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Despite federal and state laws requiring blood tests for all young children most at risk for lead poisoning, year after year California falls far short of its responsibility.

President Trump has nominated Michael Dourson to oversee chemical safety for the EPA, even though Dourson has repeatedly sought to weaken chemical safety standards on behalf of polluters for a price.

An industrial solvent classified as a likely carcinogen, which is also a common impurity in cosmetics and household cleaners, was detected in samples of drinking water supplies for nearly 90 million...

Toxic pollutants in drinking water are particularly hazardous for children. Compared to adults, children drink more water per pound of body weight, resulting in greater exposure and greater risk. They...

When it comes to drinking water, getting a passing grade from the government does not mean water is safe.

In the last decade, studies by EWG and other researchers have firmly established that toxic chemicals can pass from pregnant women to fetuses through the umbilical cord, affecting children's future...

In a landmark rule with global repercussions, California state scientists are preparing to issue the world's first health guideline for Monsanto's glyphosate herbicide based on its cancer risk. The...

The known extent of the contamination of U.S. communities with PFCs – highly fluorinated toxic chemicals, also known as PFASs, that have been linked to cancer, thyroid disease, weakened immunity and...

The environmental, public health and natural resources problems plaguing American agriculture are daunting and getting worse. Shifting environmentally sensitive land out of row crop production is one...

With a little planning, cooking organic food can save money and time, help you eat better, cut down on waste and help protect the environment.

The legislation would cap the amount of damages that could be sought in so-called nuisance suits brought by owners of property near concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs.

TCP is just one example of the widespread contamination of drinking water from agriculture chemicals.

Is Federal Crop Insurance Policy Leading to Another Dust Bowl?

In less than two decades, sales in the organic sector have grown from $3.7 billion in 1997 to more than $43 billion in 2015.

Mapping Cover Crops on Corn and Soybeans in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa, 2015-2016

Trump signed an executive order requiring the Army Corps of Engineers and the EPA to overhaul the Waters of the United States rule – also known as the Clean Water Rule. In 2015, President Obama signed...

Exposure to PFCs has been linked to testicular and kidney cancer, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia, ulcerative colitis and high cholesterol.

Scott Pruitt, President Trump's nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, has a penchant for making misleading claims about his record on the environment.

As Oklahoma's attorney general, Scott Pruitt rolled back efforts to protect the waters of his home state from the poultry industry and other polluters.

The safety reviews could lead to bans or restrictions on a number of hazardous chemicals in consumer products and workplaces, including asbestos, paint strippers

EWG's Skin Deep® adds more than 1,000 products marketed to Black women

When high water breaches animal barns, waste lagoons or fields with applied manure, the nearby surface water becomes toxic.

In the last three years, farmers have irrigated 95,000 acres of food crops with billions of gallons of oil field wastewater possibly tainted with toxic chemicals.

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USDA's conservation programs are the single largest investment of federal taxpayer's dollars to encourage farmers to adopt practices that improve natural resources and the...