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2017: EWG Sets Health Standards for Chemicals in Tap Water, Pushes Industry Transparency in Cosmetics, Cleaning Products and More

In 2017, EWG once again pushed the envelope in our mission to protect public health and the environment and empower all Americans to make better decisions about their safety and well-being.

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America’s Nitrate Habit Is Costly and Dangerous

America has a serious problem with nitrate contamination of drinking water – and it is most severe in the small communities that can least afford to fix it.
Tractor Plowing a field
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Ethanol's Broken Promise

Ethanol's Broken Promise: Using Less Corn Ethanol Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Toxic Chemicals
BPA
Chromium-6
Perchlorate
Household & Consumer Products
Cell Phones
Children’s Health
Sunscreen
Cosmetics
Energy
Food & Water
Food

Good, Bad and Truly Awful: Top Environmental Stories of 2011

People are messy. So is nature. And what people do when nature unleashes its fury often makes things worse. The staff at Environmental Working Group took a look at the major environmental news stories...
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Nitrate Pollution of Drinking Water for More Than 20 Million Americans Is Getting Worse

In much of America's farm country, nitrate contamination of drinking water, largely caused by polluted runoff from crop fields, poses a serious health risk – and the problem is getting worse, according to an Environmental Working Group analysis of data from 10 states.
Toxic Chemicals
2,4-D
Glyphosate
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food
Food

EPA’s Risk Assessment is Too Flawed to Proceed

EPA's Risk Assessment is Too Flawed to Proceed - Comments from Environmental Working Group on the EPA's Proposed Decision to Register EnlistTM Herbicide Containing 2,4-D and Glyphosate
Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

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...
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...
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.
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...
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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.
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...

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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.
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
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.

Children’s Health
Food & Water
Water

EWG’s Nationwide Tap Water Transparency Report is Here: New Database Details Pollutants in Virtually All U.S. Public Water Systems

Starting today, the vast majority of Americans can learn about every potentially harmful chemical in their drinking water and what scientists say are the safe levels of those contaminants. EWG's new...
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Update: Mapping the Expanding PFAS Crisis

The latest update of an interactive map by EWG and the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University documents publicly known PFAS pollution from 94 sites in 22 states, including industrial plants and dumps, military air bases, civilian airports and fire training sites. It also shows PFAS pollution of tap water for 16 million people in 33 states and Puerto Rico.
Food & Water
Food

EWG Comments on Use of Term "Healthy" in the Labeling of Food Products

Below are comments EWG has submitted in response to the Food and Drug Administration's request for input on updating its guidance on the use of “healthy” claims on packaged foods. Given the advances...
Farm Subsidies
Food & Water

Sen. Lincoln’s Nutrition Plan Pits Kids Against Clean Water -- Needlessly

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) plans to mark up her Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 on Wednesday, March 24th. The legislation would reauthorize child nutrition...
Food & Water
Children’s Health

‘A Civil Action’ Carcinogen Pollutes Tap Water Supplies for 14 Million Americans

Drinking water supplies for 14 million Americans are contaminated with a cancer-causing industrial solvent made notorious by the book and film "A Civil Action," according to a new EWG analysis of...