Food should be good for you. But some foods aren’t. Pesticides are sprayed on millions of acres every year and some of them end up on your food. Our broken farm subsidy system encourages over production of the wrong food. EWG is pushing for better policy and more sustainable ways of farming that produce healthy food in a healthy environment. 

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EWG Explains: Fungicides and Citrus

Did you know that popular citrus fruits, like oranges, grapefruit and mandarins, might also come with a dose of hormone-disrupting fungicides?

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Everyone deserves access to safe and clean food and water. We push for tougher regulations to keep our food and water safe.
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Nothing is more vital to life than water. But our drinking water, streams and lakes are threatened by farm pollution. Agriculture is the leading source of pollution of rivers and streams, but we can protect our water with simple changes in the way we farm.