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On the Go for Labor Day? Keep Water Quality in Mind.
For many of us, Labor Day is one of the last hurrahs of the summer. And it's a busy travel weekend, with roughly 35 million Americans taking a getaway.
Children Exposed to Lead in Drinking Water at Day Care Centers
New State Data: Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Widespread in California Drinking Water Sources
Drinking water sources for 74 community water systems serving 7.5 million Californians are contaminated with the highly toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, according to an Environmental Working...
On Tap: Seth Siegel’s Masterful Examination of America’s Drinking Water Crisis
Trump, Allies in Congress Promise Dirty Water for Mining States
A new rule by the Obama administration will require coal mining corporations to take additional steps to protect drinking water sources and nearby forests from being polluted and damaged during...
EWG Letter to the California Water Resources Control Board to Address PFAS Contamination
Environmental Working Group urges the California State Water Resources Control Board to address per- and polyfluorinated substances, or PFAS, in drinking water as a class.
Report: Trump EPA To Limit Science for Chemical, Air, Water Safety Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency has broadened the scope of a proposed rule that will dramatically limit the scientific and medical research the agency considers when crafting chemical, air and...
Nitrate: Trouble in Farm Country
What’s in your water bottle? Concerns about microplastics in caps
Dog Days of Summer: Pet Deaths From Toxic Algae Blooms Already Mounting
As some COVID-19 shutdowns now stretch into their fifth month, and with record-setting temperatures blanketing the U.S., cooped-up Americans may be hankering for water-centric recreation. But those...
‘Forever Chemicals’ in Over 500 N.J. Water Systems and Sources – More Than 1,000 Contamination Sites Nationwide
The toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been detected in almost 200 New Jersey drinking water systems and groundwater sources, according to the latest state and federal data compiled and...
A Hormone-Disrupting Weed Killer May Be in Your Tap Water. Here’s What to Do About It
Westland's Water Subsidies More Corporate Welfare
Agricultural Pollution Threatens Water Supplies in Central Iowa
Des Moines Water Works warned customers of elevated levels of microcystins, the toxins created by cyanobacteria, in their drinking water. These toxins cause acute problems with the liver, including...
As Okla. Attorney General, EPA Nominee Did Nothing to Protect Oklahomans from Toxic Swine Waste
Oklahoma has a dangerous and widespread groundwater pollution problem caused by illegal discharges of toxic swine waste from industrial-scale swine Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs...
EWG’s News Roundup (11/17): Farmers Double Dip into Subsidies, California Leads on Clean Energy and More
In a new report this week, EWG discovered that a large swath of profitable farm operations are getting subsidized twice for one crop loss. In 2014 and 2015 these double dippers took advantage of...
EWG Comments on the EPA’s Proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulations for Perchlorate
EWG objects to the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed drinking water standard for perchlorate, a contaminant associated with harm to the thyroid. The EPA’s proposed legal limit of 56 parts per...
EPA Unveils Plan to Help Identify ‘Brockovich’ Chemical in Drinking Water
EWG: Trump’s Policies Endanger Drinking Water for Rural Americans
President Trump's actions during his first 100 days in office will put the drinking water for millions of rural Americans in jeopardy, noted EWG senior vice president for government affairs, Scott...
Notorious PFAS Polluter 3M Fights N.H. Effort To Enforce Health-Protective Drinking Water Limit
One of the largest U.S. chemical companies, which for decades knowingly poisoned its own workers and drinking water supplies near its factories with the toxic fluorinated chemicals called PFAS, is...
FAA will likely miss looming deadline for letting airports switch to PFAS-free foam
EWG News Roundup (8/9): Mapping Harmful Algae Toxins, Back-to-School Cellphone Tips and More
EWG News Roundup (8/9): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.
EPA Seeks Ideas to Gut Clean Water Rules, But Citizens Speak Up for Public Health
