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EWG News Roundup (12/20): Congress Fails on PFAS, Trump EPA’s Bear Hug for Hormone-Disrupting Pesticide, and More
EWG News Roundup (12/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (1/10): Trump Threatens To Derail PFAS Action, California Fails To Test Infants for Lead and More
EWG News Roundup (1/10): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Study: PFAS Exposure Through Skin Causes Harm Similar to Ingestion
Exposure through the skin to the toxic fluorinated chemical once used to make Teflon could pose the same health hazards as ingesting the compound in water or food, according to a new animal study from...
Troubled Waters
EWG News Roundup (2/7): California Bans Neurotoxic Pesticide, Endocrine Disruptors in Menstrual Products and More
EWG News Roundup (2/7): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
FDA Studies: ‘Short-chain’ PFAS Chemicals More Toxic Than Previously Thought
New studies by the Food and Drug Administration indicate that a common fluorinated chemical in food packaging and stain-resistant carpets and textiles is much more toxic than earlier studies by the...
The Coronavirus Stimulus Must Address Three Crises: The Pandemic, the Economy and Climate Change
Congress is on the brink of approving the biggest stimulus package in U.S. history – $2.2 trillion to fight the public health and economic crises of the coronavirus pandemic. Subsequent rounds of...
UPDATED MAP: Suspected and Confirmed PFAS Pollution at U.S. Military Bases
Update: The PFAS Contamination Crisis is Still Spreading
Despite EPA Knowledge of Health Hazards, Fracking Chemicals Remain Secret
The Environmental Protection Agency knows that dozens of the chemicals used in fracking pose health hazards. The agency not only allows their use, but also lets the oil and gas industry keep the...
Women in Agriculture - by the Numbers
State Renewables Standards Propel the Clean Energy Revolution
Going, Going, Gone!
Big Corn and Soy Go on the Defensive As Cancer Experts Probe Weed Killers
News that the world's cancer experts are taking a fresh look at 2,4-D has farm organizations worried.
GMO Labeling Urgent As USDA Frees Growers to Use New Monsanto GMO Corn
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said this week (March 23) it will allow farmers to plant a new strain of genetically modified (GMO) corn created by Monsanto to be tolerant of the week killers...
Monsanto’s GMO Weed Killer Sprayed on Fields Close to 12,000 Churches
Poisons in the Pipeline
EPA: Popular Weedkiller Threatens Wildlife
Attack of the Frankenfoods: Genetically Engineered Crops Use 26% More Pesticides, and Growing
EWG News Roundup (9/28): Calif. Leads Nation to Protect Kids from Lead, Trump Fights Pesticide Ban, Top Children’s Health Official Ousted at EPA and More
EWG News Roundup (9/28): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Paradise Lost
Roundup at Recess? How to Get Cancer-Causing Pesticides Off Your Local Playground
Two University of California, Berkeley alumnae recently succeeded in convincing the entire UC system to suspend its use of the cancer-causing pesticide glyphosate in its landscaping. If they can do...
EWG News Roundup (12/16): Michelle Pfeiffer Joins Board and EWG Sues FDA
Some of the biggest news to come out of EWG since its inception more than 22 years ago happened this week, and it wasn't a consumer guide or big policy win. Golden Globe winner, three-time Academy...