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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...
Energy
California
Federal & State Energy Policy

Report Confirms Oil and Gas Drilling Has Contaminated Well Water

State regulators have confirmed more than 100 cases of well water contamination caused by oil and gas drilling over the past five years, an Associated Press investigation found.

Midwest
Lead
Water

Filtering Lead Out of Chicago’s Drinking Water

Lead has been detected at high levels in Chicago's tap water, but that doesn't mean residents of the Windy City have to drink it.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/18): Fluorinated Chemicals in Water, Children’s Health Tips, Farm Bill Fail and More

News Roundup (5/18): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Toxic Chemicals
PFAS Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

EWG and Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals: 20 Years in the Fight Against PFAS

In 2001, attorney Robert Bilott filed a federal class-action suit against DuPont for polluting the drinking water of more than 70,000 people in and around Parkersburg, W.Va., with PFOA, a Teflon...

For Cancer Defense, the Future of Protein is Green

When health experts look back on the diets of current generations, obsession with protein will surely rank high as a mistake. Here's the hard truth: Americans eat more protein than they need –...
Research

For 20-plus years, EPA has failed to regulate ‘forever chemicals’

The Environmental Protection Agency was first alerted to the health hazards of toxic fluorinated chemicals, known as PFAS, in 1998. In the decades since, the agency has failed to set enforceable regulations on PFAS in drinking water, food, food packaging and a wide array of other everyday consumer goods. In 2009 and 2019, the EPA announced toothless PFAS “action plans” that fall far short of what
Research

In the Corn Belt, planting of cover crops plateaus, even as interest grows in their potential to address the climate crisis

The Department of Agriculture has known for almost a century that planting cover crops between growing seasons benefits soil, water and air quality. Now the USDA, heartland politicians and the agricultural industry are touting cover crops as a solution to the climate emergency.
Chromium-6
Food & Water
Water

UPDATE: ‘Erin Brockovich’ Carcinogen in 250 Million Americans’ Drinking Water

In 2016, an EWG report found that chromium-6 – a cancer-causing compound made notorious by the film “Erin Brockovich” – contaminated the tap water supplies of 218 million Americans in all 50 states...
Research

Nitrate contaminates drinking water for almost 60 million people in cities across the country

Drinking water supplies for almost 60 million people living in major cities and other urban areas throughout the U.S. are contaminated with elevated levels of nitrate, according to a new EWG analysis. Nitrate is a pollutant linked to cancer and potentially dangerous for infants. Since nitrate in drinking water is commonly caused by agriculture, it is widely considered to be a rural, small-town
Food & Water
Water
Farming & Agriculture
Toxic Algae
Toxic Chemicals

Algae Outbreak Poisons Another City’s Drinking Water

An outbreak of poisonous algae has forced officials in Salem, Ore., to warn citizens that infants, children and vulnerable adults should not drink the city's tap water.

May 2017: Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Melanoma and Skin Cancer Facts Rates of new melanoma cases (both sexes) Rates of skin cancer, the most common cancer in the U.S., continue to rise sharply, especially among people over 50 years old...
Pesticides
Food & Water
Food

OUT NOW: EWG’s 2018 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

All adults and children should eat more fruits and vegetables, whether they are organic or conventionally grown. With EWG's 2018 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™, you can choose healthy...

Research

Children's Cereals

EWG's analysis of more than 1,500 cereals, including more than 180 children's cereals, shows that a child who eats a bowl a day for a year ends up consuming 10 pounds of sugar.
Food & Water
Food
Farming & Agriculture
Farm Pollution
Food & Farm Workers
Toxic Chemicals
Food Chemicals
Pesticides

The EPA hasn’t banned this brain-damaging pesticide, so states are stepping up

Chlorpyrifos is the most widely used organophosphate pesticide in the U.S., with millions of pounds sprayed every year. Scientists have definitively linked it to severe brain damage in children and...
Corn Pesticide Spraying
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (8/11): Formaldehyde in Salons and Contaminants in Well Water

Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
Research

Public Energy Enemy No. 1

Duke Energy is the largest investor-owned electric utility in the U.S., serving 7.7 million customers in North and South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. But a deep dive into Duke's actions, portfolio and regulatory filings reveals another distinction: Considering its size, environmental record, puny investments in solar and wind power, and schemes to penalize customers who want to
Duke coal plant
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food
Food
Food

The 2018 Farm Bill Is a Big Win for Organic Farming

The nation's organic food sector is far too dependent on imports to meet the growing demand for organic here at home. Although organic food accounts for more than 5 percent of total U.S. food sales...

Toxic Chemicals
Energy
Food & Water

EWG's Top 10 Good Environmental News Stories of 2010

Ok, our list of the "worst" environmental stories of the year was a bit of a downer. So here are EWG's Top 10 good environmental news stories.
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Bayer may end sales of toxic weedkiller Roundup for residential use

After a federal judge rejected a proposed $2 billion settlement for all future claims that Roundup causes cancer, the maker of the widely used weedkiller said it will consider whether to end its sale...

EWG News Roundup (10/11): California Bans Brain Damaging Pesticide, Algae Blooms Across U.S. Swell in 2019 and More

EWG News Roundup (10/11): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Water

EWG’s News Roundup (1/12): Radioactive Tap Water, Iowa’s Farm Runoff and 12 Months of Trump

EWG News Roundup (1/12): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Research

Polluted Runoff: A Broken Promise Threatens Drinking Water in the Heartland

The 1985 federal farm bill created a conservation compact between farmers and taxpayers. In return for generous farm subsidies, farmers agreed to take steps to cut erosion and polluted runoff from their most vulnerable cropland, and to not drain wetlands unless they mitigated the loss.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

Nation’s Pediatricians, EWG Urge EPA to Ban Pesticide that Harms Kids’ Brains

On June 27, 2017, the American Academy for Pediatrics and EWG sent the letter attached and below to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on the agency's recent decision to pull...