Eight Key Questions on Chemical Safety Reform
Chemicals used in everyday products should be safe – right? States should have a role in regulating potentially toxic chemicals – right?
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Corn Ethanol Clips Your Car's MPG
According to a new study from the Department of Energy, corn ethanol has helped drive down the energy content in a gallon of gasoline by 3 percent since 1993. And less energy per gallon means fewer...
Brazil strikes back at junk food
In an unprecedented step for a developing country, the Brazilian government is officially urging its citizens to avoid ultra-processed foods in favor of raw and minimally processed foods in order to...
Shedding Light On The DARK Act
America needs a national labeling law for genetically engineered foods. That was the consensus of a majority of the members of Congress from both sides of the aisle during a well-attended subcommittee...
Feeding Holiday Revelers? Let EWG’s Food Scores Help
Between entertaining, shuttling kids and visiting elderly parents and other family members most of us don't have the time and energy to whip up from-scratch meals several times a day. Yet everybody...
Coming Soon to a Store Near You: Better Sunscreens
Partisan gridlock has been rising almost as fast as the staggering rates of skin cancer diagnoses and deaths. That's why EWG is so pleased that Congress was able to come together to pass the Sunscreen...
Organic can feed the world
Organic farming isn't just a niche for a privileged elite. A new study, published today (Dec 10th) in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London shows that organic farmers can achieve yields...
AgMag’s Top 10 Stories of the Year
Every year, EWG's editors ask our colleagues on the EWG staff to tell us what they consider the Top 10 environmental stories of the year in each of the two topic areas covered by the two blogs on EWG...
The Empty Promise of Farm Subsidy 'Reform' Savings
In 2014, Congress eliminated direct payments to farmers, replacing them with two new subsidy programs known as Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC County) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). The Congressional...
Preventing Cancer is Not A Game of Chance
Today is World Cancer Day, a perfect time to raise awareness and spur action in the fight against cancer. It's a day to reflect on a very important question: What is the main cause of cancer? Is it...
More Than 60 EWG VERIFIED® Products – and Counting!
Our verification program was created to help shoppers quickly and easily identify products that meet our strictest health and transparency standards. The program is gaining momentum and awareness, and...
Is EPA Destroying Rural America?
Today, the House Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on how the “regulatory agenda” of the Environmental Protection Agency is destroying rural America.
Crop Insurance Rewards Bad Behavior, Punishes Conservation
Federal crop insurance encourages growers to plant crops on land that is vulnerable to soil erosion and discourages landowners from adopting good conservation practices.
Five Reasons Your Tap Water Changed Color
Americans are watching their tap water more closely than ever these days following the lead crisis in Flint, Mich., and other incidents of water contamination around the country.
Editorial Boards Across The Country Say, “Stop the DARK Act”
Editorial boards across the country have been weighing in about the wrong-headed “Deny Americans the Right to Know,” or DARK, Act. Whether they favor GMO labeling or simply reject the notion of...
Senate Sends Strong Message in Defeat of DARK Act
In a major win for consumers, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) yesterday failed to attract the votes he needed to end debate on a bill known to opponents as the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act, or DARK...
Not Your Average Policy – Farmers Make Money Off Heavily Subsidized Crop “Insurance”
Buried in a recently released U.S. Government Accountability Office report is staggering evidence that the federal government's crop insurance program serves as another source of farm business income...
Shouldn’t chemical safety law overhaul prioritize an asbestos ban?
In 1989, the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to ban asbestos.
GMOs Won’t Help the World’s Hungry
An editorial in the Washington Post this week (March 30) claimed that if genetically modified foods – GMOs – are required to be labeled, the world's poorest will suffer.
The Nail in Corn Ethanol’s Coffin
The renewable fuel standard, the federal law that year after year requires refiners to blend more corn ethanol into gasoline, has caused millions of acres of grasslands to be plowed up and added...
What Would It Take for the EPA to Test Every Major Chemical for Safety?
As the Congressional debate over how to fix the failed Toxic Substances Control Act heats up, we have to ask: What would it take for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to assess the safety of...
House Bill Slashes Funding for Critical Farm Conservation Programs
Today (April 19) the House Appropriations Committee will mark up the $21 billion agriculture spending bill for fiscal year 2017, which proposes to slash a number of vital conservation programs. To...
Early Planting Raises Risk of Erosion
Recently, spring weather in upper Midwest has been warmer and dryer, leading farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Minnesota to plant corn in early April. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's...
Are Those GMO Mushrooms onYour Plate? You May Never Know
All of us who like mushrooms let out a big gasp last week after learning that a GMO mushroom could wind up on our dinner tables without any notice or label.
