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All of us who like mushrooms let out a big gasp last week after learning that a GMO mushroom could wind up on our dinner tables without any notice or label.

The Environmental Protection Agency was first alerted 15 years ago to contamination of drinking water by PFOA, a chemical used to make Teflon that has since been linked to cancer, hormone disruption...

Go green this Earth Day with EWG's new Healthy Living app. We've heard you loud and clear. Time and again, we've been asked to package our advice and consumer guides so you can use them wherever you...

Americans might think that there's a formula to determine the amount of premium subsidies growers get through the federal crop insurance program. They'd be wrong. The subsidies are based on what...

It may sound corny, but it's time to celebrate good old-fashioned fruits and veggies of the organic bent. We have been told since we were toddling to “eat your fruits and veggies dear.” We know that...

Recently, spring weather in upper Midwest has been warmer and dryer, leading farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota to plant corn in early April. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's...

The European Union just banned two agricultural weed killers linked to infertility, reproductive problems and fetal development – the first-ever EU ban on endocrine-disrupting pesticides. That's good...

Breakfast cereals like Kellogg's Corn Flakes and General Mills' Cheerios have been breakfast table regulars for nearly a century. Many of us think of them as a healthy way to start the day. After all...

Today (April 19) the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the $21 billion agriculture spending bill for fiscal year 2017, which proposes to slash a number of vital conservation programs. To...

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before a Senate committee this morning, she heard a lot about billboards.

What are your chances of getting bit by a mosquito infected with the Zika virus?

“For many children, diet may be the most influential source” of pesticides, said the Academy of Pediatrics in a landmark report published in November 2012.

September was national Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, reminding Americans of the sobering facts about this terrible disease

Think federal farm subsidies only help out struggling family farmers? Think again.

The cotton industry and its supporters in Congress have not been coy about asking for what they want: a new $10 billion farm subsidy.

Cal Dooley, the top lobbyist for the chemical industry, likes to say he is optimistic that the proposed chemical safety law being developed in Congress would be the “gold standard” on which other...

Demand for organic food is soaring – so much so that Costco is running out of it.

This week EWG asked our Facebook followers to thank Driscoll's, the nation's largest grower of strawberries, for its investment in organic farming to date and commitment to increasing organic...

One of your kid's favorite fruits is hiding a dirty secret. Of all the fresh fruits and vegetables available for sale in the United States, sweet, sun-kissed strawberries are the most likely to be...

Remember when we warned you that Americans are at greater risk of being exposed to Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide than Europeans? Well, that might become even truer if the French government follows...