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EWG’s Top Ten Environmental Health Stories of 2013
When EWG's staff voted on the most important environmental health stories of 2013 that didn't directly involve agriculture, it turned out that antibiotic overuse was at the top of the list. Of course...
Will cotton subsidies ignite new trade dispute?
If the crop insurance proposals in the 2013 farm bill, including STAX, are enacted and their costs are as high as some expect, the United States could be in serious jeopardy of violating WTO trade...
Study Finds Risky Gas Leaks in Nation’s Capital
A team of scientists using portable methane detectors reported last week that it has detected 5,893 leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas, from gas utility lines in Washington D.C.
Snow White and Her Seven Drilling Rigs
As a mom of an eight-year-old and a six-year old, I can't escape Disney. But thankfully, my little princesses haven't yet been exposed to the company's pro-fracking campaign, “Rockin' in Ohio.”
What We Can Learn From West Virginia
On January 9, more than 7,500 gallons of a chemical used to process coal – crude MCHM – spilled into West Virginia's Elk River at a facility owned by Freedom Industries.
Report Confirms Oil and Gas Drilling Has Contaminated Well Water
State regulators have confirmed more than 100 cases of well water contamination caused by oil and gas drilling over the past five years, an Associated Press investigation found.
Cheerios New Non-GMO Label Tests Food Industry Claims on Labeling
The decision by General Mills reflects the growing pressure on food companies to provide more, not less, information about what's in their products.
Chemicals that should disappear from cosmetics
Farm Bill Recipe for Financial Ruin?
By including the most costly components of the farm bills that passed the House and Senate, the bill expected to emerge this month from a House-Senate conference committee could cost taxpayers even...
FDA is trying (again) to clean up your hand soap
The federal Food and Drug administration has announced proposed rules that could drive unnecessary and potentially dangerous products from the market -- antibacterial hand soaps like those marketed by...
Genetic Engineering Has No Place In “Natural” Foods
Supermarket shelves are loaded with products that display the label “natural.” The food industry likes to use the word to persuade consumers that what they're buying is somehow better for them, their...
Genetic Engineering Has No Place In “Natural” Foods
Supermarket shelves are loaded with products that display the label “natural.” The food industry likes to use the word to persuade consumers that what they're buying is somehow better for them, their...
Obama and Vilsack Push For Conservation Compliance
EWG's Sean Gray Investigates BB & CC Creams
How did I spend my summer? I hung around department store makeup aisles, looking for the much talked about “miracle” makeup, BB and CC creams. You should have seen the looks I got as I dabbed the...
On Thanksgiving, Thank An Organic Farmer
The Hidden Truth About Peanuts: From Food Allergies to Farm Practices
A peanut butter and jelly sandwich hasn't always been a loaded weapon on a lunchroom table.
Congress Plays Hunger Games with Our Vets
If you fast-forward your TV during the celebrity segments on Real Time with Bill Maher, you probably missed an important conversation during the November 15th episode driven by actor Casey Affleck...
Are Anti-Aging Products The Fountain Of Youth? Really?
EWG has long sounded the alarm that the FDA does not subject cosmetics to similar premarket reviews for efficacy and safety. After you've read a few ads for anti-aging creams, you might be asking...
