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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...
EWG’s 2016 Dirty Dozen™ List of Pesticides on Produce: Strawberries Most Contaminated, Apples Drop to Second
Conventional strawberries top the Dirty Dozen™ list of EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, displacing apples, which headed the list the last five years running.
Study: Monsanto’s Glyphosate Most Heavily Used Weed-Killer in History
Monsanto's signature herbicide glyphosate, first marketed as “Roundup,” is now the most widely and heavily applied weed-killer in the history of chemical agriculture in both the U.S. and globally...
Dolores Huerta and EWG React to Lawsuit Against Monsanto over Cancer-Causing Weed Killer
A farm worker and a horticultural assistant who both developed cancer after being exposed to Monsanto's glyphosate weed killer have filed separate lawsuits against the company.
Study Links Childhood Cancer and In-Home Pesticide Use
A new study by Harvard researchers provides disturbing evidence that children's exposure to household insecticides is linked to higher risks of childhood leukemia and lymphoma, the most common cancers...
Conventional Wisdom Overlooks Links between Chemical Mixtures and Cancer
Conventional thinking about cancer prevention may overlook growing evidence that the combined effects of chemicals that are not carcinogenic on their own may be a significant cause of cancer...
Anti-GMO Labeling Bill Just Keeps Getting DARKer
This week the House Agriculture Committee is expected to mark up and vote on a bill that would take away the right of states to label food with genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs. According to...
Dow Crop Chemical Labeled "Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans"
The decision by an organization of the world's leading cancer experts to classify the herbicide 2,4-D as a possible carcinogen underscores the risk posed by the U.S. government's recent approval of 2...
EWG Calls on Monsanto to Retract Remarks on WHO Weed-Killer Report
In response to the World Health Organization's decision to classify the weed-killer glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans,” Monsanto's top executive pulled out the rhetorical machine guns...
EWG Blasts EPA’s GMO Weed Killer Expansion Plan
Ignoring the World Health Organization's conclusion that the crop chemical glyphosate is “probably carcinogenic to humans,” the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the glyphosate-containing...
World Health Organization Labels Glyphosate Probable Carcinogen
The Environmental Working Group today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to require mandatory GMO labeling after the World Health Organization's cancer research arm designated the...
Apples Top Dirty Dozen List for Fifth Year in a Row
Apples, peaches, and nectarines topped EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in ProduceTM list of the dirtiest, or most pesticide-contaminated, fruits and vegetables, a new analysis of U.S. government...
Lawsuit Challenges California Plan Allowing Pesticide Spraying on Schools, Homes, Organic Farms
Eleven groups and the city of Berkeley sued the California Department of Food and Agriculture today over the agency's approval of a statewide “pest management” plan that allows pesticide spraying on...
Whole Foods Launches Revolutionary Program To Rate Health and Environmental Impact of Produce
EWG commends Whole Foods Market for launching a new program that will raise the bar for retailing responsibly grown produce and improve the health, safety and environmental impact of the fruits and...
EPA Ignores Public Outcry, Approves Dangerous Weed Killer
The Environmental Working Group is “deeply disappointed” that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to approve a toxic weed killer known as Enlist Duo, despite overwhelming opposition...
EWG Blasts Government Approval of 2,4-D-Tolerant Corn, Soybeans
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to approve new varieties of genetically engineered corn and soybean seeds "brings us one step closer to widespread use of a new toxic weed killer that...
EWG Opposes USDA Recommendation To Deregulate 2,4-D-Tolerant Corn, Soybeans
A U.S. Department of Agriculture recommendation to deregulate new varieties of genetically engineered corn and soybean seeds would bring a chemical manufacturer one step closer to selling a new toxic...
50 Lawmakers Stand Up for Children’s Health
Fifty members of Congress are standing up for children's health by urging the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture to reject a new toxic weed killer, “Enlist DuoTM,” and...
Citing Health Risks, Doctors and Scientists Urge Congress to Reject Potent Herbicide Mix for Genetically Engineered Crops
Prominent doctors, scientists and business leaders today urged Congress to pressure the Obama administration to reject an application to market “Enlist DuoTM,” a new toxic herbicide mix of 2,4-D and...
Doctors, Scientists Urge Obama Administration to Reject Potent Herbicide Mix
35 prominent doctors, scientists and researchers have signed a letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny approval of a new double herbicide mix of 2,4-D and glyphosate, which...