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People holding signs like "PFAS Are Forever, Life Is Not" at a rally in the MN State Capitol

Lobbying in PFAS: Big Money is Poisoning our Water

April 3, 2026 | By Avonna Starck
Legislators answer to the people of Minnesota who expect safe drinking water, who don’t want toxic chemicals in children’s products, and who are tired of paying for corporate pollution. There are real issues demanding attention—corporate welfare disguised as regulatory “relief” should not be on the agenda.
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After the #trashtag

March 15, 2019 | By Johnathan Berard
Internet challenges come and go, and generally I don’t pay much attention to them. This week, however, I began to see pictures of people posing with bags full of trash they had collected pop up all over social media. It seems the #trashtag challenge has taken off across the globe, bringing a ton of
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Septic Legislation in 2019

March 14, 2019 | By Emily Ranson
Septic systems are a decentralized way to treat human waste. In most cases, an individual home has its own septic system and drain field. Waste from a home is sent to a box, which holds it for awhile, then it slowly trickles out into the yard in a drain field, where the microbes in the soil further
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A dye test is used to track the water coming off a septic system. Important information can be determined by a dye test - like how quickly wastewater is flowing through a system or which system is flowing here.
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