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EWG Health and Safety Standards
To arrive at these standards, EWG reviewed the best and latest scientific evidence, legal standards and health advisories, and then defined water quality goals that will truly protect public health.

Study links PFAS in drinking water to a range of rare cancers
In the first study of its kind, communities exposed to PFAS contaminated tap water experience up to a 33% higher incidence of rare cancers.

PFAS Contamination Interactive Map
All locations represented on the map are approximate and intended to portray the general area of a contamination site or a community water system.

Total plastics found in brain matter increased 50% in the past 8 years
It was also found that the brains of Dementia and Alzheimer patients contained 10x the plastic than the brains of healthy people....

NSF/ANSI Certifications Explained
Have you ever wondered what the ‘NSF’ acronym means on the packaging or websites of some water treatment products? Or, better yet, what it means when those three letters aren’t there?

Bottled Water Can Contain Hundreds of Thousands of Nanoplastics
Now, using newly refined technology, they found that on average, a liter of bottled water contained some 240,000 detectable plastic...

US drinking water quality: exposure risk profiles
Drinking water contamination is widespread. Numerous chemical contaminants from a range of anthropogenic and natural...

NRDC Map Shows the Lead Water Pipe Hot Spots in Every State
National map of lead service lines is based on new EPA data and reveals the extent of the problem