The FDA wished to publicly respond to the article and to the EWG report.
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Then there is Olga Naidenko, lead author of a report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG).
While we are always concerned when we see antimicrobial resistance, we believe the EWG report oversimplifies the NARMS data.
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The iShares MSCI Germany (EWG) and iShares MSCI France (EWQ) both dropped 3.6%.
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We achieved incredible returns in ETFs like ( NYSEArca: EWG) iShares MSCI Germany, returning nearly 40% since the lows of 2008.
Compare that to stock tumbles to the tune of -14% in China (FXI), -15% in Germany (EWG) and -18% in France (EWQ).
"We're really pushing for a consumer's right to know what's in their water, " says Nneka Leiba, an environmental health researcher at the EWG.
An alternative to EWG is the New Germany Fund ( GF), a closed-end fund that invests primarily in small- and mid-cap German companies.
They even had the advantage this year of the UC-Davis report having been published in a scientific journal weeks before the EWG press release went out.
The iShares MSCI Germany Index ( EWG) is now down 1.2% for the year, for instance, after being up 6% just over a month ago.
The 2013 performance chart shown below indicates that iShares MSCI Germany Fund ( EWG, in blue) was up 4.8% on February 1, and is now down 0.68%.
Despite debt problems hanging over the Eurozone, several of the European country ETFs, notably Germany (EWG), Belgium (EWK) and Austria (EWO) have all made new highs for the year.
In fact, the EWG report found that some of the best-known brands -- for example Whole Foods and San Pellegrino -- are the least likely to report where the water comes from and what it contains.
Country fund ETFs like the iShares series have been a straightforward way to play the pop: EWG (Germany) is up 15%, EWQ (France) higher by 14% since October 3, and the iShares Italy Index (EWI) has blasted 17.5% higher.
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