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As U.S. Ignores Risks to Kids, E.U. Bans Brain-Damaging Pesticide
The European Union today confirmed it will ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops early next year, citing the risk of brain damage to children – evidence the U.S. Environmental...
EWG Applauds Farm Bill Drinking Water Reforms
Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs for the Environmental Working Group, issued the following statement today following final passage of the farm bill by Congress.
Water districts' bills for power criticized
U.S. drinking water infrastructure needs large federal investment
President-Elect Says ‘Crystal Clear Water’ Crucial
During a sit-down Tuesday with top brass from The New York Times, President-elect Donald Trump told the assembled journalists, columnists and editors that “clean air and ‘crystal clear water' were...
The 8-minute Story of Bottled Water: Watch it, then stop drinking it
‘Forever chemicals’ in freshwater fish: Mapping a growing environmental justice problem
Out-of-Season Algae Outbreaks on the Rise
Outbreaks of toxic algae in U.S. waterways usually happen in warmer months. But in a sign that the problem is growing worse, algae blooms were reported in December in Michigan and Washington state...
Why Are DuPont and Chemours Still Discharging the Most Notorious ‘Forever Chemical’?
The Big Bang of the nationwide “forever chemicals” crisis was the revelation in 2001 that PFOA, a toxic compound used to make Teflon, had contaminated the drinking water for 70,000 people near a...
Trump EPA Sets Tap Water Limit for Rocket Fuel Chemical 3X Higher Than Agency Scientists Recommend
The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to set a drinking limit for a toxic rocket fuel chemical three times higher than agency scientists recommended during the Obama...
Report Says Pacts Give More Water to Farmers
'Erin Brockovich' Chemical in Drinking Water of More than 200 Million Americans
Drinking water supplies for two-thirds of Americans are contaminated with the carcinogenic chemical made notorious by the film "Erin Brockovich," which was based on the real-life poisoning of tap...
EPA May Regulate Rocket Fuel in Drinking Water
EWG Letter to the Department of Justice, Calling for an Investigation Into Scott Pruitt
Below is the text of a letter from EWG to the Department of Justice, calling for an investigation into claims made by EPA nominee Scott Pruitt.
Pizza and French Fry Lobbyists Also Speak For Lunch Ladies?
School lunch ladies and frozen pizza and french fry companies have more in common than the food they serve: they have also been represented by the same lobbyists.
Cities and farmers fight over water rights
Sen. Udall Joins Citizens From Across U.S. to Denounce EPA Delay on TCE Bans
Craft energy policy to protect fresh water
‘Forever Chemicals' Found in Half of Drinking Water Systems Tested in Kentucky
Half of the tap water supplies tested by Kentucky environmental officials were contaminated with the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, the state announced this week.
Going, Going, Gone!
How to Filter Lead from Your Tap Water
Throughout most of the 20th Century, American cities and homeowners installed lead pipes and solder in their tap water delivery systems – creating a toxic legacy for all of us. And the problem isn't...
Ending Hunger: The Problem is Poverty
If we're going to succeed in feeding the world, it will be because we educate and train farmers in countries with persistent hunger and develop innovative and strategic ways to lift people out of...
How Much is Too Much?
Mapping PFAS Chemical Contamination at 206 U.S. Military Sites
