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EWG Analysis: Trump’s Farm Bailout Payments Flowing to City Slickers

Monday, November 19, 2018

Farm bailout payments intended to offset the impacts of President Trump’s trade war have instead flowed to more than 1,000 “city slickers” who live in the nation’s largest cities, an EWG analysis of Department of Agriculture data shows.

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Key Issues: 
Farming
Subsidies
Crop Insurance

Salmonella Outbreak Raises Concern About Thanksgiving Turkey

Friday, November 16, 2018

With Thanksgiving less than a week away, news of a salmonella outbreak in turkey is a serious concern.

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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Food
Healthy Eating

EWG News Roundup (11/16): Hormone Disrupting Weed Killer Contaminates U.S. Water, Thanksgiving Tips and More

Friday, November 16, 2018

EWG News Roundup (11/16) - Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Farming
Food
Water

Cities Oppose House Scheme To Block Local Pesticide Controls

Friday, November 16, 2018

Cities across the nation are fighting a provision in the House of Representatives’ version of the federal farm bill that would block cities, counties and school districts from restricting the use of toxic pesticides on playgrounds and parks.

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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming

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Trump Elevates Coal Lobbyist To Lead EPA

Friday, November 16, 2018
After a career as a coal lobbyist and five months as acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler has been tapped by President Trump to be the agency’s next administrator.
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Key Issues: 
Toxics
Consumer Products
Farming
Water

EPA: GenX Nearly as Toxic as Notorious Non-Stick Chemicals It Replaced

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
GenX, introduced a decade ago as a “safer” alternative for the notorious non-stick chemicals PFOA and PFOS, is nearly as toxic to people as what it replaced, says an Environmental Protection Agency study released today.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Nonstick Chemicals
Consumer Products
Water

Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer Taints Tap Water for Millions in Corn Belt

Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Seasonal spikes of atrazine – a weed killer that can disrupt hormones and harm developing fetuses – contaminate drinking water in corn-growing areas of the Midwest and beyond, according to an analysis of federal records by the Environmental Working Group.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Pesticides
Farming

In Rebuke of Trump Administration, Voters Deliver Strong Backing for Public Health and Environmental Protection

Wednesday, November 7, 2018
The results of the mid-term elections are a repudiation of President Trump’s pro-polluter agenda that could not have come at a more critical time for the health and well-being of every American, said Environmental Working Group President Ken Cook.
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Key Issues: 
Children's Health
Toxics
Consumer Products
Farming
Food
Water