Kilotest: Diagnoses of false aria-hidden value risky violation by HTML element 1187 on Environmental Working Group page

Basics

About the page

• URL: https://www.ewg.org/
• Tested 3 days ago on 2026-10-07 at 21:15 by job 261007T2112-2p4
• Summary of results:
  • Rule engines:
    • Called: 12
    • Were able to test: 12
    • Reported any rule violations: 12
  • Violations: 1488
  • Violators: 693
  • Issues: 63
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About the issue

• Why it matters: User may be misled by erroneously hidden or revealed page content
• Priority: lowest
• Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
• Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
• Violations: 1
• Violators: 1

About the violator

• Tag name: P
• Text: EWG is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, EIN 52-2148600. Copyright © 2026, Environmental Working Group. All rights reserved. … Visit EWG's 501(c)(4) organization, EWG Action Fund.
• Start tag: <p>
• XPath: [not obtained]
• Bounding box: x = 280, y = 5658, width = 740, height = 37
• Reported by ASLint

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Diagnoses

Here is how rule engines diagnose the false aria-hidden value risky issue for HTML element 1187 of the Environmental Working Group page.

1. You have defined <code>aria-hidden="false"</code>. Caution, as the child content is always readable by screen readers regardless of setting <code>display: none</code> on any child element.

   Rule engine: ASLint (eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

   Rule: aria_hidden_false