The latest from EWG’s staff of experts

EWG’s News Roundup (10/13): Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Children's Health

Toxics

Energy

Eradicate poverty. End hunger. Reduce inequality. Stop climate change. Such huge, idealistic goals may seem impossible.

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Farming

Food

Water

The overuse of antibiotics to raise livestock is creating superbugs, bacteria resistant to antibiotic drugs such as penicillin. San Francisco could soon become the first U.S. city to require major grocery stores to tell consumers if meat comes from animals given antibiotics.

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Toxics

Farming

Food

New research finds fluoride exposure during pregnancy can harm children’s intelligence.

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Children's Health

Toxics

Tap Water

Fluoride in Tap Water

Here’s some news you can use going into the weekend.

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Toxics

Farming

Water

Drinking water supplies for 70 million Americans in 48 states are contaminated with arsenic at concentrations above the level scientists say increases the risk of cancer, according to nationwide test results collected in EWG's Tap Water Database.

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Arsenic

Water

Tap Water

When you think of chloroform, your thoughts may drift to faint memories of 1970s television shows in which a villain knocks out their victim with chloroform-soaked cloth.

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Toxics

Water

Tap Water

EWG’s just-released Tap Water Database shows that a startling number of cancer-causing chemicals contaminate the nation’s drinking water. Of 250 different contaminants detected in tests by local utilities, 93 are linked to an increased risk of developing cancer.

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Toxics

Water

Tap Water