EWG News Roundup (3/20): Test, Test, Test! Lessons Learned From COVID-19, Defense Department PFAS Contamination Sites Grow and More
EWG News Roundup (3/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
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USDA Report: Corn Plantings May be Highest Since World War II
It's one thing to have an ethanol boom in the Corn Belt. An ethanol blow-out is another thing altogether.
Will We Modernize Farm Policy?
In recent years, important bipartisan progress has been made to food policy, including new food safety laws, new rules and incentives for healthier packaged foods, increased access to healthier foods...
EWG News Roundup (2/7): California Bans Neurotoxic Pesticide, Endocrine Disruptors in Menstrual Products and More
EWG News Roundup (2/7): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
San Francisco Tap Water Tests: Pesticides Not Detected
Much of EWG's work means warning you about potentially harmful chemicals in your water, food or consumer products. So we're glad to report some good news: Recent tests of San Francisco tap water...
Ham and Cheese Again? Revamp your Lunch, Rethink that Sandwich
Let me guess. You, like most Americans, usually have a sandwich for lunch. Or maybe it's a panini or a wrap, if you want to get technical. Regardless, it's what you eat the majority of the time. When...
Fields of Filth: Landmark Report Maps Feces-Laden Hog and Chicken Operations in North Carolina
A first-of-its-kind interactive map revealing the locations of more than 6,500 concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs, across the state of North Carolina was released today by Waterkeeper...
EWG News Roundup (11/16): Hormone Disrupting Weed Killer Contaminates U.S. Water, Thanksgiving Tips and More
EWG News Roundup (11/16) - Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (1/8): EWG Calls for President Trump’s Removal From Office, PFAS Detected in 100 Ohio Water Systems and More
EWG News Roundup (1/8): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Despite Rising Demand, U.S. Doesn’t Do Enough to Support Organic Transition
More and more Americans want to avoid toxic pesticides on the foods they are buying and feeding their families. But the U.S. invests too little in growing more organic food. As demand for organic food...
EWG promotes two staff members to lead Midwest office, geospatial team
The Environmental Working Group has tapped two staff members for promotions to key leadership positions in the organization’s Midwest office, in Minneapolis
EWG News Roundup (7/19): Trump EPA Keeps Brain-Damaging Pesticide Legal, ‘Unhealthy’ Air Days Rise in U.S. Cities and More
EWG News Roundup (7/19): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (10/2): California Cosmetics Bill Signed Into Law, Algae Beach Closures and More
EWG News Roundup (10/2): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Type 3 Diabetes?
I try to maintain my health with the long game in mind, in the hope that one day I'll be able to enjoy my golden years - physically and mentally. Of course, there are a lot of miles to travel between...
EWG News Roundup (3/26): Swapping Furniture and Foam Reduced Flame Retardant Chemicals, ‘Forever Chemicals’ Added to California Carcinogen List and More
EWG News Roundup (3/26): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
1 in 6 Americans live with dangerous air pollution: Do you?
The American Lung Association (ALA) just issued its 10th annual State of the Air report for 2009 yesterday. Use it to learn your county's air pollution ratings - they have an interactive air pollution...
Budget bill includes $28 billion for historic climate-focused conservation efforts
The Environmental Working Group today applauds House and Senate leaders for including in the budget reconciliation bill $28 billion to tackle a growing backlog of farmers seeking U.S. Department of...
Increasing Pollution, Dwindling Options
The Food and Environmental Reporting Network released a striking report this week (Sept. 18) describing how industrial agriculture and climate change are fueling massive blooms of toxic algae: Blooms...
Forty Years after the Clean Water Act, The Corn Belt’s Rivers and Streams are Still Murky
Forty years after passage of the federal Clean Water Act, it is clear that farm pollution, which remains exempt from the law, is standing in the way of clean water in Iowa and across the nation, a new...
Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt
Seasonal spikes of atrazine – a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses – contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of the Midwest and beyond, according to an analysis...
California’s Fracking Wastewater Full of Toxic Chemicals
The recent discovery of high levels of benzene in wastewater from oil and gas fracking operations in California turns out to be just the tip of the iceberg. An extensive review of a year-old state...
Reverse Osmosis Water Filters: When Are They a Good Choice?
Filtering your drinking water is a good step to take to protect children's health from pollutants in tap water.
Aim Chesapeake "Pollution Diet" at the Worst Gluttons
On the first of the July, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a plan to put everyone who lives or works in the Chesapeake Bay watershed on a "rigorous pollution diet" intended to cut...
Spotlighting women’s health for Women’s Health Month
Women’s relationship to the environment is unique in many ways, with lifestyle choices and habits presenting special challenges, because some of the personal care products they use may contain harmful...
