It may come as a surprise, but your water may not be as safe as you think. Many harmful contaminants lurk in tap and well water — sometimes at levels that far exceed what researchers consider safe. 
While the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets legal limits, they don’t always align with health-based recommendations. The EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Levels are often much higher than the stricter Health Guidelines set by experts at the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Remember: legal doesn’t always mean safe.
With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the most prominent contaminants that are currently in your tap water. 

Top 10 Emerging Contaminants in 2025

It may sound dramatic when we say that the water you drink can be detrimental to your health, but take a look at this list we’ve compiled of the most prominent contaminants that are lurking in your drinking water. 
Regardless of whether you’re drinking tap water or well water, federal regulations for these contaminants far exceed what researchers and experts deem to be “safe” levels of contamination.  

Top 10 Contaminants to Look Out For in 2024

Dehydration can happen to everyone, but the unfortunate truth is kids are more prone to dehydration. Why is that?

Why are Kids More Prone to Dehydration and How Can You Help?

After reading this recent article about microplastics in our water supply, we wanted to dig a little deeper in order to understand the true effects of microplastics in our tap water. We reached out to Dr. Sherri Mason, a microplastic expert at the State University of New York in Fredonia who supervised the analyses, and asked if she would be interested in answering a few questions. Below is a Q&A with Dr. Mason that gives you a bit more insight into why you should be alarmed with these findings. 

Microplastics In Your Water

Is water good for your health and heart? At nearly every doctor's visit, your doctor should (and likely will) remind you to make sure you're drinking enough water. Why? Because drinking clean water is one of the safest and most effective ways of lowering your risk for common cardiovascular problems like heart disease.

Is Drinking Water Good For Your Heart Health?

Let’s face it — we all know hydration is a necessity. Our need to hydrate is almost innate. But at times it feels more like a burden than a benefit. That is, until the right fluids slowly quiet that pounding headache, give you a boost to finish that killer circuit, or cure the dry mouth that’s been driving you nuts.

The Real Truth About Hydration & Health

What do Serena Williams, Patrick Mahomes, and Lionel Messi have in common? They believe in the performance-boosting power of hydration. What about you? Hydration affects athletic performance—even for us amateurs and Average Joes. Dehydration, Simplified Your heart, brain, and muscles all depend on water. When you exerc

Hydration Tips for Athletes

When it comes to your skin, water’s a gift and a curse. It can be a secret weapon for a youthful appearance and radiant glow or an ally to unwanted signs of aging and other skin-related concerns. Keep scrolling to uncover the many ways — for better or for worse — water affects your hair, skin, and nails

How Water Affects Your Hair, Skin, & Nails

Drinking water and proper hydration are important for fighting off the flu. Learn the best way to get plenty of fluids the next time you're under the weather.

How Important is Hydration When You’re Sick?

We discuss the truth about the U.S. drinking water standards the EPA has in place for our public water systems and the maximum contaminant levels allowed.

Drinking Water Standards and Maximum Contaminant Levels

Learn how many months of age it's safe to start your baby drinking water while weaning them from breastmilk or formula feeding and the amounts of water to give.

At What Age is it Safe for Young Babies to Drink Water?

The benefits of hydration are serious, but getting and staying hydrated can be fun. Clean water is the key that unlocks the critical health benefits of hydration, but there are more ways to get more water than simply pouring another glass of cold water. From eating the right foods to creating your own delicious, water-

Five Fun Ways To Hydrate

Form healthy habits for the new year with these 7 simple steps. Read tips on self-care, healthy eating, getting fit, reducing stress, and staying hydrated.

7 Tips on Forming Healthy Habits for the New Year and Beyond

You’ll be shocked at how much you can do with a little direction and some elbow grease. Here’s what we’ll cover in this how-to guide designed to save you a ton of time, money, and headaches around the house: How to patch up holes in the wall. How to find a wall stud. How to shut off the water. How to unclog a drain.

25 Things Every Homeowner Should Know How To Do Around the House

Our guide will help you learn more about tap water quality resources as well as practical ways to reduce your lead exposure through drinking water.

How You Can Detect Levels of Lead in Drinking Water

Learn how proper hydration impacts how your body builds muscle. Discover some of the health benefits drinking water can have on muscle growth & overall health.

Staying Hydrated for Health, Fat Loss, & Building Muscle

Tritan® plastic is known for both safety and durability. And Tritan is the only plastic in Clearly Filtered water bottles and water pitcher products.

