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Congressional investigation finds U.S. crypto miners consume enough electricity to power Houston, cause bill spikes

The explosion of U.S. cryptocurrency mining operations and the electricity needed to power the computer-based financial transactions are hiking energy bills and greenhouse gases, according to a...
Crypto mine
Food & Water
Food
Water
Personal Care Products
Household & Consumer Products
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals

What are endocrine disruptors?

A class of potent chemicals is wreaking havoc by interfering with our hormone system. They’re called endocrine disruptors and they throw off the regular functioning of the hormone system, causing a...
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Meat and Dairy Alternatives
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Kids and plant-based proteins: Getting your children on board

Over the years, I have worked with many children, in homes and schools. All too often, parents and teachers complain that younger palates are limited to unhealthier choices, and that picky eating is...
Child eating brocolli
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Food & Water
Food

EWG's 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Well, as we do each year, EWG released (on June 19) the latest Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce and as we suspected, eaters around the country are still concerned about high levels of toxic...
Food & Water
Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

To dye for: Chemical that makes sweet treats look irresistible linked to health risks

Synthetic food dyes that have been used for over a century to make snack cakes like Entenmann’s Little Bites Party Cake, and candies like Laffy Taffy and Brach’s Candy Corn, look brighter and more...
Pile of candy corn
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation
Farm Subsidies

How to make climate change a priority in the next farm bill

Next year, Congress will renew the farm bill, which provides funding to our farmers and ranchers. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, annual spending by the Department of Agriculture on farm...

Research

In the Midwest, increased precipitation from climate change goes hand in hand with ballooning crop insurance costs

A new EWG analysis has found that the overwhelming majority of Midwestern counties with increased precipitation between 2001 and 2020 also had growing crop insurance costs during that period due to wetter weather linked to the climate crisis.
Soybean crop damaged by flooding
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG updates report card tracking federal agencies’ deadlines for ‘forever chemicals’ actions

The Environmental Working Group today released an update to a comprehensive report card tracking whether federal agencies are meeting deadlines for addressing the health and environmental threats of...
Faucet with running water
Toxic Chemicals
Chemical Policy
Phthalates
Household & Consumer Products

New York Times' Kristof Lays Out the Case Against Endocrine Disruptors

Nicholas Kristof a columnist for The New York Times, has written about the expanding evidence that hypospadias and other birth defects in people and wildlife that may be linked to the daily...

Part III: Chronic disease

Chronic diseases are conditions that span over one year, need medical attention and/or limit daily activities. As per the CDC, they are caused by a short list of risk behaviors, including poor nutrition. Several chronic conditions linked to diet warrant exploration as we consider adopting a more plant-forward way of eating to prevent disease.
Plant based report
Household & Consumer Products
Cell Phones
Family Health
Children’s Health

Protecting kids from wireless radiation in school and at home

Children are almost constantly exposed to wireless radiation, starting as early as the first weeks of life. As they get older, that exposure grows every day, thanks to the widespread use of...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Defense Communities

House passes bill to protect firefighters from ‘forever chemicals’

The Environmental Working Group applauds the House for passing a bill to help protect firefighters from exposure to the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS widely used in their tools and equipment...
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Bill to track and report toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in California heads to Gov. Newsom

The California legislature today advanced Assembly Bill 2247, a measure to collect and report on the products and substances sold in the state or brought into California that contain the toxic...
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture

EWG testimony to the House Agriculture Committee on the 2022 Farm Bill

Attached is EWG’s testimony to the House Agriculture Committee on the 2022 Farm Bill.
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Regional Issues
California

Dangerous déjà vu: PG&E faces federal criminal probe for California’s largest wildfire of 2022

The U.S. Forest Service has launched a criminal investigation into whether a transmission pole and power line owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric sparked the massive Mosquito Fire, California...
Firefighter in Greenville, Calif. battling the 2021 Dixie Fire
Research

Updated EWG Farm Subsidy Database shows largest producers reap billions, despite climate crisis

EWG’s newly updated Farm Subsidy Database shows that federal farm subsidies between 1995 and 2021 totaled $478 billion. This huge amount of taxpayer money does almost nothing to help farmers reduce their greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to adverse weather conditions caused by the climate crisis.
Crop harvesting
Research

Environmentally sensitive Mississippi River region croplands should be targeted for conservation to benefit the climate and water quality

The 13-state Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area, or MRCCA, has millions of environmentally sensitive acres that are full of opportunity to adopt conservation practices that can improve water quality and fight the climate crisis – but insufficient federal funding currently stands in the way.
Upper Mississippi River basin
Food & Water
Food
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG study: Eating one freshwater fish equals a month of drinking ‘forever chemicals’ water

A new study by Environmental Working Group scientists finds that consumption of just a single serving of freshwater fish per year could be equal to a month of drinking water laced with the “forever...
Smallmouth bass
Energy
Utilities
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Regional Issues
California

EWG urges California legislature to approve bill tackling Big Oil’s gas price ripoff gouging hard-working people at the pump

The Environmental Working Group is urging California’s legislature to approve Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to end gas price gouging, saying it will send a message to the oil industry that its days of...
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Fossil & Nuclear
Renewable Energy

Despite record $200 billion profit, Big Oil fights windfall taxes and fair gas price plan

The world’s largest oil companies raked in roughly $200 billion in global profits in 2022 and will likely be flush with similar returns this year, even as they fight talk of a windfall profits tax and...
Oil and gas block
Water
PFAS Chemicals

Over 100 groups press Biden administration to set ‘forever chemicals’ drinking water standards without further delay

WASHINGTON – More than 100 community and environmental organizations, including the Environmental Working Group, today urged the Biden administration to swiftly propose standards to protect drinking...
Water
Children’s Health
Lead
Regional Issues
California

California lawmaker introduces bill to eliminate lead from school drinking water

California Assemblymember Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) on Wednesday introduced a bill aimed at removing all lead from drinking and cooking water used in schools, which would help protect young children...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EWG: ‘Urgency’ lacking from EPA plan to address ‘forever chemicals’ discharges

Today the Environmental Protection Agency released a plan for regulating wastewater pollution, including discharges of the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. But the plan doesn’t reflect the urgent...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Delays threaten Biden administration’s promise to tackle ‘forever chemicals’

Federal agencies are failing to meet their own major milestones for taking actions to protect communities from the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, roughly a year after the White House promised...
Faucet with running water