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After an expert panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences issued a long-awaited report on genetically engineered foods, much of the news coverage said it gave GMOs an unqualified seal of...

Applying a safe, effective sunscreen to children is one key to protecting them from sun damage. Sunscreen should never be your child's first line of defense against the sun, of course, and the reality...

A news investigation last week reaffirmed that nitrate levels in the Des Moines River watershed exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water limit, posing a threat to infants, pregnant...

While the new version of the Toxic Substance Control Act, or TSCA, that is likely headed to President Obama's desk includes some important improvements, the bill falls short of adequately protecting...

Drinking water supplies serving more than 5.2 million Americans may be contaminated with two perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, at levels higher than the Environmental Protection Agency now deems safe...

Keeping water clean and safe enough to drink is a tough job, especially when there are forces that sabotage this vital public health goal.

New data released today by the Organic Trade Association show that total organic product sales in the U.S. for 2015 hit a new record of $43.3 billion, up 11 percent from the previous year's record...

For months we've watched to see if the chemical safety bills moving through Congress would be better than current law. It's a low bar, because the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976, or TSCA, is...

Today the Environmental Protection Agency issued a long-awaited drinking water health advisory for the perfluorinated chemicals PFOA and PFOS. But EPA's advisory falls far short of what's needed to...

Large-scale industrial agriculture in the United States and much of the world releases more air pollution than all other emissions sources combined, much of it forming fine particles that are “a huge...

Recipes for homemade “green” cleaning products often contain a common ingredient: borax.

The farm subsidy lobby has been proclaiming that growers are suffering through a “farm crisis” as a result of falling commodity prices. A new EWG analysis released today, however, shows that the large...

Without mandatory GMO labeling, consumers will not be able to reflect their values in their food choices. That's one conclusion of an expert panel convened by the National Academy of Sciences to...

As the deadline nears for companies to comply with Vermont's GMO labeling, Big Food and Big Ag lobbyists are making increasingly desperate claims about the impact of mandatory labeling of foods with...

We need a consistent approach to agricultural conservation.Driving around central Iowa on a crop survey this spring, EWG analysts came across a far-too-common scene: adjacent fields reflecting...

The makeup of hydraulic fracturing fluid – the slurry of chemicals, sand and water injected deep underground to free petroleum deposits trapped by bedrock – is a closely guarded secret of the oil and...

The Obama administration is right to regulate methane from oil and gas wells. But there's no good reason to exempt methane from agriculture – which is the second largest source of methane in the U.S...

A healthy diet begins with lots of fruits and vegetables, but some of your family's favorites may contain startling amounts of harmful pesticides.

Are there cancer-causing chemicals in your cleaning products? You wouldn't know, because the majority of cleaners don't fully disclose their ingredients on the label or online.

Do you support the federal government handing out unlimited crop insurance subsidies to millionaires and billionaires without disclosing who gets them?