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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...
Fracking Bill Gains Bipartisan Support
WASHINGTON – Today Reps. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) and Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.) reintroduced the bipartisan Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act of 2013 – a bill that Rep...
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...
EWG Stands with San Francisco on Cell Phone Radiation Right-to-Know
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to accept a settlement with the cell phone trade association tomorrow (Tuesday, May 7) to bring to an end a long legal battle over the city's...
Taxpayers Paid $7 Billion Too Much for Crop Insurance Last Year
A new analysis commissioned by the Environmental Working Group debunks the myth that federally-subsidized crop insurance will save taxpayers money and protect farmers from crippling losses when...
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...
Superbugs Invade America’s Supermarket Meat
The latest round of tests by federal scientists, quietly published in February, has documented startlingly high percentages of supermarket meat containing antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a...
Lautenberg Renews Drive to Protect Public from Toxic Chemicals
Legislation introduced today by Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.) would overhaul the way synthetic chemicals are regulated. Lautenberg's proposal would for the first time place the burden of proof on...
Reform Bill Paves the Way for Cleaner Biofuels
Bipartisan legislation introduced today to eliminate the federal requirement to blend corn ethanol into gasoline would pave the way for cleaner biofuels, said Environmental Working Group Vice...
Bill Promotes Local Food
WASHINGTON – Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today introduced in Congress the Local Farms, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, which seeks to make fresh, healthy food more...
Sustainable Food and Environmental Advocate Joins EWG Board
Anna Getty, a well-known author and advocate for sustainable food and children's health, has joined the board of directors of Environmental Working Group, the nation's leading environmental health and...
Spring Cleaning: EWG’s Tips on What to Use – and What to Avoid
From kitchen, bathroom, glass and all-purpose cleaners to dishwashing detergent, laundry soap and bleach, Environmental Working Group has scoured the chemical ingredients of more than 2,000 different...
An Outpouring of Thanks for Outgoing USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan
More than 100 food and farm leaders, CEOs, actors, chefs, pediatricians, authors, environmentalists and public interest groups sent a heartfelt letter today to Kathleen Merrigan, who is resigning as...
Congressmen Target Fracking Loopholes to Stem Pollution
Growing numbers of Americans have had to contend with the harmful environmental impacts of oil and natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing as energy companies have pushed into shale and other...
EWG Celebrates 20 Years of Game-Changing Work
This week, the Environmental Working Group celebrated 20 years of groundbreaking environmental health research and advocacy at its 4th annual Earth Dinner at the Ferry Building in San Francisco...
Government Report Sheds New Light on Water Contamination at Camp Lejeune
A new report released today by federal health officials shows that the decades-long case of drinking water contamination at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina is one of the worst on...