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Reverse Osmosis Water Filters: When Are They a Good Choice?
Filtering your drinking water is a good step to take to protect children's health from pollutants in tap water.
10 Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Louisville, Ky., Tap Water
For PFAS, Hazardous Designation Is Not a Ban
Algae Outbreaks Up by Nearly One-Fifth in 2019
The 100 U.S. Military Sites With the Worst PFAS Contamination
Many of the nation's highest levels of groundwater contamination with PFAS – highly toxic fluorinated chemicals linked to increased risk of cancer and other diseases – have been found at military...
PFAS and Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity: An EWG Fact Sheet
The toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS are a class of environmentally persistent manmade chemicals that are used as water, grease and stain repellents in clothing and furniture, in industrial...
How the Defense Spending Bill Vote Could Impact Children’s Health
This year's defense spending bill – the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA – now being considered by Congress, is an unprecedented chance to regulate the toxic fluorinated chemicals known as...
The Science on PFAS: Rebuttal to 3M’s Claims
Record-Breaking Number of Algae Outbreaks in 2019
For Decades, Polluters Knew PFAS Chemicals Were Dangerous But Hid Risks From Public
For nearly 70 years, chemical companies like 3M and DuPont have known that the highly fluorinated chemicals called PFAS build up in our blood. They've known for almost that long that PFAS chemicals...
Keeping Kids Safe from Toxic Algae
Outbreaks of potentially toxic algae are fouling lakes, rivers and other bodies of water across the U.S. Nationally, news reports on algae outbreaks have been on the rise since 2010.
Dog Deaths Linked to Harmful Algae Blooms
Curbing Polluting Farm Runoff Is Key to Fighting the Epidemic of Toxic Algae Blooms
In 2011, Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., fell “deathly sick” from a severe upper respiratory illness after swimming in a lake infected with toxic algae. Inhofe, a notorious science-denying patron of...
To Address PFAS Pollution, Congress Should Report, Reduce and Remediate
When it comes to household waste, we all know the mantra: Reduce, reuse, recycle.
EWG and Toxic Fluorinated Chemicals: 20 Years in the Fight Against PFAS
It’s Time To Regulate Industrial Discharges of PFAS
Fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS have been linked to serious health problems, including cancer, harm to the reproductive system, and harm to the immune system.
This Fourth of July, You’ll See 70 Percent More Algae Outbreaks Than Last Year
Over the Fourth of July holiday, many of us love to beat the heat in a favorite lake, pond or river. But this year, vacationers from coast to coast will have to look out for a potentially record...
PFAS Chemicals Harm the Immune System, Decrease Response to Vaccines, New EWG Review Finds
Nitrates in Tap Water: What Parents Need to Know
A new EWG study published in Environmental Research found that nitrate, one of the most common contaminants of drinking water, may cause up to 12,594 cases of cancer per year, but that's not its only...
PFAS Nation: Toxic Discharges Suspected From Almost 500 Industrial Facilities Across U.S.
At least 475 industrial facilities across the nation could be discharging the toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS into the air and water, according to an EWG analysis of government data.