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The Truth About Ethanol's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Not so long ago, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did a new life-cycle analysis of corn ethanol to see if the much-subsidized biofuel meets the standard Congress set in the 2007 Energy Bill...
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation

Will Big Ag Boycott Comedy after Al Gore's Latest Inconvenient Truths?

Big Ag is taking a beating from Al Gore's recent green blitz of late night comedy shows. On tour promoting his new book, Our Choice, the former VP and Nobel Prize and Oscar winner has been blunt in...
Conservation

High-Low: Playing Poker with the Climate

“Today's high (or low) temperature was an all-time record for this date.” How many times have you heard that? This kind of news has been a staple of local weather forecasts for decades. And if you'd...
Research

EWG's Guide to Triclosan

It's nearly ubiquitous in liquid hand soap and dishwashing detergent, but those aren't the only products it's in. Triclosan is also a common ingredient in toothpaste, facewash, deodorant, a host of personal care products, and even mattresses, toothbrushes and shoe insoles. A U.S. FDA advisory committee has found that household use of antibacterial products provides no benefits over plain soap and
Water

Project Bottled Water: Help build our database

EWG is about to embark on a new study about bottled water--where it comes from, how it's "purified," and if it's even worth the expense. A big part of this project is just compiling the data, so we...
Research

Methyl Bromide in Castroville, CA

Revilla Drive, Castroville, Calif. Summary Air monitoring by Environmental Working Group after methyl bromide fumigation of a strawberry field near Castroville, Calif., detected peak levels of methyl bromide exceeding the state Department of Pesticide Regulation health standard in the back yards of residents of nearby Revilla Drive. EWG's measurements, conducted with instruments believed to be
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Food & Water
Food
Food

EWG’s 2013 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides Coming Soon

EWG's 2013 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce will be coming out soon. Stay tuned.

Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Food

A Loophole for Pesticides Puts Public’s Health at Risk

Shot through a legal loophole with the speed of a Major League fastball, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved roughly 11,000 pesticides intended for use in agriculture, inside homes...

Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Factory Farms

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...

Farming & Agriculture
Farm Subsidies
Conservation
Food & Water
Food
Food

EWG 2013 Farm Bill Platform

As Congress gets to work again in 2013 on renewing the farm bill, it has the opportunity to do more to support family farmers, protect the environment and encourage healthy diets, while ending...
Research

EWG's Healthy Living Tips

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.
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies

Is Lysol’s New Crusade Against Germs “Healthing” or Hurting?

This spring Lysol introduced the world to “healthing,” a perfect buzzword to launch their new marketing ploy/public safety campaign. By blending the words healthy and helping, the campaign is...

Farming & Agriculture
Conservation
Food & Water

Gulf Dead Zones Just Got Deadlier

It's bad enough what marine "Dead Zones" do to the oceans; now it looks as if they're drivers of global warming as well. In a new report in the March 12 edition of the journal Science, Dr. Lou...
Energy
Midwest

More Concerns About Ag and Ethanol Driving Wildlife Away

On Jan. 25, the Le Mars Daily Sentinel reported on growing concerns over Iowa's diminished wild bird population, specifically the ring-necked pheasant: "Last year and this year have been tough," said...
Toxic Chemicals
California
Water

Fractured Logic: The Peril in “Fracking” Chemicals

If your family got its water from your own well (and a lot of people do), what would you say to someone who wanted to pump a whole grab-bag of chemicals into the ground nearby, including some that are...
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water

EPA, You Have the Con

EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is the new head of the Chesapeake Executive Council, replacing Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. The panel, which sets policy for the federal-state effort to restore the...
Energy
Midwest

We're Clean, We're Green, and We'd Like Our Ethanol Plant Emissions Exempted

The word hypocrisy gets tossed around a lot in Washington, where money and power masquerade as character and values. Rarely does the hypocrisy reach such craven heights, however, as a recent request...
Energy
Midwest

Minnesota Ethanol Plant Fined $425K for Environmental Violations

Corn ethanol is far from an environmentally friendly fuel. While petroleum's pollution contributions are obvious and well reported, ethanol's are less clear. However, from chemical fertilizers and...
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

California EPA Calls Foul Over Chemical Safety “Improvement” Act

Having lived and worked in California most of my life (and spent the last 12 years at EWG), I could not be more proud of my state’s long-time leadership in protecting public health and the environment...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

When it Comes to Chemicals, How Safe is “Safe”?

Industrial chemicals are everywhere in daily life — in personal care products, furniture, household cleaners, toys, and even peanut butter. Because some chemicals once thought harmless have been...

Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy

Three Ways the Industry-Backed Chemical Bill Fails

The Chemical Safety Improvement Act introduced in May lacks key reforms considered critical during earlier Congressional efforts to protect people from dangerous industrial chemicals. The gold...

Toxic Chemicals
BPA
Household & Consumer Products
Cookware & Food Containers

5 Ways to Reduce Your Exposure to Toxic BPA

No one disputes that bisphenol A, a toxic compound widely used to line food cans and other food packaging, is polluting people. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found BPA in the urine of...

Household & Consumer Products
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

EWG’s News Roundup (2/23): Pruitt’s First-Class Travel, Air Pollutants in Your Home and More

EWG News Roundup 2/23: Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Farm Workers
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Regional Issues
California

To Protect Young Farmworkers, Calif. Rejects EPA Rollback of Pesticide Policy

Last week, the federal Environmental Protection Agency took steps that could lead to the repeal of health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides...