If you’ve ever wondered how safe your tap water really is, you can now find out. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released its updated Tap Water Database on Wednesday, which allows people to ...

You can’t have life without water. Water has special properties. It sticks to itself. On the molecular level, water’s chemical and physical qualities create a cohesion that’s helpful for plants taking ...

WASHINGTON — For most of us, tap water plays a huge role in our daily lives. You use it to cook, wash your hands, maybe you even drink it. A database of tap water tested from around the country shows ...

If you want to know more about potentially harmful chemicals that may be in your drinking water, check out Environmental Working Group’s new national Tap Water Database. The database contains data ...

USDA's Jamie L. Whitten Building on the Mall in Washington, D.C. USDA is being less transparent about who gets farm subsidies, the Environmental Working Group says in the latest update to its farm ...

Disinfectants used to kill viruses, bacteria and other microbes in drinking water leave behind complex byproducts that consumed over decades can increase cancer risk. And although most Florida ...

In April 2015, Deborah Graham, a resident of the tiny town of Salisbury, North Carolina, received a letter from the North Carolina Division of Public Health, who wanted to let her know that the water ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link In 2017, the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) released a database of all the known contaminants lurking in US drinking water. After ...

The drinking water of more than 285,000 people served by public water systems in Spartanburg County meets all federal standards – but could be safer, according to a Washington-based environmental ...