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Utilities Knew Of Chrome-6 Contamination For Years
GOP Proposes To Cut Farm Payments
In a time of robust farm income and tight budgets, the House Republican budget resolution takes a small but welcome step toward a more equitable and sensible support structure for American farmers.
Minn. Study Is First To Show Cause-and-Effect Link Between ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water and Reproductive Harms
A study of almost 50,000 births in Minnesota is reportedly the first to establish a cause-and-effect link between high levels of the fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in drinking water and...
Chromium-6 in U.S. Tap Water
New USDA Records Show Trade Bailout and Coronavirus Payments Went to the Largest Farms
The largest and wealthiest U.S. farm businesses received the biggest share of almost $33 billion in payments from two subsidy programs – one created by the Trump administration to respond to the...
Study: More Than 125,000 Farmworkers Have Contracted Covid-19
The Covid-19 virus has infected more than 125,000 U.S. farmworkers, according to the latest estimates in an ongoing study by Purdue University.
The Smoking Spud: Documents Prove Potato Giant Is Behind Irrigation Scheme in Pineland Sands
EWG News Roundup (10/2): California Cosmetics Bill Signed Into Law, Algae Beach Closures and More
EWG News Roundup (10/2): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (10/9): Nitrate Contaminates Water in California’s Majority-Latino Communities, Members of Congress Rake in Farm Subsidies and More
This week EWG released an analysis showing that in California's majority-Latino communities, 5.25 million people drink tap water contaminated with nitrate at levels at or above the federal limit.
CDC: Americans Carry Body Burden of Toxic Sunscreen Chemical
EWG's review of scientific evidence and biomonitoring data for the common sunscreen ingredient oxybenzone.
Court Case Highlights Children's Vulnerability to Exposures Linked to Autism
Federal health officials have acknowledged that childhood vaccines contributed to a young girl developing a brain disorder "with features of autism spectrum disorder.”
Interior Secretary, Congressional VIPs Attend Junket at Lavish Resort -- Who's Paying?
Interior Secretary Gale Norton and other officials in the Bush administration, along with numerous members of Congress, plan to participate in a conference this week at one of the most exclusive...
10 Common Mistakes When Applying Sunscreen
Summer is in full swing. Finding a safe and effective sunscreen for you and your family is one component of your sun safety toolbox. And right in time for the Fourth of July holiday, EWG just updated...
EWG Updates Sunscreen Guide | 50+ New Products
EWG News Roundup (7/23): House Passes PFAS Reforms in Military Spending Bill, Bodies of Water Infested With E. Coli and More
EWG News Roundup (7/23): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Cheatsheet: Phthalates
Investigation: Counties With Meatpacking Plants Report Twice the National Average Rate of COVID-19 Infections
Even More Billions in U.S. Farm Bailouts Risk Violating Trade Agreements
EWG News Roundup (8/13): Schools’ Tap Water in the Time of COVID-19, Nitrate Pollution in Minnesota, a Twitter Battle with BP and More
On Monday, EWG released an article on government officials' inadequate guidance about reopening schools safely as the coronavirus pandemic seems to worsen.
Feeding the Waste Cycle: How PFAS ‘Disposal’ Perpetuates Contamination
BPA Update: Tracking the Canned Food Phaseout
How Will the Biden Administration Tackle ‘Forever Chemicals’?
No candidate for president has ever pledged to make the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS a priority – until now.
PFAS Chemicals Harm the Immune System, Decrease Response to Vaccines, New EWG Review Finds
Toxic PFAS chemicals, notorious for contaminating drinking water supplies across the U.S., are harmful to nearly every human organ, and the immune system is particularly vulnerable. PFAS mixtures...