The Top 5 Threats to Our Safe Drinking Water
Dec 16, 2024 · One of the most significant environmental laws of the 20th century is the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which passed 50 years ago today.This law, for the first time, established a national framework that seeks to ensure the safety of our public drinking water.
New Map Paints Comprehensive Picture Of Factory Farm …
Sep 24, 2024 · A new interactive map, released today by the national environmental group Food & Water Watch, paints a comprehensive picture of factory farm domination in America.The resource, based on the latest USDA Census of Agriculture, includes new density rankings that reveal the extreme concentration of factory farms — and their waste — in communities across the country, endangering clean water and ...
Historic Court Decision in Fluoridation Toxicity Case Orders EPA to …
Sep 25, 2024 · In a first-of-its-kind decision, a federal court in California ruled yesterday that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must strengthen regulation of fluoride in drinking water across the country. The court found that scientific evidence of fluoride’s health risks when ingested at levels currently prescribed for drinking water – …
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Feb 20, 2020 · Learn. Research We publish hard-hitting evidence to stop polluting industries; News & Opinions Read the latest news and opinions from Food & Water Watch; Press Center We’re in the headlines fighting polluters — see the latest news; Featured Legal We fight in the courts to stop polluters and make the government do its job
New USDA Data Shows Nearly 50% Increase In U.S. Factory …
Feb 13, 2024 · A Food & Water Watch analysis of USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture data, released today, shows that America’s industrial animal agriculture industry is raising more animals on factory farms than ever before, producing unprecedented amounts of waste.Key findings include: More confined animals: There are currently 1.7 billion animals living on U.S. factory farms; an increase of 6% since 2017 ...
Factory Farm Nation: 2024 Edition - foodandwaterwatch.org
Sep 21, 2024 · Fig 2. Up until the late 20th century, most hogs were raised on smaller, diversified operations. But significant changes in U.S. farm policy and growing corporate power transformed the way we grow crops and raise livestock, leading to an onslaught of factory hog operations across rural America 1 See Food & Water Watch (FWW). “The Economic Cost of Food Monopolies: The Hog Bosses.”
Court Confirms: EPA Must Strengthen Fluoride Regulations
Sep 26, 2024 · For decades, local governments have followed federal recommendations to add fluoride to drinking water. Public water systems provide fluoridated drinking water to over 207 million people in the U.S., with the intent of promoting dental health. But mounting scientific evidence demonstrates fluoride at high enough levels has harmful neurotoxic effects on children.
The Biggest Fights for Our Food, Water, and Climate in 2025
4 days ago · 2. Protecting Our Communities From Factory Farm Pollution. For too long, U.S. policy has empowered Big Ag to pollute our water, tank rural economies, and threaten our health, all for the sake of profits.Iowa is one epicenter of this crisis, as industrial agriculture has boomed there in recent decades.. Weak regulations are failing to protect Iowans, who face growing cancer risks and other ...
Environmental Groups Across the U.S. Call on EPA to Intervene in ...
Oct 29, 2024 · Learn. Research We publish hard-hitting evidence to stop polluting industries; News & Opinions Read the latest news and opinions from Food & Water Watch; Press Center We’re in the headlines fighting polluters — see the latest news; Featured Legal We fight in the courts to stop polluters and make the government do its job
Sustainable Ag Groups Seek To Defend Clean Water, Wetlands …
Oct 2, 2024 · Iowa Farmers Union (IFU), Iowa Environmental Council (IEC), Dakota Rural Action (DRA), and Food & Water Watch (FWW) moved to intervene today in a federal lawsuit seeking to invalidate the “Swampbuster” provision of the 1985 Farm Bill which has protected wetlands in Iowa and nationwide for nearly four decades. The Plaintiff in this lawsuit seeks to further one objective of Project 2025 ...