Articles by Rob Coleman

Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG’s News Roundup (8/18): EPA Chisels Away at Environmental Protection, Cosmetics Put Women of Color at Risk and Food Chemicals Linked to Obesity

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Chromium-6
Food & Water
Water

UPDATE: ‘Erin Brockovich’ Carcinogen in 250 Million Americans’ Drinking Water

In 2016, an EWG report found that chromium-6 – a cancer-causing compound made notorious by the film “Erin Brockovich” – contaminated the tap water supplies of 218 million Americans in all 50 states...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (8/11): Formaldehyde in Salons and Contaminants in Well Water

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Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (8/4): Regulating Harmful Imported Makeup, Expanding Organic Farming and Choosing Water Filters

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Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Water

Worried About Contaminants in Your Drinking Water? Skip Bottled Water and Opt for a Home Filter.

Since the release of EWG's National Tap Water Database just over a week ago, this question has been popping up a lot: “What now? Should I switch over to bottled water?”

Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water
Water

Using EWG’s Water Filter Buying Guide

If you're concerned about what's in your water, buying a water filter is a smart next step.
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (7/28): National Tap Water Database Unveiled, Chemical Industry Shows Influence at EPA and Fighting Bee-Killing Pesticides

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Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

Nearly 100 Cancer-Causing Contaminants Found in U.S. Drinking 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...

Food & Water
Water

Your Utility May Not Tell You About All Contaminants in Your Tap Water. EWG Will.

Here's how our database and the information it delivers stacks up against a typical CCR.
Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

EWG News Roundup (7/21): Trump’s Troubling 6 Months, Asbestos in Children’s Cosmetics and Chemical Industry Shill Tapped for Top EPA Slot

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Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products

EWG News Roundup (7/14): Toxics Passed Down for Generations, Harmful Kids’ Products and Flame Retardants in Newborns

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Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Sunscreen

EWG News Roundup (7/7): How Tanning Products Put You at Risk, Monsanto’s Glyphosate Added to California Carcinogen List and More

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Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Farming & Agriculture

Dow Courts White House With Donations and Secret Meetings, Brain-Damaging Pesticide Stays on Shelves

The cozy relationship between the Trump administration and the chemical industry is easy to see. But now we're getting details of how Dow courted the president and his top environmental official to...
Farming & Agriculture
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/19): Sick Farmworkers, Toxic Waste Sites and the Senate’s ‘License to Kill’ Bill

Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Food & Water

EWG News Roundup (5/5): Salty School Lunches, Rocket Fuel in Food, and N.C. Factory Farms

Here's some news you can use as you begin your weekend.

Toxic Chemicals
Food & Water
Water

EPA Seeks Ideas to Gut Clean Water Rules, But Citizens Speak Up for Public Health

The Environmental Protection Agency is soliciting ideas for easing "burdensome" water regulations – Trump administration doublespeak for gutting rules that protect drinking water from toxic chemicals...
Toxic Chemicals
Household & Consumer Products
Farming & Agriculture

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 21)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides
Farming & Agriculture

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 14)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

Toxic Chemicals
Lead
Pesticides

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (April 7)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

Children’s Health
Toxic Chemicals
Pesticides

News from Ground Control: Planet Trump (March 31)

Here are several of this past week's deep dives on developments coming out of the Trump White House.

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