Dear friend,

Filtering your tap water is one of the best things you can do to protect your health. But how do you know if your filter is actually removing contaminants?

We wanted to find out. EWG scientists spent the past year testing popular water filters to identify the ones you can count on to get the worst chemicals out of your water.

This kind of rigorous testing is only being done by EWG. But here is the truth: This kind of report can be expensive to produce.

EWG’s new release on countertop water filters cost over $25,000 in lab fees alone! That doesn’t take into account the countless hours our staff spent testing each filter, reviewing the data and compiling the results. Our projects require a lot of investment, but the results are worth it because no one else, not even our government, is doing this vital work.

But to continue our essential mission, we rely on individuals like you. Right now we’re falling dangerously short of our monthly fundraising goal, putting projects like our water filter guide in jeopardy.

We’re reaching out to you, friend, because we need the support of 300 donors to contribute $30 or more by JANUARY 31. Will you be one of them?

Please don’t sit this one out. It might be tempting to assume that someone else will fund this critical research, that someone else will just take care of it. But the reality is that we’re counting on you, friend.

If you donate $30 or more, we’ll send you EWG’s Year of Healthy Living booklet – a celebration of our three decades of work, offering monthly tips to empower you to get and stay healthy.

More than 9,000 donors have already rallied behind us this month, and we hope you’ll be one of the additional 300 donors crucial to reaching our January goal.

EWG is continually updating resources like Skin Deep®, the Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ and the Tap Water Database. But these are just a fraction of what we do at EWG. Our researchers are constantly identifying chemicals, carcinogens and contaminants in our food, water, air and consumer products – often overlooked by government regulators.

Every day, we go to work with one goal in mind – keeping you and your family safe from dangerous toxic chemicals.

If you believe in our cause and want to ensure EWG can continue to protect our health and hold companies accountable, will you contribute before the deadline? Any amount will make a difference.

Thank you for your continued support,

Casey Dumasius
Senior Digital Marketing Manager, EWG