EWG news roundup (9/9): Golden State energy concerns exacerbated by record heat wave, breaking down obesogens and more
EWG news roundup (9/9): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
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EWG news roundup (9/9): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.
Over the next decade, U.S. cities and towns will spend an estimated $300 billion to replace aging water and sewer pipes.
Earth Day would become an annual environmental autopsy if legislation proposed and voted on in the 104th Congress actually became law. Drawing on computer databases and new research, the Environmental Working Group analyzed 12 major pieces of anti-environmental legislation, and found that congressional plans would increase contamination of tap water, cause significantly more pollution of lakes
U.S. agribusiness spokesmen routinely defend practices that pollute air and water, and destroy soil by claiming that American farmers are doing what it takes to “feed the world.”
When my daughter was in preschool, she told me that instead of washing hands before lunch, the children used hand sanitizer. The thinking behind this was probably that hand sanitizer kills bacteria...
EWG argues for reform of farm programs to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in livestock production after analysis of recent government tests reveal more and more supermarket meat harbors antibiotic...
EWG opposes an EPA pesticide office plan for conditional registration of a nanoscale silver chemical known as HeiQ AGS-20 and used as an antimicrobial, pesticide and textile preservative. EWG asks the...
You've likely heard that eating meat and poultry isn't good for your health or the planet. Recent news from Washington may make meat even less palatable: Pork inspections may be taken over by the...
The soda industry has long been recognized as a major contributor to the obesity epidemic. In an attempt to change the narrative, Big Soda is pushing diet drinks, spending $296 million on marketing in...
Everyone likes safe food. Polls show consumers want food safety to be a top priority for food companies and policymakers.
EWG News Roundup (10/2): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Washington, D.C. – The decision by Avon, one of the world's largest beauty product manufacturers, to remove the antibacterial chemical triclosan from its products is “the latest example of how...
The corn shoppers find on supermarket aisles and at farm stands is called “sweet corn” because it contains more sugar than its ancestor, field corn. People eat sweet corn fresh on or off the cob...
EWG news roundup (1/21): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.