Understanding Tritan Plastic: The Safest Plastic Available

We all know the familiar feeling of brain fog: you’re staring at the computer screen, scrolling through your phone, or listening to a podcast or speaker, and what you’re seeing or hearing simply doesn't register. That’s because brain fog saps our focus and impairs our cognitive function. The good news is, at least one

How to Avoid Dehydration Brain Fog

We examine the known health risks associated with different kinds of plastic water bottles to determine the best way to carry your drinking water with you.

The Known Health Risks of Plastic Water Bottles

We discuss what Bisphenol A is, the health risks associated with this industrial chemical, and how you can ensure your drinking water is BPA-free.

Understanding What BPA is and its Health Effects

Glyphosate, a probable carcinogen and the active ingredient in the pesticide Round Up, gets into your drinking water. Learn how to prevent toxicity buildup.

How RoundUp Weed Killer Ends Up in Your Drinking Water

Elevated blood lead levels in children have serious health effects. Learn what to do if your young child was subjected to lead exposure at school or daycare.

Childhood Lead Exposure Through School Drinking Water

Learn how water intake affects hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, autoimmune disorders, and your overall thyroid function along with other benefits of hydration.

How Water Intake Affects Your Thyroid Health and Function

Learn simple, sustainable practices to conserve natural resources to fight climate change and protect our fragile ecosystem for future generations.

15 Easy Ways You Can Live More Sustainably Starting Today

If you are a new or nursing mother, congrats! As you may have already discovered, there is contradictory and complex information floating around regarding water and lactation. We reviewed and consolidated the facts to help you get clear on how much water you should drink while breastfeeding, what to look out for, and why.

How Much Water Should I Drink While Breastfeeding?

Do you dream of better sleep? What if we told you hydration can help? While hydrating won’t put you to sleep, it can help you get more uninterrupted and rejuvenating shut-eye. And as you’ll see in a second, the relationship can go both ways: It’s possible dehydration can be responsible for your lack of sleep.

The Relationship Between Hydration and Sleep

With most single-use plastics bypassing recycling plants and heading straight to landfills, microplastics are leaching into our ecosystems at alarming rates.

The Unseen Threat: Microplastics in Our Drinking Water

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Top 10 Emerging Contaminants in 2025

Top 10 Contaminants to Look Out For in 2024

Why are Kids More Prone to Dehydration and How Can You Help?

Microplastics In Your Water

Is Drinking Water Good For Your Heart Health?

The Real Truth About Hydration & Health

Hydration Tips for Athletes

How Water Affects Your Hair, Skin, & Nails

How Important is Hydration When You’re Sick?

Drinking Water Standards and Maximum Contaminant Levels

At What Age is it Safe for Young Babies to Drink Water?

Five Fun Ways To Hydrate

7 Tips on Forming Healthy Habits for the New Year and Beyond

25 Things Every Homeowner Should Know How To Do Around the House

How You Can Detect Levels of Lead in Drinking Water

Staying Hydrated for Health, Fat Loss, & Building Muscle

Understanding Tritan Plastic: The Safest Plastic Available

How to Avoid Dehydration Brain Fog

The Known Health Risks of Plastic Water Bottles

Understanding What BPA is and its Health Effects

How RoundUp Weed Killer Ends Up in Your Drinking Water

Childhood Lead Exposure Through School Drinking Water

How Water Intake Affects Your Thyroid Health and Function

15 Easy Ways You Can Live More Sustainably Starting Today

How Much Water Should I Drink While Breastfeeding?

The Relationship Between Hydration and Sleep

The Unseen Threat: Microplastics in Our Drinking Water

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Top 10 Emerging Contaminants in 2025

Top 10 Contaminants to Look Out For in 2024

Why are Kids More Prone to Dehydration and How Can You Help?

Microplastics In Your Water

Is Drinking Water Good For Your Heart Health?

The Real Truth About Hydration & Health

Hydration Tips for Athletes

How Water Affects Your Hair, Skin, & Nails

How Important is Hydration When You’re Sick?

Drinking Water Standards and Maximum Contaminant Levels

At What Age is it Safe for Young Babies to Drink Water?

Five Fun Ways To Hydrate

7 Tips on Forming Healthy Habits for the New Year and Beyond

25 Things Every Homeowner Should Know How To Do Around the House

How You Can Detect Levels of Lead in Drinking Water

Staying Hydrated for Health, Fat Loss, & Building Muscle

Understanding Tritan Plastic: The Safest Plastic Available

How to Avoid Dehydration Brain Fog

The Known Health Risks of Plastic Water Bottles

Understanding What BPA is and its Health Effects

How RoundUp Weed Killer Ends Up in Your Drinking Water

Childhood Lead Exposure Through School Drinking Water

How Water Intake Affects Your Thyroid Health and Function

15 Easy Ways You Can Live More Sustainably Starting Today

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