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Just Released: New Shopper's Guide to Pesticides

Download new Shoppers Guide to Pesticides
Environmental Working Group's latest edition of its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides can help consumers shop smart by choosing conventionally grown fruits and vegetables with the lowest levels of pesticides.
» Read more... | Published March 10, 2009

Foodnews: Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Check our guide for which fruits and veggies you should try to buy organic.
» Read more... | Published October 3, 2008

Every Breath You Take

Airborne Pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley
Independent scientific monitoring by the Environmental Working Group found high concentrations of a partially banned pesticide in the air San Joaquin Valley residents breathe.
» Read more... | Published February 20, 2001

The Facts About Diazinon

Why is diazinon dangerous?
Citing excessive risk to children, the US Environmental Protection Agency moved to sharply restrict consumer use of the nation's #2 selling home and garden insecticide.
» Read more... | Published December 5, 2000

Give Me a Fake: Stossel Under Fire

John Stossel's Phony Report on Organic Food
A twice-aired 20/20 report falsely maligning organic foods prompts EWG to respond. ABC news reprimands John Stossel and suspends show's producer.
» Read more... | Published August 1, 2000

Statement on Phase-out of Cyanazine

Some Bottle-Fed Infants May Exceed 'Safe' Dose Before Age 1
The tap water of more than 1 million Californians, mostly in the Central Valley, is contaminated with a banned pesticide that is one of the most potent carcinogens known.
» Read more... | Published November 15, 1999

Ban Dursban

Government finds excessive risks in widely used insecticide
A massive government review has concluded that the most widely used insecticide in the United States poses excessive safety risks to millions of Americans each year.
» Read more... | Published October 28, 1999

Into the Mouths of Babes

Bottle-fed Infants at Risk from Atrazine in Tap Water
» Read more... | Published June 30, 1999
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