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EWG analysis: In the Mississippi River region, the climate crisis helped run up a $39.5B taxpayer bill for crop insurance premiums

Crop insurance premium subsidies in the Mississippi River region cost taxpayers almost $39.5 billion between 2001 and 2020, a new EWG analysis of Department of Agriculture data finds.
Flooded farm
Farming & Agriculture
Meat and Dairy Alternatives

What if the U.S. produced all the world’s beef?

The U.S. leads the world in beef production – only Brazil and China even come close. But what does this mean for the climate crisis?
Beef in the grocery aisle
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Meat and Dairy Alternatives

Cooking with plants: get your hands dirty with protein

Diving into creative ways to cook all plant foods, rather than just one type, can be an ideal start. But years of teaching people how to cook made me realize: Most people struggle with plant protein...
Salad
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Dozens of Coast Guard bases could be contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

At least 24 Coast Guard bases across the U.S. are now suspected of contamination by the toxic fluorinated “forever chemicals” known as PFAS, according to EWG’s updated analysis of records from the...
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Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Trump EPA ignored own guidelines by dismissing cancer risks for widely used pesticide, Inspector General finds

During the Trump administration, Environmental Protection Agency officials downgraded the agency’s long-held position that a widely used pesticide could give people cancer, the EPA’s internal watchdog...
Research

Supermarket Meat Still Superbugged, Federal Data Show

EWG’s most recent analysis of more than 47,000 federal government lab tests of bacteria on supermarket meat found an increase in the already high number of pork chops and ground beef contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Levels on ground turkey and chicken breasts remained high, but saw a slight decline. In the five years since our original analysis, “Superbugs Invade American
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EWG news roundup (7/29): Mapping Western Lake Erie Basin AFOs, billions of dollars in landmark Senate deal to fight climate crisis, and more

EWG news roundup (7/29): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Energy
Utilities
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California

EWG: Plan to crush California rooftop solar ignores ‘sound alternatives, violates state and federal law’

Environmental Working Group in new comments is blasting a plan by California’s investor-owned utilities and regulators to impose a steep tax on residential solar, saying the plan ignores clean energy...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA ‘hazardous substances’ designation delay threatens progress on ‘forever chemicals’

The Environmental Protection Agency is behind schedule on releasing a proposal for designating as hazardous substances two of the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. The delay threatens federal...
Food & Water
Food

Study: Additive found in Skittles and Starburst no longer considered safe

An additive used in Skittles, Starburst, Hostess’ Donettes and thousands of other foods should no longer be considered safe for human consumption, according to a new study from the European Union’s...
Skittles
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Meat and Dairy Alternatives

EWG statement on FY23 defense appropriations language expanding plant-based meal choices within the military

The following is a statement from Geoff Horsfield, the Environmental Working Group’s government affairs manager, on expansion of dietary choices for service members in the draft 2023 Department of...

EWG news roundup (8/19): Newly signed IRA includes $20B for climate conservation spending, chemists develop new method for destroying PFAS and more

EWG news roundup (8/19): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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EWG news roundup (8/12): NAS urges EPA to look into risks of sunscreen UV filters, 'Erin Brockovich’ chemical spill in Michigan and more

EWG news roundup (8/12): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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California

Scorching heat and historic drought threaten California’s electric grid, showing need for more rooftop solar

Temperatures are soaring in much of central California – above 100 degrees in places – and the resulting higher demand on the electricity grid could cause blackouts.
Farming & Agriculture
Climate & Agriculture
Conservation

Senate bill to make historic climate-focused conservation investments

The Environmental Working Group today applauds Senate leaders for including more than $20 billion in the Inflation Reduction Act to tackle a growing backlog of requests from farmers seeking U.S...
Food & Water
Water
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

EPA hazardous substance proposal holds ‘forever chemicals’ polluters accountable

The Environmental Working Group applauds the Environmental Protection Agency for today proposing to designate the two most commonly detected toxic “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the...

EWG applauds future leaders of environmental and public health advocacy

The Environmental Working Group just completed its latest summer as a partner in the Stanback Fellowship Program through Duke University, which provides undergraduate students for internships in...
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Energy
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California

California ban on gas cars will require far more rooftop solar for EV charging

The Golden State on Thursday is expected to announce it will ban all new gasoline-powered automobiles by 2035, according to press reports.
Household & Consumer Products
Cleaning Supplies
Toxic Chemicals

Skip the most toxic fabric softeners

Using fabric softeners sounds like a no-brainer. These popular laundry products promise soft, fresh-smelling clothes, free of static and wrinkles, along with less stretching, fading and pilling.

Faberic softener
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Food
Family Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals

Serve up healthy mornings at home with EWG’s top organic cereal choices

Breakfast is, for many people, their most important meal. What you choose to eat first thing can set the tone for the rest of the day. Often we don’t have to time cook a big breakfast, let alone sit...
Food & Water
Water
Family Health
Reproductive Health
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals

Pregnant with PFAS: The threat of ‘forever chemicals’ in cord blood

The developing fetus faces a threat from the harmful “forever chemicals” known as PFAS in their umbilical cord, a new Environmental Working Group science review finds.
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Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Regional Issues
California

Honeywell lobbying Gov. Newsom to veto measure banning ‘forever chemicals’ from cosmetics products

Technology giant Honeywell is lobbying California Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that would ban the sale in the state of cosmetics intentionally made with the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS...
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Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Toxic Algae

Dogs still not safe from toxic algae blooms in 2022

EWG’s annual tracking of algae bloom news reports finds more than 400 stories already this year, and further proof that toxic algae can be deadly for dogs.
Energy
Federal & State Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Regional Issues
California

California lawmakers warn state against exploiting new federal climate law to impose solar tax on constituents

Sixteen members of Congress from California are asking state utility officials to resist using the landmark Inflation Reduction Act’s incentives for expanding solar as an excuse to impose a new tax...
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