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Bill Would Ban Late-Harvest Spraying of Roundup Weedkiller on Oats

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to dramatically limit American children's exposure to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, in food.

EWG Asked People If They’d Like To Eat Cereal with Monsanto’s Weedkiller in It.

On a recent afternoon, across the street from the White House, EWG set up an impromptu taste test and asked participants to choose between two oat-based cereals: one that likely contained a pinch of...

Saving $2 Billion in Polluter Profits Tops Trump EPA’s 2018 ‘Accomplishments’

The Environmental Protection Agency's 2018 list of accomplishments touts policies that make it easier and cheaper for polluters to pollute, while painting a wildly distorted record of protecting...

Analysis: EPA Ignored Scientific Research Showing Monsanto’s Glyphosate Causes Cancer

A new analysis from the peer-reviewed scientific journal Environmental Sciences Europe documents the diametrically different approaches the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health...

In Stunning Reversal, EPA Stops Plan to Let Minors Handle Dangerous Pesticides

The Trump administration will no longer pursue plans allowing farm operators to let minors spray toxic pesticides on crops.

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

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...

Tests Reveal More Weed Killer Than Some Vitamins in Kids’ Cereals

Tests found more of the weed killer glyphosate than of some vitamins in samples of oat-based breakfast cereals marketed to children, an Environmental Working Group analysis shows.

Trump White House Pushes to Let Minors Spray Brain-Damaging Pesticides on Farms

The White House's just-released list of planned environmental and public health rollbacks includes letting high-school-age kids spray brain-damaging pesticides on commercial farms.

FDA Glyphosate Testing Conspicuously Skips Oats, Wheat Products

The Food and Drug Administration failed to include oats and wheat products in its glyphosate testing program, leaving Americans largely in the dark about their exposure through food to the active...

Food Companies, EWG Petition EPA for Stringent Limits on Glyphosate in Oats

The Environmental Working Group, joined by food and nutrition companies including MegaFood, Ben & Jerry's, Stonyfield Farm, MOM's Organic Market, Nature's Path, One Degree Organic Foods, National Co...

House GOP Seeks to Scuttle Playground Bans on Glyphosate

More than 50 city and county ordinances banning the use of the toxic weed killer glyphosate on local playgrounds, parks and school yards could be overturned by a provision championed by House...

Roundup for Breakfast? Weed Killer in Landmark Cancer Verdict Found in Kids’ Cereals, Other Oat-Based Foods

Popular oat cereals, oatmeal, granola and snack bars come with a hefty dose of the weed-killing poison in Monsanto's Roundup, according to independent laboratory tests commissioned by EWG. These new...

EWG Responds to General Mills and Quaker Oats: ‘Legal Is Not the Same as Safe’

The Environmental Working Group is disappointed that General Mills and the Quaker Oats Company have brushed aside consumer health concerns raised by new research that found the cancer-causing weed...

Court Rebukes EPA, Orders Ban on Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains

In a scathing opinion, today a federal court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide linked to brain damage in children.

OUT NOW: EWG’s 2018 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

All adults and children should eat more fruits and vegetables, whether they are organic or conventionally grown. With EWG's 2018 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, you can choose healthy...

Scott Pruitt Axed EPA Center That Helps Protect Babies from Arsenic, Pesticides

In Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's latest blow to children's health, the agency is shutting down a vital office that provides funding to scientists studying the impacts of toxic...

Big Win for Public Health: Calif. Judge Blocks Pesticide Spraying by State Ag Department

In a major victory for public health, a judge has ordered the California Department of Food and Agriculture to stop spraying toxic pesticides – including on schools, parks and lawns and near organic...

Brain Damaging Pesticide Scott Pruitt Left in Hands of Agribusiness Found in Hundreds of Food Samples

The federal Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, recently released test results that found the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos in more than 300 food samples.

Sen. Udall Offers Bill to Ban Pesticide Known to Harm Kids’ Brains

Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., introduced legislation today to ban a highly toxic and widely used pesticide that can harm children's brains and nervous systems, challenging the Trump administration's...

In a Milestone, California Lists Monsanto’s Glyphosate as a Carcinogen

In an action with national and global implications, today California officially listed glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, as a chemical known to cause cancer under the...

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