Lunchroom Bullies
If you wanted an object lesson in how broken food politics are in America, you couldn't do better than to read how farm lobbyists, teamed up with big food companies and malleable friends in both...
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A 2015 national survey found that nearly nine out of ten Americans—regardless of age, race, gender, income and party affiliation—support GMO food labeling.
The Not So Secret Farm Bill
It's been two weeks since EWG president Ken Cook first sounded the alarm that a “secret” farm bill was in the works. He called out the industrial agriculture lobby and a handful of their powerful...
Secret Farm Bill Should Focus on Healthy Food and Jobs
A secret farm bill will leave out healthy food and hurt California. Nearly 70 environmental, public health, nutrition, food and farm groups – including EWG – are calling on California's congressional...
Leading Scientists Rely on and Back EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides
Chensheng (Alex) Lu, Associate Professor of Environmental Exposure Biology at Harvard School of Public Health has advised parents and caregivers to use the Shopper's Guide to "keep nutritional foods...
Big Food Fights to Keep Kids Fat
Childhood obesity rates in the U.S. are at an all-time high, while the quality of our children's food has reached a new low.
Eating Less, Better Meat: Yes We Can
I'm a vegetarian. But my husband's not. And – go figure – my kids aren't either. Which is exactly why I care about the meat I buy.
Best Friends Forever? Produce Growers and Pesticide Makers Deepen their Bond
In nearly two decades of research and advocacy on pesticides and human health, Environmental Working Group has never before seen the produce industry take a high-profile role in debates over pesticide...
In 2014, Vermont became the first state to pass a standalone mandatory GMO labeling law, which will go into effect July 2016. Connecticut and Maine have also passed GMO labeling laws that will go into effect once neighboring states pass similar laws. Over 30 states have introduced similar GMO labeling legislation in the past three years. In response to these state efforts, legislation intended to preempt mandatory labeling at the state and federal level – dubbed the Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK, Act - was passed by the House of Representatives in July 2015. Similar legislation was defeated in the Senate in March 2016. On July 7, 2016, the Senate passed compromise legislation introduced by Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) that would preempt state labeling laws but create a national, mandatory GMO labeling standard for all GMO foods.
Ford under fire for concealing safety tests
As the Detroit News reports, Ford Motor Co. has again withheld evidence of safety problems with its SUVs and other vehicles. For Ford, it's hardly an isolated incident.
Study: American Pesticide Levels Are High
A new study by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) found that a large percentage of people who had their blood and urine tested carried pesticides above levels considered safe by government health and...
Talks on Asbestos Bill End
The Republican Senate leadership's asbestos bailout bill appears dead for now, after negotiations stalled May 7. The bill would have denied thousands of Americans their day in court, reduced damage...
Study Links Teflon Chemical to Higher Cancer Rates
A new study presented at a meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicologists and Chemists links the Teflon chemical C8 [also known as PFOA] to elevated cancer rates. Researchers found higher...
Corn Ethanol: Bad for Farmers, Consumers and the Environment
By driving up the price of food and gas and causing costly engine damage, corn ethanol has been bad news for consumers. And by driving up the price of food, corn ethanol is also costing all of us...
Calif. Boosts Funding Opportunities for a New Generation of Sustainable Farmers and Local, Healthy Food
It's a new day for those who have felt poorly served by California's chief food and agriculture agency.
Dairy’s Downward Spiral a Consequence of Broken Biofuels Policy
California dairymen are being regularly referred to suicide hotlines as many go broke from rising feed costs, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Craft energy policy to protect fresh water
Guaranteeing a clean and ample supply of water should be at the core of our energy policy. Sometimes Washington seems to have forgotten that. But a recent survey shows that the American people have...
One-Year Extension or Trojan Horse?
Last fall, House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders tried to insert a “secret farm bill” in the super committee's un-amendable deficit reduction package. They failed. Now some of those same...
Protecting Water at the Source
One of the big challenges facing the globe in the next century will be access to clean water. In America, federal agriculture policies are putting drinking water used by millions of people at risk...
New Ethanol Blend Needs a Second Look
The National Academy of Sciences should review the health, environmental and safety effects of E15 ethanol blends before they're allowed on the market, but limiting EPA's authority to enforce the...
Putting Real Food in School Lunches
More whole grains, beans, fruits and vegetables will be on the menu for 31 million children who participate in the federally-supported National School Lunch Program under new nutrition standards...
How to talk to a climate change skeptic
Do you have trouble defending global warming science against the indefensible arguments of a climate change skeptic in your office or [gasp!] at your dinner table?
The rising cost of breathing
Consumer Affairs reports the new availability of environmentally sensitive asthma medication, prompting an FDA mandate to discontinue the production of traditional Albuterol inhalers by 2008. Up until...
Quick picks from today's NY Times
Burger King to start buying eggs and pork from non-CAFO suppliers [Link]