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Midwest

Major USDA conservation program must change to prioritize climate stewardship

The federal Conservation Stewardship Program, or CSP, spends little of its billions in funding on practices and enhancements that reduce farming’s greenhouse gas emissions. But Congress could reform...
Farm field
Conservation

EWG's climate- and nutrient-smart CSP practices list

Practice or enhancement code

Practice or enhancement name

E612133X1

Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings

E612D

Adding food-producing trees and shrubs to existing plantings

E528O

Clipping mature forages to set back vegetative growth for improved forage quality

E32

Corn field

Part I: Nutrition

The general perception of the plant-forward food lifestyle is positive. But there’s evidence of barriers, including health concerns. So it is important to understand that evidence supports the nutrition adequacy of a whole foods plant-forward way of eating. We observe some deficiencies when energy intake is inadequate – in the vegan diet, compared to varied vegetarian diets, when a diet includes too many ultra-processed foods instead of whole foods. But generally there is consensus that if a plant-based diet is well planned and supported by supplements, when necessary, people can get the nutrition they need, whatever their age.
Plant based report

Part II: Life cycle

Food choice has a critical role to play in every stage of life and is one of the most important determinants of health outcome. According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a well-planned whole foods plant-forward diet can meet “the nutrient needs and promote normal growth at all stages of the life cycle including pregnancy and lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, older adults, and for athletes.”
Plant based report
Personal Care Products
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Asbestos
PFAS Chemicals

Frightful ingredients hiding in Halloween face paint

With Halloween around the corner, many kids will use face paint as the perfect finishing touch for their costumes. It’s a popular alternative to costume masks, which can obscure children’s vision on...

Child with Halloween facepaint on

EWG news roundup (10/28): Industry sidesteps EPA’s PFAS reporting requirements, face paint and food chemicals spark Halloween scares and more

EWG news roundup (10/28): ​​​​​​​Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG News Roundup
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Toxic Chemicals

EWG welcomes cosmetics law reforms in end-of-year spending bill

Congress today passed the first update since 1938 to the federal law regulating personal care products, with key cosmetics reform provisions included in must-pass end-of-year spending legislation...
Support safer cosmetics
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
California

SHOCKER: Big Oil caught lying to voters in signature drive to reverse drilling ban near schools, homes

People being paid to gather signatures for a California referendum to reverse a state law banning drilling near schools, homes and hospitals are using lies to lure unsuspecting residents to sign the...
Drill rig
Chemical Policy
BPA

Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging Must Go

Under mounting pressure from consumers, scientists, advocacy groups and lawsuits, the Food and Drug Administration is about to decide whether to ban the ubiquitous industrial chemical BPA (bisphenol-A...
Research

The health risks of pesticides in Stanislaus County

The residents of Stanislaus County are at potential risk of health harms associated with the spraying of pesticides on agricultural fields in the region. Stanislaus County is one of 10 counties in California with the heaviest pesticide use.
Almond fields in Stanislaus County, CA
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

Updated DOD standards: Critical first step toward firefighting foam made without ‘forever chemicals’

Today the Department of Defense quietly released new requirements for the firefighting foam it uses to put out jet fuel fires. It marks a crucial step toward ending the use of foams containing the...
Firefighting foam

Estudio del EWG: Comer un pez de agua dulce equivale a un mes de tomar agua con ‘químicos para siempre’

Un nuevo estudio realizado por científicos del Grupo de Trabajo Ambiental (EWG) determina que el consumo de una sola porción de peces de agua dulce por año podría ser igual a tomar un mes de agua potable mezclada con el “químico para siempre” PFOS en niveles altos que pueden ser dañinos. Los investigadores calcularon que comer un pez en un año equivalía a ingerir agua con PFOS a 48 partes por billón, o ppt, durante un mes.
Salmon tail
California

Fracking and Endocrine Disruptors, Sunscreen and Endometriosis

Our California fracking report continued to gain fantastic coverage this week with three large stories in Santa Cruz Weekly, Sacramento News and Review and Wines and Vines. Our president, Ken Cook...

EWG news roundup (11/18): California’s disappointing rooftop solar proposal, EWG’s 2022 holiday gift guide and more

EWG news roundup (11/18): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG weekly news roundup
Research

Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields may affect heart health, new EWG analysis finds

Electromagnetic radiation in the radiofrequency range emitted by cell phones, tablets and other wireless communication devices is absorbed by the human body and may affect heart health, according to a new EWG analysis.
Household & Consumer Products
Cosmetics

Skin Deep and Healthy Home Tips Across the Web

News coverage of EWG topics including cosmetics and household toxins appeared across the web from sites including the Los Angeles Times, Shine by Yahoo!, and Prevention. EWG released a statement on a...
Personal Care Products
Cosmetics
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Toxic Chemicals
Phthalates

Hiding in household products: Study links phthalates to uterine fibroids

A new study finds exposure to the harmful class of chemicals known as phthalates poses particular risks for women. These substances lurk in many household items people use every day, including...
Person applying perfume
Change the Code, Not the Climate

EWG applauds Hochul for enacting first-in-U.S. freeze on cryptocurrency mining

The Environmental Working Group today applauds New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, for signing into law a bill that places a two-year pause on cryptocurrency mining in the state. It’s the first...
Crypto mine
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Lead

Thousands of sippy cups and bottles recalled due to lead poisoning hazard

On November 23, the baby product company Green Sprouts issued a voluntary recall of more than 10,000 stainless steel bottles and sippy cups because of lead poisoning concerns.
Child drinking from sippy cup
Farming & Agriculture
Factory Farms
2,4-D
Regional Issues
North Carolina

New EWG research finds many North Carolina factory farms are at risk of flooding

A new Environmental Working Group geospatial analysis finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they...

EWG news roundup (12/2): Lead recall of stainless steel bottles and sippy cups, factory farms in North Carolina at flood risk and more

On Thursday, EWG released a new geospatial analysis that finds over 2 percent of North Carolina’s 7,352 swine and poultry factory farms are in or just outside floodplains. When these farms flood, they...

EWG weekly news roundup
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

‘Forever chemicals’ polluters could soon face new limits

Thousands of polluters dumping the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS into our waterways could soon face new limits on their releases.
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

Runaway farm subsidies, not SNAP spending, are the real problem

Some people think the biggest problem facing legislators updating this year’s farm bill is that we’re spending too much on feeding too many hungry people.

Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Setting the record straight on EWG’s funding and Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

In what has become an annual ritual, in recent weeks the 2023 EWG Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™has been the target of attacks on social media by uninformed people and groups. We trust our...