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How Michigan Reduced Industrial Discharges of PFAS
Follow The Food: Ensuring Greater Transparency in our Food Supply
Gulf Dead Zone Cause and Cure: Remarks by Craig Cox
“Yoga Mat” Chemical Found in nearly 500 Foods
The controversial “yoga mat” chemical that Vani Hari, creator of FoodBabe.com, campaigned to remove from Subway sandwich bread has turned up in nearly 500 items and more than 130 brands of bread...
Monsanto’s Glyphosate Blankets GMO Crops Near Schools
Genetically engineered crops, or GMOs, have led to an explosion in growers' use of herbicides, with the result that children at hundreds of elementary schools across the country go to class close by...
EWG Statement on Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture Nominee
Media reports indicate President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as his nominee for Secretary of Agriculture.
Here's Something Americans Agree On: Safe and Healthy Food
When Americans gather to celebrate Thanksgiving next week, we may not agree on the outcome of the election. But we all agree that the food being served should be safe, healthy and clearly labeled. If...
Senate Confirms Trump Pick To Run EPA Chemicals Office
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alexandra Dunn to be assistant administrator in the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA's Wheeler: Climate Change 'Not the Greatest Crisis'
Andrew Wheeler, acting chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, told a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that he doesn't consider climate change “the greatest crisis” facing the nation but...
FDA tests find U.S. food supply awash in pesticide residues
Nation's top food and nutrition experts call on Congress to invest in healthy food
Bush EPA Shirks Responsibility Over Perchlorate Contamination
EPA Chief Promises Year of ‘Progress’ To Mark Agency’s 50th Anniversary
To mark the Environmental Protection Agency's 50th anniversary, agency chief Andrew Wheeler has announced plans for a year-long celebration, promising “to build on our progress for future generations”...
Just About Everyone Has Something to Say About Meat
Food and Nutrition
It's Time for Big Chicken to Take Responsibility
Landmark bipartisan PFAS Action Act introduced in Congress
For 50 Years, Polluters Knew PFAS Chemicals Were Dangerous But Hid Risks From Public
As far back as 1950, studies conducted by 3M showed that the family of toxic fluorinated chemicals now known as PFAS could build up in our blood. By the 1960s, animal studies conducted by 3M and DuPont revealed that PFAS chemicals could pose health risks. But the companies kept the studies secret from their employees and the public for decades. Here is a timeline of internal memos, studies and
Five Reasons a Pruitt EPA Would Threaten Public Health
How some chemical exposures may play a role in a common hormonal disorder
September is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month, spotlighting a hormonal disorder affecting many women. Chemicals in everyday products may be one cause of this chronic health condition.
How to Avoid Added Nitrates and Nitrites in Your Food
Pruitt Set to Slash EPA Scientists, Public Health Experts by Half
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's mission to decimate the agency he heads is on track, as he works to eliminate roughly 50 percent of its scientists, researchers and others...
Bill Would Modernize Conservation Programs in Farm Bill
Environmental Working Group (EWG) applauds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and the other co-sponsors of the Balancing Food, Farm and the Environment Act for recognizing that our land, our food, and our...
Ohio River Basin Polluted by Super Algal Bloom
Ripped from the pages of an obscure science fiction novel, millions run screaming from the threat of a toxic algal bloom blanketing almost 650 miles of the Ohio River. Regrettably, this story isn't...
