Kilotest: Issues reported for Environmental Working Group

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URL: https://www.ewg.org/
Tested 2 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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Issues reported

Highest priority: 15

image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to know what is in an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 8 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Editoria11y + Html Checker API + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Violations: 11
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
focusable element hidden
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 6 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + ASLint + Axe + Pour + SureA11y)
- Violations: 22
- Violators: 14
- Where was the issue found?
contrast poor
- Why it matters: Content is difficult to understand
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 6 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + SureA11y)
- Violations: 44
- Violators: 32
- Where was the issue found?
link not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 6 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Violations: 6
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
iframe not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of an embedded page
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
ID not unique
- Why it matters: User may be pointed to the wrong item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Html Checker API + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
image link not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding what a link points to
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Editoria11y + HTML CodeSniffer + QualWeb)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
svg image not named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help understanding an image
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.1.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint)
- Violations: 10
- Violators: 10
- Where was the issue found?
attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Html Checker API)
- Violations: 14
- Violators: 14
- Where was the issue found?
aria attribute invalid
- Why it matters: Item behavior violates user expectations
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Html Checker API)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
meta charset declared too late
- Why it matters: Browser may display incorrect text
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
attribute value invalid
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 7
- Where was the issue found?
parent invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot properly operate an item
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
ID empty
- Why it matters: Item behaves improperly
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 67
- Violators: 67
- Where was the issue found?
Tab-focusable elements wrong
- Why it matters: Item selections by a keyboard-only user are useless or impossible
- Priority: highest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 35
- Violators: 35
- Where was the issue found?

High priority: 18

autocomplete invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help entering personal information in a form item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.5
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
heading empty
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the topic of a part of the page
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.6
- Reported by 3 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
role invalid
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on the nature of an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
forms not distinctly named
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Accessibility Checker)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
h1 not 1st heading
- Why it matters: User cannot understand the topic of the page
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Alfa)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
negative text-indent
- Why it matters: Helper may hide content from a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
focusable element not active
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot navigate properly to the operable items
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Axe)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
invalid CSS at-rule
- Why it matters: Page cannot be properly displayed in particular contexts
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
code invalid
- Why it matters: Invalid code in the page may prevent a helper from working
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 6
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
attribute obsolete
- Why it matters: Page includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 8
- Violators: 8
- Where was the issue found?
element closure invalid
- Why it matters: Page contains invalid code
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
element obsolete
- Why it matters: Page includes obsolete code that the browser may fail to process
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
box size absolute
- Why it matters: User cannot enlarge the content of an item for readability
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 6
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
font small
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 3
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
small targets too near to each other
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 18
- Violators: 18
- Where was the issue found?
element focusability and operability conflict
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot operate an item
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.1.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
hover indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot explore the page reliably with a mouse
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
element reloads or redirects
- Why it matters: Page change may surprise a user
- Priority: high
- Related WCAG standard: 2.2.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (WAVE)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?

Low priority: 10

heading level skipped
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Alfa + Axe + Html Checker API + Pour)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
heading structure illogical
- Why it matters: Helper misdescribes the page
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 2 rule engines (ASLint + HTML CodeSniffer)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
link href missing
- Why it matters: Helper cannot properly explain a link to a user
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
multiple contentinfos
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
aside child of landmark
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
line height low
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.8
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 10
- Violators: 10
- Where was the issue found?
links named identically
- Why it matters: User cannot get help differentiating links
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
link indication poor
- Why it matters: User cannot differentiate a link from plain text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 11
- Violators: 11
- Where was the issue found?
semantic properties represented with styles
- Why it matters: User cannot get help to fully understand the text
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
focus indication improvable
- Why it matters: Keyboard-only user cannot easily choose an item to operate
- Priority: low
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4.7
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 7
- Violators: 7
- Where was the issue found?

