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Higher hazards persist in personal care products marketed to Black women, report reveals

Out of 4,011 personal care products marketed to Black women, only 21 percent rate as low hazard in EWG’s Skin Deep® cosmetics database according to this newly updated EWG analysis co-authored with BLK...

February 11, 2025

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Getting ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters

Taking ‘forever chemicals’ out of drinking water: EWG’s guide to PFAS water filters. Discover the most effective water filters for reducing PFAS contamination in your water. EWG's extensive tests...

July 11, 2023

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Children’s Health

EWG investigation: Dangerous agricultural chemical chlormequat found in popular oat-based products

A new EWG investigation finds for the first time troubling concentrations of the toxic agricultural chemical chlormequat in oat-based products sold in the U.S., including everyday brands marketed to...

January 31, 2023

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New EWG analysis shows funding and farm stakes in climate ‘guardrails’ fight

January 9, 2025

A new EWG investigation finds that farmers received almost $1 billion more for adopting climate-smart conservation practices through a major federal program in 2024 compared to 2023, due to the...

In hotter, drier Colorado River region, USDA programs don’t help farmers tackle climate crisis

June 5, 2024

As the climate crisis deepens, drought and heat in the Colorado River region are also worsening, wreaking havoc on farms. The Department of Agriculture has a significant role to play in helping...

Drought drove almost $10B in crop insurance payments to Texas farmers over 22 years

May 23, 2024

A new EWG investigation shows that drought conditions in Texas triggered more federal crop insurance payments to farmers than any other reason and made up an astounding 43 percent of all crop...

Triple dipping: House farm bill increases likelihood of wealthy farmers raking in billions each year

May 21, 2024

Between 2021 and 2023, farmers across the country may have dipped into three types of taxpayer-funded federal farm support programs to collect more than $55.2 billion, according to EWG’s newly updated...

Crop insurance pays farmers billions of dollars for weather-related losses closely linked to the climate crisis

November 1, 2023

Crop insurance payouts for losses associated with extreme weather have cost billions of dollars, a new Environmental Working Group analysis of Department of Agriculture data shows. Those payments will...

Crop insurance costs soar over time, reaching a record high in 2022

September 7, 2023

The federal Crop Insurance Program was created to insure farmers against crop losses. But because of how the program is designed and has been managed over time, it actually only protects around 20...

Climate & Agriculture

One-third of all crop insurance subsidies flow to massive insurance companies and agents, not farmers

July 12, 2023

The federal Crop Insurance Program is known for paying billions of dollars every year to farmers when they experience reductions in crop yield or revenue. But the Department of Agriculture program...

EWG: In the intensifying climate crisis, a hotter Southwest spurs rising heat-related crop insurance costs

June 21, 2023

A new Environmental Working Group analysis shows a clear connection between rising temperatures linked to climate change in the Southwest and the region’s growing crop insurance costs for heat-related...

Environmentally sensitive Mississippi River region croplands should be targeted for conservation to benefit the climate and water quality

April 12, 2023

The 13-state Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area, or MRCCA, has millions of environmentally sensitive acres that are full of opportunity to adopt conservation practices that can improve water...

Updated EWG Farm Subsidy Database shows largest producers reap billions, despite climate crisis

February 1, 2023

EWG’s newly updated Farm Subsidy Database shows that federal farm subsidies between 1995 and 2021 totaled $478 billion. This huge amount of taxpayer money does almost nothing to help farmers reduce...

Climate & Agriculture

In the Midwest, increased precipitation from climate change goes hand in hand with ballooning crop insurance costs

October 19, 2022

A new EWG analysis has found that the overwhelming majority of Midwestern counties with increased precipitation between 2001 and 2020 also had growing crop insurance costs during that period due to...

Climate & Agriculture

New EWG analysis: Of $7.4B spent on two of USDA’s biggest conservation programs in recent years, very little went to ‘climate-smart’ agriculture

September 28, 2022

Farmers received almost $7.4 billion in payments from two of the largest federal agricultural conservation programs between 2017 and 2020, but only a small proportion of these payments went to...

