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At EWG, our team of scientists, engineers, policy experts, lawyers and computer programmers pores over government data, legal documents, scientific studies and our own laboratory tests to expose threats to your health and the environment, and to find solutions. Our research brings to light unsettling facts that you have a right to know.

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What's in your bottled water?



Help us study bottled water labels and win a 100% organic cotton shopping bag and a Klean Kanteen water bottle! Entries should be postmarked on or before Friday, March 7.

Here's what you do to enter the contest:

  1. Click your region on the map below.
  2. Next time you go to the store, buy brands from the list. Make sure the bottle is clear plastic or glass and that the water is not sparkling and not flavored.
  3. Remove entire label carefully from bottle. Keep in mind that we are trying to get all the information from the labels, so if you have to cut the bottles around the label to get it off in one piece, feel free to do so.
  4. Fill out your contact information above, check off the brands you bought, put the labels and this list in an envelope, and send it to:

    Environmental Working Group
    Attn: Nneka Leiba
    1436 U St NW, Ste 100
    Washington, DC 20009


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Thanks for your help! When you send us your labels, we'll send you a Shopper's Guide magnet. And if you're 1 of the top 3 people who sends the most labels, you'll win a 100% organic cotton shopping bag and a Klean Kanteen water bottle! Questions? Email Nneka.

While Environmental Working Group encourages you to drink filtered tap water, we do think it's important to study what's in bottled water.


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