Why Children, Pregnant Women Should Eat Food with Fewer Pesticides
“For many children, diet may be the most influential source” of pesticides, said the Academy of Pediatrics in a landmark report published in November 2012.
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Big Ag Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Protect Pesticide that Lowers Kids’ IQs
With its back up against the wall, U.S. agribusiness is making a last-ditch effort to keep its grip on a pesticide used on fruits and veggies, which is so nasty even the smallest amounts lower kids'...
Pruitt’s EPA Abandoning Duty to Protect Kids From Dangerous Pesticides
Five years is a long time in the life of a child – and for the child's parents. Five years can be a period of profound change, growth and development. But if Environmental Protection Agency chief...
EPA Chief Scraps Scheduled Ban of Pesticide That Harms Kids’ Brains
In one of his first major decisions as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt sided with the pesticide lobby over scientists in an eleventh-hour decision to abort the agency's...
EPA Study: Week of Organics Cleans Pesticides from Kids' Blood
A new EPA study fed 23 Seattle children an all-organic diet for a week and saw the pesticide levels in their blood drop to virtually zero. As soon as the kids started back on their conventional diets...
EPA Chief’s Big Test: Ban Pesticide Hazardous to Kids’ Brains
As one of his first major decisions as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt must rule by the end of this week on the safety of chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate pesticide...
Environmental groups petition EPA to retract fluoride pesticide tolerances on food
EWG, Beyond Pesticides and Fluoride Action Network challenge the safety of new food tolerances issued by the EPA for the fluoride-based pesticide, sulfuryl fluoride.
Trump EPA to Weaken Safeguards of Pesticide Linked to Birth Defects, Cancer
The Trump administration announced in a document posted Thursday that it plans to weaken environmental safeguards for atrazine, a weedkilling pesticide linked to birth defects and cancer in humans.
What the Biden Administration Should Do To Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides
The administration of President Joe Biden has a mountain of work to do to reverse the damage done by the Trump administration. It should begin by taking swift action to ban and restrict the toxic...
Setting the record straight on EWG’s funding and Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
In what has become an annual ritual, in recent weeks the 2023 EWG Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™has been the target of attacks on social media by uninformed people and groups. We trust our...
California bill banning toxic pesticide clears key legislative hurdle
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Legislation to ban the use of the highly toxic herbicide paraquat in California was approved today by a key state Assembly committee.
EPA Chief May Let Young Farmworkers Handle Toxic Pesticides
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is taking steps that could lift health-protective safeguards designed to prevent teenage farmworkers from handling toxic pesticides.
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.
Sweeping Senate pesticide law overhaul protects kids, farmworkers and everyone
Legislation introduced today would ban or restrict scores of the most toxic pesticides, set health-based limits on pesticide use and registration, and create safety protections for farmworkers. If...
Best Friends Forever? Produce Growers and Pesticide Makers Deepen their Bond
In nearly two decades of research and advocacy on pesticides and human health, Environmental Working Group has never before seen the produce industry take a high-profile role in debates over pesticide...
Monsanto GMO Guru Attacks EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
We'd like to thank Rob Fraley, chief technology official at Monsanto, who's largely responsible for introducing genetically modified foods to the U.S. and Big Ag's surge in pesticide use that ensued.
EU Officials Warn of Health Risks from Pesticides Common on U.S. Fruits and Vegetables
The decision by Europe's top food safety agency to call for new restrictions on two pesticides common on conventionally-grown U.S. produce because they “may affect the developing human nervous system”...
Leading Scientists Call for Increases Pesticide Testing on Children's Favorite Foods
Leading pesticide researchers write FDA, USDA and EPA to call for increased monitoring of pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables, as well as more study of pesticide effects on children.
California Children’s Environmental Health Month shows risks of pesticides, lead
California’s proclamation of October as Children’s Environmental Health Month highlights the need to protect children from exposure to pesticides and hazardous chemicals like lead, which can result in...
5 Ways House Farm Bill Would Roll Back Protections from Pesticides
The negative health and environmental impacts of pesticide use and exposure are well established: They range from increased cancer risk, to damage to children's brains and nervous systems, to lower...
Attack of the Frankenfoods: Genetically Engineered Crops Use 26% More Pesticides, and Growing
The dedicated folks at The Organic Center released a hard hitting report today, Impacts of Genetically Engineered Crops on Pesticide Use: The First Thirteen Years.
Roundup at Recess? How to Get Cancer-Causing Pesticides Off Your Local Playground
Two University of California, Berkeley alumnae recently succeeded in convincing the entire UC system to suspend its use of the cancer-causing pesticide glyphosate in its landscaping. If they can do...
The 2017 Dirty Dozen: Strawberries, Spinach Top EWG's List of Pesticides in Produce
Strawberries remain at the top of the Dirty Dozen™ list of the EWG Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, with spinach jumping to second place in the annual ranking of conventionally grown produce...
American Oversight, EWG Challenge EPA Over Failure to Release Pesticide Records
American Oversight filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency today to force the release of documents and communications regarding Administrator Scott Pruitt's March 29 decision to...
