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Investors Call For Food Companies to Stay out of Washington State GMO Battle
Companies that donated funds to oppose ballot initiatives to require the labeling of products containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are facing new pressure from shareholders to stay out of...
Big Food Lobbying Group Spends Millions to Keep Consumers in the Dark
Environmental Working Group (EWG) today called out the big food lobbying group, Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), for dropping an additional $5 million into a campaign to defeat a popular...
Senator Helps to Protect Our Food
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) helped to protect the safety of food today by stripping a controversial rider that would have given Monsanto and other agrichemical...
Inappropriate Antibiotic Use in Animals ‘Makes Everyone Less Safe,’ CDC Says
In its first comprehensive report on antibiotic resistance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledges what many public health officials have known for years: there is a critical link...
Michelle Obama Calls on Americans to Drink More Water; EWG’s Filter Guide Can Help
Environmental Working Group applauds First Lady Michelle Obama's campaign to get Americans to drink more water instead of soft drinks. Consuming plenty of water daily has a number of positive effects...
Major Fracking Bill Passes Calif. Assembly
Legislation passed today by California legislators would take important steps toward improving oversight of potentially dangerous methods of drilling for oil or natural gas or stimulating production...
White House Should Make Water Conservation a National Priority
A detailed executive order making water a major national priority and moving the nation to a clean energy future is being submitted today to the White House for the consideration of President Obama.
Poison in the Pipeline: The Toxic Risk of Keystone XL
Independent lab tests of a sample taken from a tar sands oil spill earlier this year in Arkansas detected several highly toxic chemicals, according to a new report by Environmental Working Group...
Income Support Proposal in House Farm Bill is Far More Generous Than Current Law
A new price guarantee program in the House farm bill could cost nearly $20 billion more than the discredited programs it is designed to replace, a new analysis shows.
EWG Establishes Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Technology and Digital Mobilization
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Environmental Working Group, the nation's leading environmental health research and advocacy organization, has established its own “genius” award to honor...
GE Wheat on Oregon Farm Raises New Concerns
The unapproved genetically engineered wheat that has turned up on an Oregon farm is yet another reason why consumers need clear labeling of GE foods, Scott Faber, EWG's Senior Vice President of...
Clean Energy Advocates Hail Call for “Road Map” for Water Implications of U.S. Energy Policy
Today, leaders of the Committee for the American Clean Energy Agenda praised Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and 22 of her House colleagues for publicly urging U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to...
AFFIRM Act Cuts Wasteful Insurance Subsidies, Increases Transparency
Reps. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and Tom Petri (R-Wis.) today introduced the Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures Act (AFFIRM), common sense legislation that will reform the heavily...
Farm Bill Proposal Increases Subsidies for Big Farmers
The farm bill draft released today by the Senate Agriculture Committee contains the same flawed provisions as the 2012 Senate-passed bill that increase unlimited crop insurance subsidies to the...
Bill Would Modernize Conservation Programs in Farm Bill
Environmental Working Group (EWG) applauds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and the other co-sponsors of the Balancing Food, Farm and the Environment Act for recognizing that our land, our food, and our...
Conservation Reforms Needed to Protect Environment and Drinking Water
A new analysis by Environmental Working Group underscores the need to reform the nation's primary land restoration program for long-term protection of wetlands, prairies and other lands that protect...
Chef Tom Colicchio and EWG Launch “Worth Protecting” Campaign
Environmental Working Group (EWG) today launched the Worth Protecting social media and advocacy campaign to underscore the need for federal farm bill reforms that protect public health and the...
Legislation Would Require Clear Labeling of GE Food
Environmental Working Group applauds Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) for introducing the Genetically Engineered Food Right-to-Know Act, bipartisan legislation that would...
Apples Top EWG's Dirty Dozen
Apples top the Environmental Working Group's annual Dirty Dozen™ list of most pesticide-contaminated produce, followed by strawberries, grapes and celery. Other fresh fruits and vegetables on the new...
Consumers Deserve to Know the Facts about Antibiotics and Meat
The federal Food and Drug Administration has posted a statement on its website criticizing the Environmental Working Group's report, Superbugs Invade American Supermarkets, published April 15. The...
