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Dirty Drinking Water in Farm Country

A new study from the University of Minnesota confirms what we've been saying – big agriculture is contaminating your drinking water.

House Readies to Advance Sunscreen Innovation Act

EWG applauds Reps. Whitfield and Dingell for their efforts to accelerate FDA's review of the safety and efficacy of sunscreen ingredients and we look forward to working with Congress to enact...

Teen Body Burden – Where Are They Now?

Six years ago, EWG tested the blood and urine of 20 young adults. We wanted to know whether teens would show higher levels of chemicals associated with cosmetics and other personal care products...

The Most Environmentally Harmful Thing You Eat

Believe it or not, choosing between a burger and a chicken sandwich can affect more than just your waistline. A new study led by scientists at Bard College in New York shows that going for beef has 10...

Phthalates Are Out of Children’s Toys, But In Your Food

Just when you thought that phthalates, chemicals added to plastics to make them more flexible, were off your radar, think again.

Germany Proposes Seven-Year Fracking Ban

Environmentalists in Germany have more to celebrate this week than a World Cup championship title.

Is Organic Really Better?

A new study published in the British Journal of Nutrition found that organic crops have higher concentrations of antioxidants, lower levels of cadmium and nitrates and fewer pesticide residues than...

Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Spew Methane, Study Finds

If you think the risks associated with fracking for oil and gas disappear once a well stops producing and goes out of commission, think again. And that goes for conventional drilling technologies, too...

The Story of Skin Deep

It started with a simple question – how many personal care products do people use every day?

Dow Cherry-Picks its Evidence to Defend New Toxic Pesticide

Dow AgroSciences, which is seeking federal approval to sell a new herbicide mixture, last week (July 3) attacked an EWG analysis pointing out that thousands of school children could be exposed to...

Congress Lauds Biotech Benefits – but at Children’s Expense?

School children in districts represented by some members of the House subcommittee that oversees biotechnology could soon be at increased risk of being exposed to a toxic weed killer, a recent EWG...

The Real Winners of the World Cup

The 32 countries competing in the 2014 FIFA World Cup ™ are all required to play by the same rules on the soccer field, but off the field they subscribe to different sets of rules when it comes to...

Colorado Court Allows Ballot Initiatives On Fracking

The Colorado Supreme Court has cleared the way for ballot initiatives that would permit municipalities to ban hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas.

New Duke Study Finds that Reducing Air Pollution Saves Lives

Want the secret to a longer life? It may be as simple as breathing – not meditation, but the quality of the air you breathe.

Where’s the chicken?

If every American simply switched from beef to chicken, we could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 137 million metric tons of carbon — or as much as taking 26 million cars off the road. That's...

Thousands Of Schools Would be Close To Toxic Spray Zones

There are 5,532 American schools within 200 feet of farm fields that may soon be blanketed with massive amounts of a toxic defoliant linked to Parkinson's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and...

Small Towns Win Major Fracking Victory in New York’s Highest Court

The small upstate New York towns of Dryden and Middlefield won a huge victory in court Monday over energy companies that have been pushing to drill for natural gas across a broad swath of the state.

What Parents Need to Know About Over-Fortified Foods

Food fortification began decades ago as an effort to reduce the risk of having insufficient vitamins and minerals in Americans' diet, but it has become a marketing tool that could be downright risky...

It’s Time for a Mandatory National Registry of Fracking Chemicals

If oil and gas companies were injecting potentially toxic fluids into the ground near your home or your children's schoolyard, wouldn't you want to know about it?

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