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Factory Farming

Toxic Fertilizer in the United States 1990-1995
Under the guise of 'recycling,' each year polluting industries ship millions of pounds of toxic waste laden with dioxin, lead, mercury, and other hazardous chemicals to fertilizer manufacturers to be used as raw material for fertilizers for US farms.
» Read more... | Published March 26, 1998

Overexposed || Organophosphate Insecticides in Children's Food

Organophosphate Insecticides in Children's Food
Every day, 1 million American children age 5 and under consume unsafe levels of a class of pesticides that can harm the developing brain and nervous system, according to a new analysis of federal data by the Environmental Working Group.
» Read more... | Published January 29, 1998

Tough to Swallow

How Pesticide Companies Profit from Poisoning America's Tap Water
For the past twenty-five years, maybe longer, millions of people living in hundreds of midwestern communities have been routinely drinking tap water contaminated with an unhealthy dose of agricultural weed killers, many of which are carcinogens.
» Read more... | Published August 12, 1997

Dishonorable Discharge

Toxic Pollution of America's Waters
Chemical plants, pulp mills, steel factories, and other industries dumped more than a billion pounds of toxic chemicals into America's rivers, lakes, and coastal waters between 1990 and 1994.
» Read more... | Published September 1, 1996

Pay to Spray

Campaign Contributions and Pesticide Legislation
How much is the pesticide and food industry contributing to members of congress to weaken pesticide regulations?
» Read more... | Published June 1, 1996

Just Add Water

A two year profile of drinking water quality in the US
EWG tracked violations of pesticide and other health standards in water systems across the country.
» Read more... | Published April 30, 1996

Swamped With Cash

Political campaign contributions and the assault on America's wetlands laws
Congress is poised to open millions of acres of wetlands to development, creating big threats to water quality in the process.
» Read more... | Published March 1, 1996

Pouring It On

Nitrate Contamination of Drinking Water
Each year, tens of thousands of newborn babies are fed infant formula reconstituted with drinking water that is contaminated with dangerous levels of nitrate.
» Read more... | Published February 1, 1996

Setting the Record Straight

EWG Response to 'A Review of the Science, Methods of Risk Communication & Policy Recommendations in Tap Water Blues'
EWG's response to a pesticide industry-funded 'critique' of their report Tap Water Blues, which documented public health risks from drinking water contaminated with herbicides.
» Read more... | Published September 30, 1995

Weed Killers By The Glass

Agricultural weed-killers were found in the tap water of 28 out of 29 cities across the midwest, often at levels that exceeded federal health standards for weeks or months at a time.
» Read more... | Published August 31, 1995
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