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Ban Methyl Parathion Now

Unacceptable Risk to America's Children
The Environmental Working Group reiterates its demand that the EPA ban the highly toxic bug-killer methyl parathion. More than 300,00 children between the ages of 1 and 5 get an unsafe dose of this poison every day.
» Read more... | Published February 12, 1999

How 'Bout Them Apples?

Pesticides in Children's Food, 10 Years after Alar
Ten years after the consumer revolt that led to the ban of the carcinogen Alar, children are no better protected from pesticides in the nation's food supply, according to government data on the pesticides most often found in kids' favorite foods.
» Read more... | Published February 1, 1999

What You Don't Know Could Hurt You

EWG Air Monitoring Finds Toxic Pesticides Drifting From California Farm Fields
Two years of independent scientific monitoring by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) detected an array of toxic pesticides drifting into the air Californians breathe.
» Read more... | Published January 1, 1999

Utility Deregulation a Bust For Energy Efficiency Programs

How Power Companies Have Abandoned Energy Efficiency Programs
By cutting energy efficiency programs almost in half, electric utilities are sticking customers with bigger electric bills and dirty air.
» Read more... | Published October 1, 1998

"Greening" Hospitals

An analysis of pollution prevention in America's top hospitals
Lack of basic environmental practices at major U.S. hospitals is resulting in serious pollution problems and contamination of major foods, including baby foods.
» Read more... | Published June 8, 1998

Factory Farming

Toxic Fertilizer in the United States 1990-1995
Under the guise of 'recycling,' each year polluting industries ship millions of pounds of toxic waste laden with dioxin, lead, mercury, and other hazardous chemicals to fertilizer manufacturers to be used as raw material for fertilizers for US farms.
» Read more... | Published March 26, 1998

Overexposed || Organophosphate Insecticides in Children's Food

Organophosphate Insecticides in Children's Food
Every day, 1 million American children age 5 and under consume unsafe levels of a class of pesticides that can harm the developing brain and nervous system, according to a new analysis of federal data by the Environmental Working Group.
» Read more... | Published January 29, 1998
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