Articles by Rob Coleman

Using EWG’s Water Filter Buying Guide

If you're concerned about what's in your water, buying a water filter is a smart next step.

Nearly 100 Cancer-Causing Contaminants Found in U.S. Drinking Water

EWG's just-released Tap Water Database shows that a startling number of cancer-causing chemicals contaminate the nation's drinking water. Of 250 different contaminants detected in tests by local...

Your Utility May Not Tell You About All Contaminants in Your Tap Water. EWG Will.

Here's how our database and the information it delivers stacks up against a typical CCR.

Dow Courts White House With Donations and Secret Meetings, Brain-Damaging Pesticide Stays on Shelves

The cozy relationship between the Trump administration and the chemical industry is easy to see. But now we're getting details of how Dow courted the president and his top environmental official to...

EPA Seeks Ideas to Gut Clean Water Rules, But Citizens Speak Up for Public Health

The Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting ideas for easing "burdensome" water regulations – Trump administration doublespeak for gutting rules that protect drinking water from toxic chemicals...

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 21)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 14)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 7)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 31)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 24)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 17)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on that development, along with other worrisome environmental and public health actions taken by the Trump administration.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 10)

In another tumultuous week for the Trump White House, alleged corruption, regulatory rollbacks and head-scratching statements reigned supreme.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 3)

It was quite the busy week for the Trump team – with new Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt wasting no time putting his extreme, anti-environment agenda in place.

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (Feb. 24)

Last Friday, in a near party-line vote, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt as the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator. A swell of controversy surrounded the decision, with an Oklahoma...