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As EPA weakens protections against pollution, families face greater risks.
Safer, Not Sicker is a national campaign bringing trusted expertise to help Americans understand what’s changing, what’s at stake, and how they can take action.
Learn more at safernotsicker.org
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“Forever chemicals” can move through wastewater and end up in your family’s food, water, and yard. EPA’s guidance is voluntary, with no federal testing requirement or enforceable limits.
Tell EPA to stop PFAS pollution at the source before it puts our health at risk. Link below.
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See what EPA’s voluntary guidance leaves unaddressed and make your voice heard before the October 5 deadline: safernotsicker.org/take-acti…
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Polluters save billions. Families pay the price. Sound fair?
Joe Goffman, former EPA Assistant Administrator, explains how repealing carbon limits for power plants could shift pollution’s costs onto families through greater health risks.
What should EPA’s priorities be? 👇
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What if the biggest cost of AI isn’t on your electric bill?
Coal, gas and diesel used to power data centers releases pollution linked to asthma, heart and lung disease and early death. As demand grows, strong safeguards matter more, not less.
Read the report at the link in bio.
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EPA just took a major step back from federal limits on power plant carbon pollution.
Protecting people’s health is at the core of EPA’s mission. But right now, EPA is moving in the wrong direction.
When pollution safeguards disappear, it’s families’ health that’s put at risk.
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The Ratepayer Protection Pledge aims to protect families from AI data centers’ utility costs. But families shouldn’t pay for their pollution with their health, either.
EPN is calling for a Data Center Health Protection Pledge. Read what’s at stake at the link in the comments.
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What could more data centers mean for your family’s health? Read The Hidden Health Costs of AI Data Centers: safernotsicker.org/ai
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The race for AI data center growth shouldn’t mean weaker safeguards on pollution. Former EPA official Walter Mugdan explains why strong enforcement matters when families’ health is at risk.
What’s being weakened? Read the full report at the link in the comments.
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What happens when pollution safeguards are weakened as AI infrastructure expands? Read The Hidden Health Costs of AI Data Centers: safernotsicker.org/ai
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New @nytimes reporting examines growing consequences of pollution from the AI data center boom.
Families deserve protection from health risks, not just electricity costs. That’s why EPN is calling for a Data Center Health Protection Pledge.
Read more: nyti.ms/4xJzwq7
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81% of voters are concerned that rolling back EPA protections could cost families more. Medical bills and long-term health effects are just part of that burden.
Share to keep pollution’s real cost in the conversation.
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What if the biggest cost of AI data centers isn't your utility bill, but your family's health?
As data centers expand, communities are asking who bears the consequences.
Larry Zaragoza, former EPA Associate Branch Chief, explains why the real cost isn't just the grid.
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What happens to PFAS after they leave your body? Some can end up where food is grown.
Sewage treatment doesn’t remove them all. PFAS can remain in biosolids used as fertilizer, then move into crops, livestock and drinking water.
Save and share to show how PFAS can circle back.
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Harmful air pollution doesn’t stay on the highway. Kids near highways and truck routes may be exposed to diesel exhaust, putting their health at risk. Instead of protecting them, EPA is proposing to weaken heavy-truck emissions controls.
What pollution worries you most?
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Families should not carry the health and financial costs of pollution they did not create. Strong EPA safeguards help keep toxic chemicals out of water and air and ensure the same rules apply to every company.
Follow for expert-backed updates.
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UPDATE: Michigan’s J.H. Campbell coal plant ordered by the DOE to remain active 90 more days, 400+ days past its planned closure.
Keeping it open has cost $259M+, EDF estimates, while prolonging pollution linked to asthma, heart and lung disease, and harm to developing brains.
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Your child’s trip to school shouldn’t come with a pollution risk.
EPA is proposing weaker diesel rules that could mean more smog-forming pollution and harm to developing lungs.
Families can’t manage this risk alone. Strong clean-air standards help keep kids’ air safer.
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Fracking wastewater is bubbling up from wells near Marietta, Ohio.
Jeanne Briskin explains: Underground injection pushed it to the surface, prompting 4 disposal sites to shut down. But thousands more old wells could create pathways upward, raising questions about disposal safety.
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