The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit organization that is dedicated to protecting human health and the environment with its team of scientists, policy experts, lawyers, communication experts and programmers, recently analyzed 28 million water records from across the United States. Their goal: to make it easy for the public to know just exactly what contaminants are in their drinking water so that they can be informed and keep their families safe by taking actions to minimize their exposure.
According to the EWG out of almost 50,000 utilities studied, 40,000 tested positive for contaminants linked to cancer and 19,000 tested positive for lead at levels known to be harmful for children.
To see how your tap water measures up, you can type your zip code into their database.
