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Trump’s USDA Wants To Kick 750,000 Americans Off Food Stamps, While Many Farmers Have Gotten Subsidies for Decades
A Trump administration proposal could force 750,000 low-income Americans to lose their meager federal food assistance – a cruel contrast to federal farm subsidies, which tens of thousands of farmers...
7 Reasons Your Family May Want To Become Vegetarian
You've likely heard that eating meat and poultry isn't good for your health or the planet. Recent news from Washington may make meat even less palatable: Pork inspections may be taken over by the...
America Needs a True Renewable Energy Policy
Mapping the PFAS Contamination Crisis: New Data Show 610 Sites in 43 States
The known extent of contamination of American communities with the highly toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow at an alarming rate. As of March 2019, 610 locations in 43 states are now known to be affected, including drinking water systems serving an estimated 19 million people.
Secret Lobby for Secret Safety Net
California Law Bans Toxic PFAS From Firefighting Foam
California Gov. Gavin Newson signed into law a measure to ban the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS from firefighting foams. PFAS-based firefighting foams – known as aqueous film-fighting foam...
Study: Lead detected in more than half of U.S. kids under age 6
‘Forever chemicals’ contamination at Defense Department sites threatens Great Lakes fish and residents
For decades, the department of defense knew firefighting foams with ‘forever chemicals’ were dangerous but continued their use
Mother's Milk
Will GMO Labeling 'Win' Be Undermined by Loopholes?
For a variety of reasons, EWG does not support the Roberts-Stabenow legislation to establish mandatory, federal labeling of genetically engineered food. That said, we are grateful to many members of...
It’s Time To Designate PFAS a “Hazardous Substance”
Safety investigation faults PG&E’s failure to maintain aging infrastructure against wildfire risks
EWG Meat Eater’s Guide Spotlights Beef’s Outsize Carbon Footprint
First Do No Harm
PFAS news roundup
California School District Cleans Up - With CLASS
Will the Obama Administration Give Cotton Growers a New $10 Billion Subsidy?
The price tag for subsidizing cottonseed turns out to be a whopping $10 billion over the next 10 years. The cotton industry wants to take that big chunk of change out of the pockets of taxpayers who...
Iowa’s Private Wells Contaminated by Nitrate and Bacteria
Des Moines Water Works has struggled for years to provide safe drinking water to its customers, battling nitrate contamination from upstream farms. But contamination from agricultural practices may be even worse for the estimated 230,000 to 290,000 Iowans whose drinking water comes from private wells, an investigation by Environmental Working Group and Iowa Environmental Council finds.
Industrial Animal Agriculture Poses Serious Threats to Human Health
America Needs a True Renewable Energy Policy
When Are Antibiotic-Resistant Microbes "Superbugs?"
Last week, the Environmental Working Group released a report analyzing antibiotic resistance of bacteria detected in supermarket meat. We unearthed data buried deep in the annual report of theNational...
Potassium Bromate
How the EPA Should Act To Protect Americans From Toxic PFAS Chemicals
The toxic chemicals known as PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a national crisis demanding national action.
