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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...
State “Clean Up” Plan Could Leave 24 Million Californians Exposed to Potent Carcinogen
EPA’s Criminal Enforcement Against Polluters Plummets Under Trump
Under President Trump and Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency has cut back criminal action against polluters to the lowest levels since the Reagan administration...
Food and Health Luminaries, Public Interest Groups Demand Healthy Food and Farm Bill
Seventy leading chefs, authors, food policy experts, nutritionists, CEOs, and environment and health organizations sent an open letter to Members of Congress today urging lawmakers to reinvest federal...
California Issues Standard for Erin Brockovich Chemical
The California Environmental Protection Agency has set a public health goal of 0.02 parts per billion for drinking water contamination with the carcinogenic compound hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6...
‘Homegrown Organic’ Bill Would Expand Market Opportunities for U.S. Producers, Increase Domestic Production
WASHINGTON – The Homegrown Organic Act of 2017 – H.R. 3637, by Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H. – is a pro-jobs, pro-consumer and pro-environment proposal that would give farmers who want to transition to...
Drillers May Be Told to Disclose Fracking Chemicals
HHS Releases ‘Nightmare’ PFAS Chemical Study Suppressed by Scott Pruitt, White House
A government report released today – which was suppressed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense and the White House for fear it would cause a “public relations nightmare” –...
As Algae Season Ends, the Toll: More Than 400 Outbreaks in 2020
Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Assist Vets, Military Families Exposed to PFAS Chemicals
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) have reintroduced a bill to help veterans, service members and their families with health problems potentially triggered by exposure to the toxic...
2,4-D Herbicide & GMO Crops
EWG Joins More Than 280 Public Interest Groups Calling for End to Government Shutdown
The prolonged partial shutdown of the federal government over President Trump's insistence for a southern border wall is inflicting enormous public health, environmental and economic damage to...
Claim: Taxpayers foot electricity bills for Central Valley farmers
Updated map: Toxic 'forever chemicals' confirmed to contaminate 455 military sites
EPA Ruling Backs Camp Lejeune Victims
The Environmental Protection Agency has handed a major victory to veterans, civilian workers and families who resided at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina when its drinking water was polluted with the...
EWG News Roundup (March 31): Pesticide Push-Back, the Clean Power Plan, Frozen Foods and More
Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.
Five Things FDA and EPA Didn’t Tell You About Seafood Safety
New GE Crops/Weed Killer Combo Puts Foods At Risk
Picking Pruitt for EPA, Trump Signals Campaign Attacks Against Public Health Will Become Policy
The nation's public health protection laws, including those in place to reduce pollution in our air, land and water, will be under withering assault with President-elect Donald Trump's apparent pick...
UN panel calls into question U.S. corn ethanol mandate
A new report by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights the risks biofuels present to food security and the environment and questions the ability of U.S. biofuels...
Who Wants Marshmallows?
The sweetest dish at your Thanksgiving dinner may not be the pie. On countless Thanksgiving tables, nestled somewhere between the turkey, gravy and green beans, sits a sweet potato casserole, topped...
Surprise! Foods you’d never guess contain artificial food dye
