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COVID-19 Farm Bailout Funds Should Help Farmworkers, Not Big Farmers
Congress should direct the Department of Agriculture to use COVID-19 relief funds to ensure that farmworkers –not big farmers – have protections, free testing and paid sick leave.
Trump’s Farm Relief Won’t Protect Essential Farmworkers From COVID-19
In a Pandemic, Farmworkers Deserve a Raise, Not a Pay Cut
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, farmworkers are risking their lives to feed us. So why are some officials in the Trump administration and some Republicans in Congress trying to cut farmworkers'...
What if Lots of Food and Farm Workers Get Sick at the Same Time?
EWG Sends Open Letter to Produce Industry: Do More to Protect Consumers and Farmworkers from Pathogens and Pesticides
New Study Raises Concern About Airborne Exposure to Toxic Algae Blooms
Studies of the health hazards of toxic algae blooms have focused largely on the danger of direct contact with contaminated water in lakes, rivers and the ocean. Now a new study shows that even...
Toxic Algae Blooms Now a Year-Round Problem
Florida health officials are warning of an unusually early outbreak of blue-green algae on the Caloosahatchee River, a popular tourist area on the state's southwestern Gulf Coast.
EWG’s Most-Read Stories of 2019 – And Some You May Have Missed
Trump Cuts Food Stamps for Hungry Americans, But Handouts to Rich Farmers Keep Coming
Just in time for Christmas, the Trump administration has finalized a rule to kick 700,000 hungry Americans off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly called food stamps – the...
Trump’s Hollow Promise of Trade-War Relief for Small Farms
EWG News Roundup (10/4): PFAS Taints Military Bases, California Adopts Law To Protect People From Lead in Jewelry, and More
EWG News Roundup (10/4): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (9/27): ‘Forever Chemicals’ in California, Electric Cars Draw Ire of Big Oil and More
EWG News Roundup (9/27): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (9/20): EWG Estimates 100,000+ Cancer Cases Stem From Tap Water Contaminants, Fairway Farmers and More
EWG News Roundup (9/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (9/13): Army Sites Plagued With PFAS, Trump Guts Clean Water Rule and More
EWG News Roundup (9/13): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Trump Campaign Advisors Receive Over $2 Million in Trade Bailout Payments
EWG News Roundup (9/6): Hurricane Dorian Threatens N.C. Factory Farms, Climate Crisis Takes Center Stage in 2020 Campaign and More
EWG News Roundup (9/6): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (8/30): DuPont and 3M’s Half-Century of PFAS Deception, Monsanto’s Thoughts on Moms and More
EWG News Roundup (8/30): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EWG News Roundup (8/23): Big Energy Bends the Truth About Solar, Trump Team Hypocrites on Asbestos and More
EWG News Roundup (8/23): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Update: Trump’s USDA Trade Bailout Flows to City Slickers, a D.C. Lobbyist and ‘Farms’ on Golf Courses
EWG News Roundup (8/9): Mapping Harmful Algae Toxins, Back-to-School Cellphone Tips and More
EWG News Roundup (8/9): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.