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Fire up yer ovens, people, it's a recipe contest

While it might seem surprising that Enviroblog is touting a recipe contest, it really makes quite a lot of sense. Because...we read a lot of blogs where people inevitably post recipes and photos of...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

Hatch Cosmetics Legislation Fails to Protect Consumers From Toxic Ingredients

Yesterday, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, introduced legislation that fails to protect families from dangerous chemical ingredients in personal care products.

EWG News Roundup (9/3): Landmark Public Health Bills Pass Calif. Legislature, Duke Energy’s $11.6 Billion Failures and More

EWG News Roundup (9/3): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Glyphosate
Pesticides
Food

World Health Organization Labels Glyphosate Probable Carcinogen

The Environmental Working Group today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require mandatory GMO labeling after the World Health Organization's cancer research arm designated the...

Toxic Chemicals

Study calls for protection of children from industrial pollution

A report in the Lancet, considered the world's most prestigious medical journal, warns of ''a silent pandemic” of impaired brain development due to exposure to unregulated industrial toxins, both in...
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Farm Subsidies
Conservation
Food & Water

House Farm Bill Fails

House leaders failed to garner enough support to pass their version of the 2018 farm bill. The following is a statement from Environmental Working Group Senior Vice President for Government Affairs...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

Watch CNN's 'Toxic America' Special on June 2-3

CNN's chief medical correspondent for its Health, Medical & Wellness unit, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has put together an impressive 2-part investigative report on toxic chemicals in America. It airs this week...
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food

Mission Organic Made Easy

With its new blog, Mission Organic Made Easy, the Boulder, Colo.-based Organic Center (TOC) delivers on its promise to communicate all the good reasons to eat food devoid of harmful agrichemicals and...
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (1/26): Trump’s Failed Toxics Nominee Departs EPA, Pruitt Hangs Propaganda and More

EWG News Roundup (1/26): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Toxic Chemicals
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

More Than 100,000 Americans Urge EPA To Restrict Unnecessary Use of Monsanto’s Weedkiller on Oats

This week, more than 100,000 Americans officially joined EWG and 20 companies calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to significantly restrict the use of Monsanto's weedkiller glyphosate on...

2,4-D
Pesticides
Food

Another Reason To Label Genetically Engineered Food: 2,4-D

Now that government agencies have given the green light to Dow AgroSciences to sell 2,4-D-tolerant, genetically engineered corn and soybeans and OK'd dousing them in Enlist Duo weed killer, there's...

A farmer's 'come to Jesus' moment

NPR ran a great story the other day called “One Family, Two Views on How to Run Iowa Farm.” Lavon and Craig Griffieon, a farming couple from Ankeny, Iowa shared their concerns about the economic...
Research

How Investing $75 Billion on Infrastructure Will Make Drinking Water Safer

For the next COVID-19 stimulus bill, House leaders have proposed spending $75.9 billion over five years on water infrastructure. This urgent and long-overdue investment would enable community water systems to significantly reduce drinking water contaminants linked to serious health problems, including harm to the immune system. Two well-established treatment technologies – granular activated
Water treatment plant
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water
Food
Food

EWG Meat Eater’s Guide Spotlights Beef’s Outsize Carbon Footprint

The Environmental Working Group today released its groundbreaking Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change and Health, a powerful, multi-featured tool that allows both consumers and experts to understand...
Toxic Chemicals
Flame Retardants
Household & Consumer Products

What I Learned From Being an EWG Guinea Pig

Last summer I was taking my one-year-old daughter to the pediatrician when a sign in the lobby caught my eye: Want to participate in a study on flame retardants?
Toxic Chemicals
Lead
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (2/16): 1,000 Communities Have Serious Lead Issues, While Flint Still Reels From Crisis

EWG News Roundup (2/16): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Children’s Health
Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (10/18): California Seeks To Reduce Lead From Daycare Facilities, Debunking PFAS Polluters’ False Claims and More

EWG News Roundup (10/18): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Cosmetics

California Poised to Ban Toxic Microbeads from Cosmetics

The California State Assembly has overwhelmingly adopted a proposal to ban the use of plastic microbeads in cosmetics products because they contaminate oceans, other waterways and seafood.

Midwest
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (1/27): Trump’s Media Blackout at EPA, Okla. Enviros Push Back on Pruitt and More

The first week of the Trump administration is just about over, and what a week it's been. It started with a media blackout at EPA and a freeze on EPA grants to states and localities used to protect...

Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Stewardship Stories Document Benefits – For Taxpayers and Farmers

Every day, thousands of farmers take steps to reduce polluted runoff and restore wetlands and grasslands. Many more would help, but 40 percent of farmers have been turned away by the U.S. Department...

Food & Water
Food

Got Organic Milk?

Many people buy organic food because of the humane animal care requirements and environmental benefits, but is it actually better for you?

Food & Water
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Glyphosate

High Levels of Bayer’s Weedkiller Found in Hummus, Chickpeas

Independent laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group found glyphosate, the notorious weedkiller linked to cancer, in more than 80 percent of non-organic hummus and chickpeas...

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (6/29): Superbugs in Supermarket Meat, Senate Farm Bill Passes and More

EWG News Roundup (6/29): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (8/30): DuPont and 3M’s Half-Century of PFAS Deception, Monsanto’s Thoughts on Moms and More

EWG News Roundup (8/30): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.