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A pesticide called dicamba has become a poster child for the arms race between ever-stronger weeds and ever-stronger weed killers.

Federal law on cosmetics and other personal care products is badly broken and has not been updated for nearly 80 years.

EWG's News Roundup (10/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Organic farming remains a bright spot in American agriculture. The price premiums enjoyed by organic farmers for many staple commodities like soybeans and corn remain higher than conventional prices.

EWG's News Roundup (10/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

The wildfires spreading through California are leaving behind unimaginable devastation, including some of the most polluted air ever recorded in parts of the state.

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month we reach out to friends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, celebrate remissions and comfort those who have lost loved ones.

People in developing nations don't go hungry because there's not enough food to go around. It's because they're poor.

President Trump's nominee to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency has raised widespread concern among public health, reproductive health, labor, business and environmental...

EWG's News Roundup (10/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

EWG's News Roundup (10/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

San Francisco could soon become the first U.S. city to prohibit chemical flame retardants in all new upholstered furniture and children's products sold in the city, including online sales.

Eradicate poverty. End hunger. Reduce inequality. Stop climate change. Such huge, idealistic goals may seem impossible.

The Trump administration delayed a long-awaited update to nutrition labels on packaged food Friday, launching yet another assault in its war on good food policy.

The overuse of antibiotics to raise livestock is creating superbugs, bacteria resistant to antibiotic drugs such as penicillin. San Francisco could soon become the first U.S. city to require major...

Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Next week, a key Senate committee will consider the nomination of Michael Dourson to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency. Here are the top 10 reasons senators should reject...

Here's yet another dangerous chemical that Michael Dourson, President Trump's nominee to oversee chemical safety at the Environmental Protection Agency, helped greenwash: diacetyl, a food additive...

Before he became President Trump's nominee to oversee the safety of pesticides sprayed on our food, Michael Dourson sought to weaken pesticide safety standards for Monsanto and Dow.

New research finds fluoride exposure during pregnancy can harm children's intelligence.