Chemical agriculture and its aerial bombardiers have managed to pollute the entire biosphere -- including people not yet born.
"The Children, Victims of Adult Vices" is effective public art that forces us to confront our vices and how they jeopardize the future of humanity. T...
A new report released Monday claims the science is clear: Eating too much meat is bad for your health. The so-called Meat Eater's Guide, compiled ...
"Wear sunscreen" seems like pretty solid advice, right? Well, that depends on which one you're planning on wearing, according to a recent guide put to...
Could an apple a day really keep the doctor away? Maybe -- but it may also be coated in pesticides. Today, the Environmental Working Group, an advo...
If the American classic song is right and “this land was made for you and me,” then why are we paying to have it destroyed? This is the question p...
Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I've been reading your co...
Every super hero has a nemesis, and the EPA's Jackson has the 112th Congress under the leadership of John Boehner doing everything it can to stop progress toward fuel efficiency and clean energy.
The benefits of organic farming are undeniable.
The FDA doesn't recommend avoiding any particular food to limit dioxin exposure other than its generally recommended diet. Of course there's the option of going vegan, the diet found to have the lowest exposure to dioxins.
he White House garden may be green and unsullied by agricultural chemicals, but Obama's United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) just forked ove...
An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, found that most cont...
The EWG is asking California to reconsider a $180,000 grant given to a group to combat the negative public perception of pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables.
The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), a California trade association, wants you to have less information about pesticide residues on the fruits and...
Most Americans would be astonished to learn that of the approximately 12,500 individual chemical ingredients in personal care products, the overwhel...
When shopping, how many times do you hear the cashier ask, "Would you like a receipt"? And how many times do you take one? Well, here's some eye-ope...
If Big Agriculture wants to promote healthier diets, it should stop attacking critics and focus on growing vegetables and fruits that are chemical-free -- and also tasty.
You wouldn't give your child an adult dose of Tylenol. You wouldn't strap an infant into the front seat of your car. The government won't let a baby b...
It's odd that Tea Party candidates have had so little to say about one area of wasteful spending that all limited government advocates should be able to agree on -- the USDA's farm subsidy programs.
Here are my choices for the must-have THINGS for summer 2010!
Though natural gas is marketed as the "safe" energy source compared with coal, according to an EWG report, a single well contains chemicals sufficient to "contaminate over 100 billion gallons of water."
Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I'm a guy who recently st...
The classics that have been on the most toxic list for the last decade are still on there. But this year, two new ones made it onto the list: blueberries and kale.
Despite sunscreen use being higher than ever, skin cancer is still on the rise. The most common cancer in the United States, skin cancer accounts for...
The FDA has been working on sunscreen safety rules for 32 years. In the mean time, EWG has come up with a sunscreen database that analyzes close to 2,000 sun protection products.
