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  2. Environmental Working Group - Wikipedia

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    EWG is headquartered in Washington, D.C.. [2] Its lobbying organization, the EWG Action Fund (a 501(c)(4) organization) was founded in 2002. [3] EWG partners with companies to certify their products. [4] Its reports are influential with the public, but it has been criticized for exaggerating the risks of chemicals. [4] [5] [6]

  3. Talk:Environmental Working Group - Wikipedia

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    Even discounting that, it still only gives passing mention on the EWG in pretty much a one-liner in a single sentence, like we've discussed before as part of the problem of there not really being WP:DUE mention of EWG's activities in MEDRS sources.

  4. Export restriction - Wikipedia

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    Export restrictions, or a restriction on exportation, are limitations on the quantity of goods exported to a specific country or countries by a Government. Export restrictions could be aimed at achieving diverse policy objectives such as environmental protection, economic welfare, social wellbeing, conversion of natural resources, and ...

  5. Outdoor water-use restriction - Wikipedia

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    An outdoor water-use restriction is a ban or other lesser restrictions put into effect that restricts the outdoor use of water supplies. Often called a watering ban or hosepipe ban, [1] it can affect: irrigation of lawns; car washing; recreational uses such as filling swimming pools and using water slides

  6. United States biofuel policies - Wikipedia

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    Add to this about 2.01 billion barrels (320,000,000 m 3) produced in the United States, and the total consumption in the United States is 6.3 billion barrels (1.00 × 10 9 m 3) of crude for 2010. Imported oil accounted for 2/3 of the oil supply in the US, with about 42% of imported oil coming from OPEC countries. [1]

  7. Benzene in soft drinks - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] The estimated daily exposure from "automobile-related activities" is 49 μg and for driving for one hour is 40 μg. [9] Smoking: For smokers, cigarette smoking is the main source of exposure to benzene. Estimates are 7900 μg per day (smoking 20 cigarettes per day), [10] 1820 μg/day, and 1800 μg/day. [9]

  8. Non-tariff barriers to trade - Wikipedia

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    Foreign exchange restrictions and foreign exchange controls occupy an important place among the non-tariff regulatory instruments of foreign economic activity. Foreign exchange restrictions constitute the management of transactions between national and foreign operators, either by limiting the supply of foreign currency (to restrict imports) or ...

  9. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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    The United States Environmental Protection Agency defines PFAS in the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5 as substances that contain "at least one of the following three structures: R−CF 2 −CF(R')R", where both the −CF 2 − and −CF− moieties are saturated carbons, and none of the R groups can be hydrogen; R−CF 2 −O−CF 2 ...