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Toxic Beaches
11 Champions
2012 Farm Bill: Crop Insurance - The Secret, Flawed & Expensive Safety Net
2012 Farm Bill: Conservation and the Environment
The Farm Subsidy Jackpot
Case Study: Iowa Cities Struggle to Keep Farm Pollution Out of Tap Water
Wastewater Injection Made Faults More Vulnerable to Distant Earthquakes
A new study has added powerful new support to the growing evidence that deep underground injections of wastewater from hydraulic fracturing or other drilling activity has made some areas of the U.S...
Rate Your Plate Series: Natural vs. Artificial Flavors
“Natural flavor” is the fourth most common ingredient listed in EWG's Food Scores, which rates more than 80,000 foods on their degree of nutrition, ingredient concerns and processing concerns. But...
Nitrate in U.S. Tap Water May Cause More Than 12,500 Cancers a Year
Can’t Handle the Food Truth?
Food industry lobbyists are none too pleased with EWG's new scoring system for foods
Top Ten Food Fights Facing the Obama Administration and Congress
Food policy decisions pending before Congress and the Obama administration could set the table for decades of better eating – or more leftovers.
Rate Your Plate Series: Should You Worry About Arsenic in Rice?
EWG scientists have concluded that consumers should shop vigilantly, choosing foods selectively to lower their chances of consuming excessive arsenic. That's why EWG's Food Score flags arsenic as a...
Cover Crops: Reducing Farm Runoff While Saving Soil
Rate Your Plate Series: Food or Food-ish?
If you're reading this, you probably don't want to eat mystery chemicals. And you'd like to eat food, not food-ish stuff full of synthetics. But which food chemicals are most important to avoid? EWG's...
Congress Plays Scrooge With Our Land and Water
In what has become an annual ritual, Congress unveiled this week a massive spending bill to keep the government going, which includes provisions that would cut hundreds of millions of dollars from...
Ethanol Production and Profits Are Through the Roof
Corn ethanol production has soared to record heights this year, and with large harvests and low corn prices, that means record profits for the industry. Yet even with ethanol refiners making money...
Reducing Water Pollution Would Generate Billions in Economic Activity
Cleaner water in the Chesapeake Bay could mean billions of dollars in economic growth for the region.
Remembering Theo Colborn: The Rachel Carson of My Generation
Dr. Theo Colborn was the Rachel Carson of a generation of environmentalists who work on toxic chemicals, pollution and health. She inspired hard work, inventive investigation and courage across the...
Enviroblog’s Top 10 Stories of 2014
From the EWG staff, our picks for the Top 10 Enviroblog stories that had the most impact on Americans' environmental health in 2014.
FDA Clears BPA In Cans, Again
The federal Food and Drug Administration has quietly reaffirmed its position that Americans are not being harmed by bisphenol A, a synthetic estrogen that is an essential ingredient of the epoxy...
Senator Formaldehyde’s ‘Chemical Safety’ Bill
These days, legislation rarely makes it through Congress without support from interest groups on both sides of the issue, forcing lawmakers to draft bills that are largely balanced. Now, however, the...
Subsidizing the Wealthiest Farmers in the Hungriest Counties
Did you know that many counties with the highest rates of food stamp users are also home to recipients of huge farm subsidies?
California Needs Corn Ethanol Reform
The federal requirement to blend nearly 14 billion gallons of corn ethanol into gasoline – more than the system can physically absorb – is slowing the nation's transition to low carbon fuels, harming...