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EWG's scientists and public health researchers put our heads together and created a list of the most important steps you can take at home to promote your family's environmental health.
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EWG’s News Roundup (9/8): Carcinogen in Tap Water and Cosmetics, Pruitt’s Henchman Playing God with EPA Grants
Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (6/12): Landmark California Cosmetics Bill Clears Hurdle, COVID-19 Afflicts Food Processors and More
EWG News Roundup (6/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
How the Defense Spending Bill Vote Could Impact Children’s Health
This year's defense spending bill – the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA – now being considered by Congress, is an unprecedented chance to regulate the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as...
EWG News Roundup (5/17): Cover Crops Expand Across the Corn Belt, Billion Dollar Monsanto Ruling and More
EWG News Roundup (5/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
More rampant gas price gouging: Exxon reaps obscene $56 billion profit for 2022 on backs of hard-working Americans
ExxonMobil posted record windfall profits in 2022 of $56 billion, according to the oil giant’s fourth-quarter earnings report, released Tuesday. Hard-working Americans getting fleeced at the gas pump...
Exposed: Rick Perry's Coal Bailout Scheme Was Murray Energy's Idea
The CEO of one of the nation's largest coal companies claimed last month he had nothing to do with the Trump administration's scheme to make utility customers pay above-market rates for electricity...
U.S. to Cut Food Waste in Half by 2030
Nearly 40 percent of the food the U.S. produces ends up in the trashcan. From there, it rots in a landfill and pollutes our atmosphere with greenhouse gases. That's 300 million barrels of oil a year...
Another View: Congress should pass a fiscally responsible farm bill extension
The following op-ed appeared in the Des Moines Register on Monday, November 12, 2012. It's too late for Congress to pass a good farm bill this year. The coming lame duck session of the 112th Congress...
National Study: Toxic Nonstick Chemicals Still Found in Many Fast Food Wrappers
New research based on nationwide tests shows that many fast food chains still use food wrappers, bags and boxes coated with highly fluorinated chemicals. EWG's report supplements a new peer-reviewed...
Air Pollution, on the Rise Under Trump, Puts People at Risk of Severe Illness From Coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus sweeps across the U.S. and the number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 climbs by the hour, the Americans at greatest risk are the elderly and those with...
The Many Hazards of Toxic Algae Outbreaks
This summer, EWG is tracking outbreaks of potentially toxic algae across the U.S. We have been startled to find that these outbreaks are erupting everywhere: from the East Coast to the West Coast...
Over 240 California community organizations unite against proposed utility tax raising electricity bills for millions of working families
SACRAMENTO – Across California, more than 240 community organizations and leaders are joining together in the Stop the Big Utility Tax coalition to fight a proposal that would hike electricity bills...
The Toxic Truth About A New Generation of Nonstick and Waterproof Chemicals
Ten years ago, DuPont was forced to phase out a key chemical in making Teflon, after revelations that for nearly 45 years the company covered up evidence of its health hazards, including cancer and...
EWG News Roundup (6/8): 28,000 Farmers Collected Subsidies for 32 Years Straight, EPA May Scuttle Ban on Carcinogenic Chemical and More
News Roundup (6/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG’s News Roundup (3/2): EPA’s Pruitt Axes Environmental Health Center, Calif. Judge Blocks Pesticide Spraying by State Ag Agency and More
News Roundup (3/2): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (3/6): PFAS Resemble Cancer-Causing Chemicals, Nitrate Taints Minnesota Drinking Water and More
EWG News Roundup (3/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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Price Supports
The House and Senate versions of the pending farm bill are supposed to save $47 billion by repealing three subsidy programs: direct payments, counter-cyclical payments and the average crop revenue election. But both bills would then use almost three-quarters of those savings – about $35 billion – to fund a suite of new farm income support programs designed to put a higher floor under crop prices
Arrivederci, Taxpayer Money! Pruitt Spent $120,000 on Weeklong Trip to Italy
In June 2017, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his entourage took a trip to Italy, which cost taxpayers $120,000. Photo courtesy of EPA
EWG news roundup (7/16): Mapping PFAS industrial dischargers, EWG partners with Amazon to highlight clean cosmetics and more
EWG news roundup (7/16): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (5/29): Manure Overload in Minnesota, Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ on Military Bases and More
EWG News Roundup (5/29): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend
EWG News Roundup (4/17): Protecting Our Food and Farm Workers from COVID-19, the Case for Stimulus Investments in U.S. Tap Water Supply, and More
EWG News Roundup (4/17): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Coal Behemoth With Close Ties to Trump Nears Financial Default
The mining company of President Trump's favorite coal boss is in danger of financial default – another sign of the death spiral of the dirtiest fossil fuel, despite the president's hollow promise to...
