‘Meets All Government Standards’: EWG’S 2019 Tap Water Database Details Unsafe Contamination in Communities Nationwide
Just because your community's tap water gets a passing grade from the government does not mean it's safe
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Murky Waters
Forty years after the Clean Water Act became law, the data are clear: Iowa's rivers and streams are still murky. The pollution that continues to degrade them has become a case study on the consequences of the most serious flaw in this historic and otherwise effective federal law: It does little or nothing to address agricultural pollution.
Just Released: EWG’s 2019 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Kale has higher pesticide residues than nearly all other produce found on supermarket shelves, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2019 Dirty Dozen™.
Timeline: Black Farmers and the USDA, 1920 to Present
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a long history of discrimination against Black farmers.
July 2017: Sarcoma Awareness Month
Sarcoma Facts Rates of soft tissue cancer cases in the U.S. (both sexes) Rates for U.S. population. Data from the National Cancer Institute Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. SOURCE...
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Timeline: Black farmers and the USDA, 1920 to present
Timeline: Black farmers and the USDA, 1920 to present
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Case Study: Corn Belt Communities Plagued by Nitrate in Tap Water
In December 2015, the 1,500 residents of Erie, Ill., received a warning that the community's tap water should not be given to babies under 6 months old, or used to mix formula or juice for those infants.
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170 Million in U.S. Drink Radioactive Tap Water
Drinking water for more than 170 million Americans contains radioactive elements at levels that may increase the risk of cancer, according to an EWG analysis of 2010 to 2015 test results from public water systems nationwide.
EWG’s Most-Read Stories of 2019 – And Some You May Have Missed
It was a year of both encouraging progress and frustrating setbacks for public health and the environment, as EWG continued to provide the information Americans need to protect themselves from toxic...
PFAS Chemicals Harm the Immune System, Decrease Response to Vaccines, New EWG Review Finds
Toxic PFAS chemicals, notorious for contaminating drinking water supplies across the U.S., are harmful to nearly every human organ, and the immune system is particularly vulnerable. PFAS mixtures...
EWG 2013 Farm Bill Platform
As Congress gets to work again in 2013 on renewing the farm bill, it has the opportunity to do more to support family farmers, protect the environment and encourage healthy diets, while ending...
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In California, Latinos More Likely To Be Drinking Nitrate-Polluted Water
In California's San Joaquin Valley, the nation's leading agricultural region, Latinos make up the great majority of farmworkers.
EWG’s 2017 Guide to Sunscreens
Just in time for summer, EWG released its 2017 Guide to Sunscreens today, which found that almost three-fourths of the products evaluated rate poorly for skin protection, or have ingredients that...
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More monitoring needed to keep people safe from algae toxins in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
A new EWG interactive map shows results of state tests for the algae bloom toxin microcystin across Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Our analysis found that much more regular microcystin monitoring is needed in these three states to keep people safe from algae outbreaks.
Hexavalent Chromium Carcinogenic to Humans: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium
June 10, 2014 Re: IRIS Toxicological Review for Hexavalent Chromium; Cr(VI) Docket EPA-HQ-ORD-2014-0313 Environmental Working Group is a research and advocacy nonprofit organization working to protect...
Triclosan-containing antibacterial soaps neither safe nor effective:
Triclosan-containing antibacterial soaps neither safe nor effective: Comments from Environmental Working Group on the Food and Drug Administration proposed data requirements for antibacterial soaps...
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Poisoned Legacy
In 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency fined chemical giant DuPont a record $16.5 million over its decades-long cover-up of the health hazards of C8, also known as PFOA. One of a family of perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, PFOA was a key ingredient in making Teflon, the non-stick, waterproof, stain-resistant “miracle of modern chemistry” used in thousands of household products.
‘Let’s Just Ban the Damn Ingredient’: Inside FDA Scientists’ Failed Attempt To Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Treatments
As reported by The New York Times today, newly released emails show that in 2015 and 2016, Food and Drug Administration scientists urged the agency to ban toxic formaldehyde in hair-smoothing products...
A Timeline of EWG-Commissioned Laboratory Test
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Cancer-Causing Pesticide ‘Garbage’ Taints Tap Water for Millions in California
TCP is just one example of the widespread contamination of drinking water from agriculture chemicals.
Agricultural Pollution Has Contaminated Tap Water in Dozens of Locations So Far in 2020
EWG has found 377 news reports of agricultural pollution contaminating drinking water in 303 locations since 2010. With four months left in 2020, 38 of those cities, towns and counties have suffered...
Farm Conservation on the Rise, But Also Threats to Drinking Water and Climate
The latest federal Census of Agriculture shows that more farms are adopting conservation practices that can help keep drinking water clean and slow climate change, but it also shows that much more...
Breakthrough 2008 to blow-out 2009
Our new year's resolution: build on the accomplishments of 2008 to make 2009 the year we turn the corner on crucial environmental issues facing our society. We scored breakthroughs on a range of...