The Environmental Working Group (EWG), an environmentally focused nonprofit, released a new database on Thursday that lets any US resident check what kinds of contaminants are present in their drinking water. The tool aggregates and analyzes publicly available data from nearly 50,000 public water systems across the country. Using the database is an easy way to learn more about what’s in your water, and it was quickly picked up by the media. But the way in which the EWG presents its data could cause unnecessary fear.
Don’t Let That Viral Drinking Water Database Scare You
