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Building and operating the Keystone XL Pipeline would pump millions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And as EWG's Heather White has said, approving the pipeline would overlook a better...

The farm bill passed by Congress takes food and farm policy in the wrong direction. Here's what others have to say about the bill.

The farm bill that passed the House this week and will likely pass the Senate next week has some positive features, including new conservation requirements for farm businesses that collect crop...

EWG's editors asked the entire staff to pick the top agriculture-related stories of 2013, a category that includes the farm bill, farm subsidies, crop insurance, conservation, genetically engineered...

When EWG's staff voted on the most important environmental health stories of 2013 that didn't directly involve agriculture, it turned out that antibiotic overuse was at the top of the list. Of course...

If the crop insurance proposals in the 2013 farm bill, including STAX, are enacted and their costs are as high as some expect, the United States could be in serious jeopardy of violating WTO trade...

A team of scientists using portable methane detectors reported last week that it has detected 5,893 leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas, from gas utility lines in Washington D.C.

As a mom of an eight-year-old and a six-year old, I can't escape Disney. But thankfully, my little princesses haven't yet been exposed to the company's pro-fracking campaign, “Rockin' in Ohio.”

Wondering how Congress could cut farm subsidy giveaways instead of SNAP?

On January 9, more than 7,500 gallons of a chemical used to process coal – crude MCHM – spilled into West Virginia's Elk River at a facility owned by Freedom Industries.

State regulators have confirmed more than 100 cases of well water contamination caused by oil and gas drilling over the past five years, an Associated Press investigation found.

The decision by General Mills reflects the growing pressure on food companies to provide more, not less, information about what's in their products.

EWG's New Year's resolution for cosmetic manufacturers: shed bad actor ingredients that disrupt the hormone system, cause allergies and may accelerate skin cancer.

By including the most costly components of the farm bills that passed the House and Senate, the bill expected to emerge this month from a House-Senate conference committee could cost taxpayers even...

The federal Food and Drug administration has announced proposed rules that could drive unnecessary and potentially dangerous products from the market -- antibacterial hand soaps like those marketed by...

Supermarket shelves are loaded with products that display the label “natural.” The food industry likes to use the word to persuade consumers that what they're buying is somehow better for them, their...

Supermarket shelves are loaded with products that display the label “natural.” The food industry likes to use the word to persuade consumers that what they're buying is somehow better for them, their...

How did I spend my summer? I hung around department store makeup aisles, looking for the much talked about “miracle” makeup, BB and CC creams. You should have seen the looks I got as I dabbed the...

When you gather around the table this Thanksgiving with family and friends, don't forget to give thanks to the organic farmers who grow our food in ways that protect the environment.