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Drinking Water and Children’s Health

July 26, 2017

Toxic pollutants in drinking water are particularly hazardous for children. Compared to adults, children drink more water per pound of body weight, resulting in greater exposure and greater risk. They...

Research

Tough To Swallow

August 31, 1997

As the result of a law passed by Congress last year, millions of Americans and hundreds of water suppliers across the Midwest- ern United States have a new, first line of defense against the agricultural weed killers that have contaminated their tap water for decades.

Into the Mouths of Babes

June 30, 1999

Atrazine, the most heavily used herbicide in the United States, is a cancer-causing weed killer applied to 50 million acres of corn each year. After it is applied each spring, it runs off cornfields...

Midwest

Food

Raised to Farm

August 28, 2014

Working with nature is not simple. But you can make a good living at it when you get your business model and growing system in place.

Pesticides

Water

New Alliance Forms

August 13, 1997

Mounting concern over long term health risks and the skyrocketing cost of water treatment associated with pesticide contaminated tapwater in hundreds of midwestern towns has forged an unprecedented...

Food

What the Biden Administration Should Do To Protect Children From Toxic Pesticides

January 22, 2021

The administration of President Joe Biden has a mountain of work to do to reverse the damage done by the Trump administration. It should begin by taking swift action to ban and restrict the toxic...

EWG News Roundup (9/14): Health Effects from Hurricane Florence, Groundbreaking BPA Study and More

September 14, 2018

EWG News Roundup (9/14): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

Consumer Guides

EWG's Dirty Dozen: Cancer Prevention Edition

September 26, 2016

Scientists are beginning to investigate how certain chemicals may interact to contribute to cancer development.

Consumer Guides

EWG's Dirty Dozen: Cancer Prevention Edition

August 6, 2015

Scientists are only beginning to investigate how certain chemicals may interact to contribute to cancer development. But given that we live in a sea of chemicals, it makes sense to begin reducing exposures to ones we know are bad actors.

House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers

May 8, 2018

The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at risk.

Research

How Investing $75 Billion on Infrastructure Will Make Drinking Water Safer

April 13, 2020

For the next COVID-19 stimulus bill, House leaders have proposed spending $75.9 billion over five years on water infrastructure. This urgent and long-overdue investment would enable community water systems to significantly reduce drinking water contaminants linked to serious health problems, including harm to the immune system. Two well-established treatment technologies – granular activated

Pesticides

Days After Calif. Farmworkers Sickened by Pesticide Drift, EPA Delays Safety Rule

May 16, 2017

Last week the Trump administration decided to delay a rule meant to ensure that the most dangerous pesticides are applied safely. This came just days after farmworkers were made sick from exposure to...

Research

Full Disclosure

October 1, 1998

The federal government and the states have adopted a high- cost, high-risk strategy in their drinking water programs, where consumers pay water suppliers to try to make polluted water drinkable. In spite of the vigorous efforts of drinking water providers, tap water made from dirty rivers and lakes is often host to multiple toxic chemicals, or is contaminated with the by-products of the clean-up

Americans Are Worried About Their Drinking Water

April 5, 2017

Lead, PFCs, hexavalent chromium, fertilizer and pesticides are just a few of the dangerous contaminants found in U.S. drinking water. According to a new nationwide survey, Americans' concerns about...

Synthetic chemicals: The unfortunate predicament

April 16, 2008

Ed. note: This is a post by Howie, EWG's social media intern. Howie's a student at American University here in DC. Weâ€™ve discussed the fact that breast cancer rates around the world have...

EWG News Roundup (12/20): Congress Fails on PFAS, Trump EPA’s Bear Hug for Hormone-Disrupting Pesticide, and More

December 20, 2019

EWG News Roundup (12/20): Here's some news you can use going into the weekend.

What's in Washington's water?

December 10, 2008

I paddle my touring kayak in the Potomac but never a whitewater kayak - never have wanted to practice self-rescues and rolls in that water. Okay, I know, there are world champion kayakers here in DC...

To Support Military Families, Congress Must Pass the PFAS Action Act

January 9, 2020

On Wednesday, I spent the day with retired military firefighter Kevin Ferrara. Like thousands of military firefighters, Master Sgt. Ferrara was trained at Chanute Air Force Base – a now-closed...

Pesticides

5 Ways House Farm Bill Would Roll Back Protections from Pesticides

April 17, 2018

The negative health and environmental impacts of pesticide use and exposure are well established: They range from increased cancer risk, to damage to children's brains and nervous systems, to lower...

Natural Selection Foods: Organic spinach not to blame

September 18, 2006

Contrary to claims of those sympathetic to chemical-intensive farming, all cases of this most recent outbreak of E. coli have been traced back to packages of non-organic spinach, according to Natural...

Farm livin': Not the life for toads

July 11, 2008

Living on or near agricultural land has feminizing effects on male cane toads, according to a recent report by Florida scientists. After comparing toads from a range of areas, from non-agricultural...