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Elizabeth Grossman / CivilEats.com

Elizabeth Grossman is a Portland, Oregon-based journalist specializing in environmental and science issues. She is the author of Chasing Molecules, High Tech Trash, Watershed and other books. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including Scientific American, Environmental Health Perspectives, Yale e360, High Country News, Washington Post, TheAtlantic.com, Salon, The Nation, and Mother Jones. She is a frequent contributor to Civil Eats, a daily news source for critical thought about the American food system and the James Beard Foundation’s 2014 Publication of the Year.

The Downside to the FDA's Trans Fat Ban

The new law will make labeling more confusing and make way for more environ...

The new law will make labeling more confusing and make way for more environmentally destructive palm oil

What a Massive Spinach Recall Teaches Us About Food Safety

Questions remain since the E. coli outbreak in spinach 9 years ago

Questions remain since the E. coli outbreak in spinach 9 years ago

Tractor and crop sprayer spraying in field

Study Links Widely Used Pesticides to Antibiotic Resistance

Glyphosate, 2,4-D, and dicamba found to affect bacteria in ways that could ...

Glyphosate, 2,4-D, and dicamba found to affect bacteria in ways that could promote resistance to common antibiotics

The Food Ingredient That Could Be Messing With Your Gut

Scan the fine print on almost any processed food in the grocery store and y...

Scan the fine print on almost any processed food in the grocery store and you’re likely to find emulsifiers: Ingredients such as polysorbate 80, lecithin, carrageenan, polyglycerols, and xanthan and other “gums,” all of which...

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Eating Organic Produce Exposes You to Fewer Pesticides, Study Says

It might seem obvious, but there hasn’t been a great deal of science to pro...

It might seem obvious, but there hasn’t been a great deal of science to prove it—until now

How Plastics From Your Clothes Can End Up in Your Fish

The key remains in your washing machine

The key remains in your washing machine

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Meet Nanosilver—The Tiny Pesticides In Your Food Products

The EPA got sued for failing to regulate these particles

The EPA got sued for failing to regulate these particles