Food should be good for you. But some foods aren’t. Pesticides are sprayed on millions of acres every year and some of them end up on your food. Our broken farm subsidy system encourages over production of the wrong food. EWG is pushing for better policy and more sustainable ways of farming that produce healthy food in a healthy environment.
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Pesticides still found in baby food, but biggest toxic threats eliminated
Your baby’s food may contain potentially harmful pesticides – but the Environmental Working Group’s decades of fighting to protect children’s health have helped eliminate the most toxic threats from...
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EWG's 2023 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
75 percent of non-organic fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. are still riddled with the potentially toxic agricultural chemicals, according to the EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in...
EWG’s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The top 12 to avoid
Our food should be nourishing and safe to eat. But more than 10,000 chemicals are allowed in food sold in the U.S. Some are direct additives.
Simple, nutritious and delicious meatless recipes
Stefanie Sacks is a Culinary Nutritionist and Author of “What the Fork Are You Eating?” exploring the link between a healthier diet and a healthier environment. She provides straightforward advice and...
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EWG Explains: Fungicides and Citrus
Did you know that popular citrus fruits, like oranges, grapefruit and mandarins, might also come with a dose of hormone-disrupting fungicides?
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