An Earful: Corn Congress and the Cash Crop
“You learn something every day if you pay attention.” ~Ray LeBlond And that happened this morning, when in an online dialogue, a farming friend popped in, talking about his trip to DC for the “Corn...
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See? You Do Make a Difference
Every time I fly I notice that just before we land, the attendant acknowledges over the loudspeaker that they know I had many choices when booking my flight, and they are glad I gave them my business...
This Summer Bites for Massachusetts Residents
Officials in Massachusetts have begun aerial fumigation of the Southestern part of the state with the pesticide Anvil. The enemy: mosquitos capable of carrying Eastern equine encephalitis, of which...
Air Fresheners Not Smelling So Fresh
New Research from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences suggests that the "fresh" smell of many air fresheners is a result of the ingredient1,4 dichlorobenzene (1,4 DCB) which has...
Hummer Pushing its "Light Cigarette"
Hummer will be launching a new ad campaign today to remind consumers that they sell TWO models the H2 and the smaller, cheaper H3. Hummer feels they've been too long associated with the behemoth H2...
GAO: We're Flying Blind
On August 2, an official from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) told the Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee that our nation's law governing industrial chemicals needs to be...
Organics in the News
The New York Times plugs EWG's Shopper's Guide: If you would like to make sure your organic dollars are delivering on their promise, you can keep an eye on the Environmental Working Group’s site at...
EnviroGroups on MySpace ?
What do Oceana, Oxfam America, and Greenpeace all have in common? Well-among other things-they are all nonprofits that have tapped into the social networking world of MySpace.com to attract new...
A Taste for Ag Policy Discussion
Keith Good, president and editor of the popular subscription daily, FarmPolicy.com, is also the editor(or should I say "Chef") of Ag Policy Soup. Launched in March '06, the site publishes audio...
Contaminating science
Check out this editorial from the Toledo Blade on the role of the military and its contractors in watering down EPA regulations.
EWG to Congress: GET REAL about developing alternative energy options
Congress and the Bush Administration have done nothing to solve the USA's addiction to fossil fuels. Even worse, they are subsidizing Big Oil at a time of record profits.
NPR: DuPont Under Fire for Teflon Fumes
From NPR's Morning Edition: Teflon may make a great plate of scrambled eggs, but it also may make for a kitchen full of toxic fumes. That is the issue behind a class action lawsuit against the maker...
MTBE: Joke's on Big Oil
The Albany Times-Union has a great, in-depth piece on MTBE lawsuits this week. Transcripts of Shell Oil execs thinking up clever acronyms for the toxic gasoline additive that's now in drinking water...
Parents Take Precautions on Toxics
The New York Times has a great profile on parents who don't care how safe the chemical companies say their products are -- they want toxics-free kids, and they'll protect them as best they can by...
Enviro-Friendly Furniture
If you're looking for couches with wood from sustainable forests, fabric free of flame retardants and finished off with non-toxic dyes, stains and glues, Q Collection makes them not just green, but...
Minnesotans See Their Future And It Ain't Green
Talk about taking matters into your own hands! Seeing that there was no answer to the question, ‘How's our environment doing?', a nature-loving Gopher-stater took it upon himself to find out. His...
"Half the Size of His Fingernail"
The Associated Press reported that Dr. Philip Landrigan of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine testified in a court case over lead paint that swallowing a chip of lead paint just half the size of his...
New York Battles EPA for Household Chemical Records
New York state is suing the EPA for its refusal to release information on the smog-causing properties of some common household chemicals. Smog-heavy states like New York and California need the...
EPA's Folk Theory of Clean Air Threatens Rural America
In a proposal that “drew praise from the mining industry”, the EPA recently suggested we all stop worrying about air quality in America's less populous areas, insisting that dust from those fruited...
Chemical Mixtures More Toxic Than Sum of Their Parts
A new study from the University of California Berkeley found that combinations of low doses of toxic chemicals can be more harmful than any of the chemicals alone, suggesting that the vacuum EPA and...
Congress Blocks Ideologues From Health Agencies
Maybe President Bush still had a New Year's hangover when he signed this particular appropriations bill into law on January 3rd. The bill funding the Health and Human Services Agency contained a tiny...
New Zealand's green farmer awards
In a step toward creating a peaceful union between farming and conservation, the Ballance Farm Environment Awards of New Zealand announced their acceptance of nominations for farmers who have done the...
EWG intern makes USA Today front page
Today's USA Today profiles (on the front page no less) EWG intern Alex Wells. According to USAT Alex may be pretty typical of Generation Y. Research suggests she and other millennials — those in their...
