Nov 3, 2021 · The Environmental Working Group is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping you live your healthiest life.

Mar 20, 2024 · 31 Several states have found PFAS in landfill leachate. See, e.g., Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, PFAS and Closed Landfills, https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/pfas-and-closed-landfills (last visited March 16, 2024); New Hampshire Dep’t of Env’t Serv., PFAS Occurrence in Leachate at New Hampshire Landfills, presentation ...

The new data, along with reporting from states and other sources, confirm 143 million people in communities throughout the U.S. have drinking water that has tested positive for PFAS.

Aug 26, 2020 · Communities across the United States have spent more than $1 billion since 2010 dealing with outbreaks of potentially toxic algae in lakes, rivers, bays and drinking water supplies, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group.

Oct 18, 2024 · The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has focused considerable attention to combining and translating public data into maps and spatial representations to clearly and visually highlight the stark environmental injustice that occurs from pesticide use in California’s Ventura and Stanislaus counties, and from use of the herbicide paraquat in ...

Nov 25, 2020 · Laboratory tests of talc-based cosmetics products, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group, found asbestos – a deadly human carcinogen for which there is no safe level of exposure – in almost...

May 14, 2008 · Environmental Working Group’s 2007 survey of products sold in the U.S. found nearly 400 products on the market that contain chemicals prohibited for use in cosmetics in other countries, and over 400 products containing ingredients that industry assessments have found unsafe when used as directed on product labels according to reviews by the ...

Since 1993, the Environmental Working Group has shined a spotlight on outdated legislation, harmful agricultural practices and industry loopholes that pose a risk to our health and the health of our environment.

The known extent of contamination of American communities with the highly toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow at an alarming rate.

Jul 18, 2011 · The Environmental Working Group today released its groundbreaking Meat Eater’s Guide to Climate Change and Health, a powerful, multi-featured tool that allows both consumers and experts to understand easily how food choices …