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Environmental Working Group

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    December 2, 2011

    High BPAs: Another reason to avoid canned soups

    ​If the smell of fresh-cooked homemade soup isn't enough of an incentive, a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that eating canned soup increases exposure to bisphenol A or BPAs, a chemical that has raised health concerns, especially for children. Canada has decla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    "Dirty Dozen:" produce with most pesticide

    ​There was a time when simply eating your veggies was thought to be the road to health. Now, things are much more complicated. The Environmental Working Group, a non-profit dedicated to researching health issues, released their list of the "Dirty Dozen," the twelve types of produce found to ha ... More >>

  • News

    March 17, 2010

    Farming for Federal Dollars

    Meet the Minnesotans who receive subsidies for not growing anything

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    Collin Peterson rejects real changes to massive government farm subsidy program

    The program that sent $250,000 to Michele Bachmann's family farm appears bullet proof.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    Crop subsidy data suggests Michele Bachmann is a welfare queen

    As Michele Bachmann rails against government handouts, some of her critics point out she's feeding at the government trough.

  • News

    March 29, 2006

    When Good Science is Bad Politics

    A troublesome family of synthetic chemicals called PFCs—many of them produced in Minnesota—is turning up in the bodies of people and animals worldwide. So why did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency force its leading PFC researcher, Dr. F

  • News

    August 14, 1996

    Pesticides, Politics, and Acceptable Death

    A troublesome family of synthetic chemicals called PFCs—many of them produced in Minnesota—is turning up in the bodies of people and animals worldwide. So why did the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency force its leading PFC researcher, Dr. F

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