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?
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How Big Food Secretly Spent $11 million to Beat Washington State GMO Labeling Measure
The Grocery Manufacturers Association covered up $11 million in corporate payments for an aggressive ad campaign that helped defeat a Washington State GMO labeling ballot initiative, according to...
Consumers Want Simple Labels, Not Codes
Busy consumers want ingredients disclosed on food labels – not embedded in electronic codes that must be scanned with a smart phone.
GMO Labeling Won’t Increase Food Prices
William James, the father of modern psychology, once said, “There's nothing so absurd, that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it.” This must be the strategy of genetically engineered...
Purdue's GMO Study: Biased Data, Bogus Findings
A new study by Purdue University claims that if all American farmers switch to growing non-GMO crops, food will cost more, crop yields will be lower and more land will be needed to grow our food.
UPDATE: Is Toxic Teflon Chemical in Your Drinking Water?
The bad news about a toxic chemical used to make Teflon keeps getting worse.
New DARK Act Would Keep American Consumers on Hold
The new version of the DARK Act introduced by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) would allow companies to voluntarily rely on toll-free numbers and websites instead of labels to inform American consumers...
New Studies Trace PFC Pollution from Sources to the Next Generation
Fluorine-based chemicals that can cause cancer, developmental toxicity and numerous other detrimental health effects have contaminated the drinking water of millions of Americans, and the blood of...
Flame Retardants: Why They’re in Our Homes and How To Avoid Them
Americans have been exposed to potentially harmful flame retardant chemicals for decades.
Rocket Fuel and the Not-So-Safe Drinking Water Act
In a remarkable moment of courtroom candor, an attorney representing the Environmental Protection Agency admitted last week the EPA "blew it" in botched efforts to regulate a hazardous chemical in the...
Maryland County Bans Lawn Pesticides - or Does it?
The Montgomery County, Maryland, Council has passed an ordinance banning what it calls “cosmetic pesticides” on private lawns. The devil, however, is in the details. The term “cosmetic” means...
Survivorship and prevention - Cancer Survivors Day
National Cancer Survivors Day - June 5 -- is a day for celebrating and supporting the 14 million Americans whose lives have been touched by cancer.
“Extreme levels” of Herbicide Roundup Found in Food
A new study led by scientists from the Arctic University of Norway has detected “extreme levels” of Roundup, the agricultural herbicide manufactured by Monsanto, in genetically engineered soy.
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Washout
Media attention has understandably focused on flooding, especially given the devastating floods that have repeatedly struck the region in recent years.This year, it looks as if the Midwest will dodge the bullet – flooding has been damaging and heart-breaking for those affected, but nothing yet has resembled the scope and devastation of the 1993 and 2008 floods. But the Corn Belt's rich soil and
EWG News Roundup (6/14): Nitrate Pollution of U.S. Tap Water Could Cause 12,500 Cases of Cancer Each Year, Monsanto’s Weedkiller Still Contaminates Foods Marketed to Children and More
EWG News Roundup (6/14): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Eating an Organic Diet May Reduce Your Cancer Risk
Frequently eating a variety of organic foods may significantly reduce your risk of developing cancer, according to a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association...
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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
PFAS Chemicals Harm the Immune System, Decrease Response to Vaccines, New EWG Review Finds
Toxic PFAS chemicals, notorious for contaminating drinking water supplies across the U.S., are harmful to nearly every human organ, and the immune system is particularly vulnerable. PFAS mixtures...
Open the Window for Fresh Air, Get Lead Instead
Because of the contamination crisis in Flint, Mich., most people know about the health threat of lead in drinking water. But water isn't the chief source of lead poisoning. It's windows. And warm...
Under Udall Proposal, Wind and Solar Would Be Dominant US Energy Source in 15 Years
Congress now has an opportunity to accelerate the urgently needed transition to renewable energy with a nationally coordinated effort. Today Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) filed legislation to require all...
States Stick Ratepayers With $15 Billion To Rescue Nukes
After repeatedly floating specious bailout schemes, Energy Secretary Rick Perry now admits the federal government has no legal authority to prop up aging nuclear power plants. But in the past three...
It’s Time To Designate PFAS a “Hazardous Substance”
Per-and polyfluorinated substances, known as PFAS, are often characterized as “emerging contaminants.” However, ask the residents living in the communities polluted by decades of unregulated...
Federal Energy Subsidies: What Are We Getting for Our Money?
Through tax breaks, funding for research and development, and other federal government programs and policies, American taxpayers subsidize the spectrum of energy sources: oil, natural gas, coal...
Vector-Borne Diseases on the Rise: Protect Yourself With EWG’s Guide to Bug Repellents
Summer is the season for enjoying the outdoors, but as cases of diseases from mosquitoes, ticks and flea bites continue to rise, Americans must remain vigilant about protecting themselves by using an...
