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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. 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

  4. Talk:Environmental Working Group - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes we can use WP:PARITY sources, but ultimately if the EWG has done something important in a particular space (for positive or negative), a MEDRS source should be outlining that context for us. Sometimes other sources can work depending on specific content, but that gets tricky.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Bottled water ban - Wikipedia

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    In 2009, the New South Wales town of Bundanoon voted to become the first town in the world to outlaw bottled water. [16] Its citizens voluntarily chose to ban bottled water in response to a bottling company's desire to sell water from the town's local aquifer, [17] [18] prohibiting the selling or dispensing of bottled water within the town precinct.

  7. EWG - Wikipedia

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    EWG may refer to: Eastern Washington Gateway Railroad , an American railroad East-West Gateway Council of Governments , a planning organization in Greater St. Louis, United States

  8. Benzene in soft drinks - Wikipedia

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    The proposed mechanism begins with hydrogen abstraction by the hydroxyl radical, which itself is produced by the Cu 2+-catalysed reduction of dioxygen by ascorbic acid: [2] Other factors that affect the formation of benzene are heat and light. Storing soft drinks in warm conditions speeds up the formation of benzene.

  9. Regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act

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    Section 202(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act requires the Administrator of the EPA to establish standards "applicable to the emission of any air pollutant from…new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, which in [her] judgment cause, or contribute to, air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare" (emphasis added). [3]