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Contaminated fake fish show danger for real ones

Specially designed pseudo-fish constructed by U.S. Geological Survey scientists and suspended in the Potomac absorb chemicals including pesticides, herbicides, and artificial fragrances that...

Lead: Still in 35 percent of children's products

A new study tested over 1200 children's products still found on store shelves and found that 35 percent contain lead! Lead, as we all know, is a potent neurotoxin that accumulates in body over time...

Your neighborhood pharmacy -- now just a faucet away?

Good news! Thanks to the crack investigative team at the Associated Press, Americans who commonly use prescriptions for such things as mood swings, cholesterol, infections, asthma, epilepsy, or just...

A shot in the arm for consumer safety

It was just about a year ago that the first of 2007's major recalls began. Tainted pet food was scary and shocking to the country's millions of pet owners. (My own dogs had been eating the food that...

Envirohealth in Blogs: Christmas lists, Australia's smoking ban, and more

A little light reading to get you through your Wednesday. Here’s something useful: Treehugger alerts us that sensors for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) might be on the way. All Cristina at Moms...

What kids in MA are <i>not</i> saying: "More perchlorate please!"

Thirsty students at Clough Elementary in Mendon, MA were treated to something refreshing when they returned to school last week: Water in the building's bubblers no longer contains rocket fuel...

The Justice Roberts Skin Cancer Prevention System&trade

Chief Justice John Roberts doesn't believe sunscreens need to be regulated. Apparently he has all the protection he needs -- we hear those robes offer excellent skin cancer prevention. In the 29 years...

SMM: Stupid? Smart? How about some of each.

Things to do: replace old, inefficient incandescent light bulbs with new, energy-saving CLFs. Things not to do: poke self or others with cattle prod. Got it? Good. See more at STUPIDandSMART.com

Ask EWG: Arsenic on my new house's deck?

Question: My husband and I are thinking of buying this great old house with a big back deck, but I remember reading something about how wood used on decks can be dangerous. We've got a two year old...

Not a drop to drink--Part 1: Down the drain

With droughts parching extensive tracts of land from the Southeast to the Western states, worries over future water shortages sound ever louder and more urgent. Yet few of us actually imagine the...

This may be worse than we thought

Reusable plastic bottles leach BPA at room temperature A lot of people have those reusable polycarbonate water bottles; you can’t go to a college campus these days without seeing students carrying...

Links! Aww, you shouldn't have. . .

A handful of interesting links for your Valentine's Day (or Singles Awareness Day) enjoyment: Want to show your love for the planet? If you support the Cape Wind project, which would create a wind...

Ask EWG: Which formula is best?

Question: I am unable to breastfeed for medical reasons. How can I choose the best possible formula for my child? Answer: Your situation isn't unique. According to the Centers for Disease Control...

Stick to those New Years Resolutions, they might add years to your life

Are you a nom-smoker that exercises, eats fruits and vegetables, and drinks alcohol moderately? If so, you might add 14 years to your life, according to a new study at Cambridge University. The study...

International Ag Policy Experts Talk Farm Subsidy Reform

Mexico and the United States have a lot more in common than a border. Their agricultural and rural policies have strikingly similar flaws–and present parallel opportunities for reform and...

"We've Made the Unhealthy Choice the Rational Choice"

A big reason that food products derived from corn are so pervasive in America's diet today is that for decades taxpayers have given corn growers incentives to grow as much as possible through the...

Taxpayers Fuel Rise of the Mega (Family) Farm

Discussions in Congress on reforming America's broken food and farm policy in the next farm bill have already begun. Lots of voices are chiming in from the pro-food and sustainable agriculture circles...

Chef Ann Cooper's School Salad Bar Salvo

In the months since we spoke with Chef Ann Cooper about her school lunch project, she's been crafting a new plan to get healthy foods into the mouths of America's kids.

Biomass Power Can't Get Its Story Straight

As AgMag noted the other day, Massachusetts has decided to rewrite its rules for renewable energy to exclude electric-only power plants that would burn biomass, often in the form of whole trees. Ian A...

Massachusetts Sees the Light on Biomass Power

In a sharp about-face, Massachusetts officials have decided that biomass-fueled, electric-only power plants do not qualify as renewable energy sources because of the growing awareness that these...

Huge Taxpayer Investment in Ethanol Yields Paltry Payoff

Between 2005 and 2009, U.S. taxpayers spent a whopping $17 billion to subsidize corn-ethanol blends in gasoline. What did they get in return? A reduction in overall oil consumption equal to an...

Peterson Sends Positive Signals on Farm Bill

For years the Environmental Working Group has advocated for a more rational farm policy that would provide a better safety net for more American farmers. We've done this while also seeking to promote...

Will Farm Subsidies be the Tea Partiers' Achilles' Heel?

It's too early to tell what the Tea Party movement's impact will be on the November elections, but there's no doubt that their noisy anti-big government message has barged into the nation's political...

Bacon, Cheese and Chicken, Please – Hold the Bun.

If you've ever wished that one day there would be a place where you could grab a bacon and cheese pileup with no veggies, smashed between slabs of fried chicken instead of buns, here's good news.