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PFAS: The Ingredient You Never Ordered

Thousands of Minnesotans are unknowingly exposed to toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” every time they cook or eat from a Teflon (PTFE) pan. Here’s what you need to know.

Minnesota Currents | Summer 2025

In this Issue: Protecting Amara’s Law, Data Centers and the Threat to Minnesota’s Environment, Minnesota Wildfires, Toxics in Menstrual Products
 and Cosmetics, National Updates

Factsheet - Data Centers in Minnesota

While Clean Water Action Minnesota is not inherently opposed to large-scale data centers, nor the technological advancements of the 21st century, Clean Water Action Minnesota is opposed to massive tax breaks for the ultra- wealthy, exorbitant facility water and energy demands, and threatening our environment for short-term profits.

Factsheet - Bag the Plastic Bag Ban in Minnesota!

Minnesota plastic bag recycling is estimated to be less than 10%. Clean Water Action is working to remove the plastic bag ban preemption in Minnesota statute, which will return local control around this issue back to where it belongs — with each city and town in Minnesota.

Data Centers - A Threat To Minnesota's Water

Data centers are popping up across the country as the dependency on cloud computing and Artificial Intelligence increases. These centers require millions of gallons of water and huge amounts of electricity each year to cool the facility and run efficiently. Minnesotans shouldn’t be left on the hook for multi-billion-dollar companies seeking tax breaks to run facilities that not only monopolize but also poison our water.

Factsheet - Test and Report Phthalates In Packaged Food Bill (MN SF 188 of 2025)

Plasticizers called phthalates are showing up in the foods we eat — sometimes at very high levels. SF 188 (Gustafson) will encourage companies to reduce phthalate levels in their food products and help consumers avoid food with high levels of harmful plastic chemicals.

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