The Pollution in People | Environmental Working Group
Jun 14, 2016 · More than 1,400 chemicals and chemical groups are known or likely carcinogens. Through industrial applications, consumer products and food, water and air, Americans are …
Rethinking Carcinogens - Environmental Working Group
New research is beginning to look at chemicals that are not carcinogenic in and of themselves but can affect normal cells in ways that make them more prone to becoming cancerous. Could …
Study: PFAS Act Similar to Known Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Mar 4, 2020 · Scientists at the Environmental Working Group and Indiana University have for the first time conducted a review of 26 fluorinated chemicals, or PFAS, and found that all display …
CANCER RISKS Nitrate pollution of U.S. drinking water may be responsible for up to 12,594 cases of cancer a year, at a cost of up to $1.5 billion for health care, according to a new peer …
Contaminated Drinking Water and Its Effect on Cancer
Jul 25, 2024 · Contaminated drinking water data were obtained from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) website. The data included the level of contaminants in drinking water across …
Nitrate pollution in drinking water linked to cancers in study by ...
Jun 11, 2019 · A new study by the non-profit Environmental Working Group found that nitrate pollution in U.S. drinking water could cause over 12,000 cases of cancer each year. The peer …
EPA Finalizes Protections for Workers and Communities from Cancer ...
WASHINGTON – Today, Jan. 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the Interim Decision for Ethylene Oxide (EtO) – a pesticide used on 50 percent of all sterilized medical …
Here’s an updated map of military sites where DoD found cancer …
Jul 14, 2019 · The Environmental Working Group has updated its map of military sites where DoD found cancer-causing chemicals in the drinking water.
Chromium-6 in U.S. Tap Water | Environmental Working Group
Dec 20, 2010 · Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group have detected hexavalent chromium, the carcinogenic “Erin Brockovich chemical,” in tap water from 31 of 35 …
Environmental exposures and cancer: using the precautionary …
Rather than being directly linked to causing cancer, like substances such as asbestos, EDCs influence our health by mimicking or enhancing or changing metabolic regulation.