Lowest priority: 20

text contrast improvable
- Why it matters: Content is not easy to understand
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.6
- Reported by 7 rule engines (Alfa + ASLint + Axe + HTML CodeSniffer + Pour + QualWeb + SureA11y)
- Violations: 833
- Violators: 421
- Where was the issue found?
content beyond landmarks
- Why it matters: User cannot get help on how some of the page is organized
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.6
- Reported by 4 rule engines (Accessibility Checker + Alfa + Axe + Pour)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 3
- Where was the issue found?
tab-opening link action unstated?
- Why it matters: Following a link opens a new window, possibly surprising a user
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.5
- Reported by 3 rule engines (ASLint + Pour + Testaro)
- Violations: 27
- Violators: 16
- Where was the issue found?
target small
- Why it matters: User cannot reliably choose an item to click or tap
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.5.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Pour)
- Violations: 124
- Violators: 124
- Where was the issue found?
all-capital text
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 2 rule engines (Alfa + Testaro)
- Violations: 70
- Violators: 70
- Where was the issue found?
false aria-hidden value risky
- 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
- Where was the issue found?
title attribute empty
- Why it matters: Hovering does not get the promised explanation of an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
fieldset missing?
- Why it matters: User may be unable to get help recognizing a group of related form items
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 2
- Violators: 2
- Where was the issue found?
labeling risky
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand a form control
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.3.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
no default option
- Why it matters: User may risk erroneously submitting a form
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
position sticky
- Why it matters: User may be unable to see needed content or may be forced to scroll in both dimensions
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.10
- Reported by 1 rule engine (ASLint)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 5
- Where was the issue found?
aria-label on non-labelable role
- Why it matters: User is misinformed about an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Html Checker API)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
aria attribute redundant
- Why it matters: Page includes unnecessary code
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Pour)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
text contrast not testable
- Why it matters: Text may be difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4.3
- Reported by 1 rule engine (QualWeb)
- Violations: 6
- Violators: 6
- Where was the issue found?
large visible-element count
- Why it matters: User cannot easily find items in the page
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 1
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
text distortion
- Why it matters: Text is difficult to read
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.1.5
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 4
- Violators: 4
- Where was the issue found?
role assigned instead of implicit
- Why it matters: User may misunderstand the purpose of an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 4.1.2
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 9
- Violators: 9
- Where was the issue found?
inconsistent heading, link, or button styles
- Why it matters: User cannot easily distinguish items of different types
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 3.2.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 5
- Violators: 1
- Where was the issue found?
title attribute invalid
- Why it matters: User gets too little, too much, or repeated help explaining an item
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.3.1
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 9
- Violators: 9
- Where was the issue found?
z-index not zero
- Why it matters: User cannot predict the effect of clicking
- Priority: lowest
- Related WCAG standard: 1.4
- Reported by 1 rule engine (Testaro)
- Violations: 28
- Violators: 28
- Where was the issue found?

Kilotest: Issues reported for Environmental Working Group

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History

Issues reported

image not named

focusable element hidden

contrast poor

link not named

iframe not named

ID not unique

image link not named

svg image not named

attribute invalid

aria attribute invalid

meta charset declared too late

attribute value invalid

parent invalid

ID empty

Tab-focusable elements wrong

autocomplete invalid

heading empty

role invalid

forms not distinctly named

h1 not 1st heading

negative text-indent

focusable element not active

invalid CSS at-rule

code invalid

attribute obsolete

element closure invalid

element obsolete

box size absolute

font small

small targets too near to each other

element focusability and operability conflict

hover indication poor

element reloads or redirects

heading level skipped

heading structure illogical

link href missing

multiple contentinfos

aside child of landmark

line height low

links named identically

link indication poor

semantic properties represented with styles

focus indication improvable

text contrast improvable

content beyond landmarks

tab-opening link action unstated?

target small

all-capital text

false aria-hidden value risky

title attribute empty

fieldset missing?

labeling risky

no default option

position sticky

aria-label on non-labelable role

aria attribute redundant

text contrast not testable

large visible-element count

text distortion

role assigned instead of implicit

inconsistent heading, link, or button styles

title attribute invalid

z-index not zero