labeling to ignore the mushrooming opposition to the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act, or DARK Act. This anti-environment and anti-farmworker...
Monsanto’s GMO Weedkiller Threatens Endangered Species
The Environmental Protection Agency recently pledged to spend the next five years studying the effects of glyphosate, the most commonly used herbicide in the U.S. and the main ingredient in Monsanto's...
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Fields of Drift: GMO Weed Killer Exposure on Playing Fields and Parks
An EWG survey of athletic fields and parks in a six-state sample of small-town America shows that more than 90 percent of these recreational areas are within 1,000 feet of a corn or soybean field...
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Anti-Consumer DARK Act Blocks States Rights
When Congress votes this week on legislation to block GMO labeling, far more will be hanging in the balance than the simple question of whether consumers will be allowed to know whether their food was...
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Feminine Care Product Increases Women’s Exposure to Harmful Phthalates
A new study has found that vaginal douching by American women of childbearing age may increase their exposure to hormone-disrupting phthalates and contribute to racial and ethnic differences in...
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