Triple dipping: How some farmers got paid three times for the same decreases in crop prices

June 22, 2022

Between 2018 and 2020, farmers across the country likely dipped into three types of taxpayer-funded farm support programs to the combined value of $91.6 billion, an EWG analysis found.

In the Mississippi River region, billions of dollars spent on crop insurance payouts could have been used instead to retire over 300,000 acres of frequently flooded fields

March 23, 2022

The almost $1.5 billion in federal crop insurance indemnities sent to farmers in the Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area for flooding damage between 2001 and 2020 could have instead taken...

Climate & Agriculture

New EWG map highlights Mississippi River region crop insurance payout ‘hot spots’

February 24, 2022

A new interactive EWG map highlights county “hot spots” that received disproportionately large and frequent crop insurance payments in the Mississippi River Critical Conservation Area, or MRCCA. The...

Climate & Agriculture

EWG crop insurance database

January 27, 2022

The Federal Crop Insurance Program is a federally subsidized program that pays farmers when their crop yields or revenues decline, expending billions of taxpayer dollars each year.

Climate & Agriculture

Crop losses from climate crisis cost billions of dollars in insurance payouts

January 27, 2022

Farmers received more than $143.5 billion in federal crop insurance payments from 1995 through 2020, and just under two-thirds of it was for crop damage from drought and excess moisture exacerbated by...

In the Corn Belt, planting of cover crops plateaus, even as interest grows in their potential to address the climate crisis

May 31, 2021

The Department of Agriculture has known for almost a century that planting cover crops between growing seasons benefits soil, water and air quality. Now the USDA, heartland politicians and the...

Under Trump, Farm Subsidies Soared and the Rich Got Richer

February 24, 2021

Taxpayer-funded farm subsidies have long been skewed in favor of the richest farmers and landowners. But under the Trump administration, even more money went to the largest and wealthiest farms...

Timeline: Black farmers and the USDA

February 1, 2021

Timeline: Black farmers and the USDA, 1920 to present

Double Dipping: How Taxpayers Subsidize Farmers Twice for Crop Losses

November 14, 2017

After a decline in crop prices in 2014 and 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted farmers' income by more than $13 billion through two newly enacted subsidy programs. But during the same...

Is Federal Crop Insurance Policy Leading to Another Dust Bowl?

March 22, 2017

Is Federal Crop Insurance Policy Leading to Another Dust Bowl?

Meat and Dairy Alternatives

Exposing Fields of Filth in North Carolina

June 21, 2016

North Carolina boasts the nation's second biggest hog farming industry, worth $3 billion in hog and pig sales in 2012 alone, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It ranks third among the...

The "Farm Crisis" Myth

May 17, 2016

There's a lot of doom and gloom in the air about the state of the farm economy. As commodity prices continue to fall from the historic highs of the last few years, advocates for the agriculture...

Expert Spotlight

Chemical companies provide quarterly reports on production and sales figures to shareholders. Why shouldn’t the public and EPA receive similar reports every year about commonly used chemicals, some of which could pose a serious health risk?”

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David Andrews, Ph.D.

Acting Chief Science Officer

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The cruelest farm bill ever

May 21, 2025

Don’t call it a budget bill. Call it the cruelest farm bill ever. The House budget bill will make it easier for wealthy farmers to receive farm subsidies and harder for poor people to receive anti...

‘City slicker’ farm payments top $2B – and House GOP bill would make problem worse

May 20, 2025

Almost 80,000 “city slickers” living in some of the biggest metro areas in the U.S. took in more than $2 billion in farm subsidies between 2020 and 2024. Many recipients used loopholes that allow the...

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Best bang for your buck: Kids' sunscreens

May 20, 2025

School’s almost out, and kids will soon be enjoying their favorite part of the year – summer vacation. Whether that means beach trips, summer camp or making memories with other neighborhood kids, they...

Almost 10,000 farmers have received subsidies for 40 straight years

May 20, 2025

For decades, the Department of Agriculture sent a total of over $10 billion in repeat payments to farmers, according to a new EWG analysis. Every year, for 40 years, the money went to nearly 10,000...