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Clean Water Action has been in Minnesota since 1982, focusing on finding solutions to health, consumer, environmental and community problems, developing strong, community-based environmental leadership, and working for policies that improve lives and protect water.

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2026 Political Caucuses in Minnesota

The 2026 precinct caucuses held by Minnesota's political parties are scheduled for February 3. Learn more about the caucus system and how you can have a say in your party's endorsements and platform!
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Sign Up For A Minnesota Healthy Homes Presentation!

Healthy Homes presentations take about an hour and discuss the toxics commonly found in homes, why they are a danger, and what you can do about them. We're here to support you in making safe, clean, positive, and affordable choices regarding how you shop, eat, and live! Sign up today to learn more.
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Join the ReThink Disposable Movement in Minnesota!

ReThink Disposable helps food service providers from restaurants to cafeterias to soup kitchens and music venues shift away from single-use foodware to resuable sustainable alternatives. Save money and save the planet - contact us to learn more!
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Minnesota's Cumulative Impacts Law: Rulemaking

In the 2023 Minnesota legislative session, we saw the passage of an important environmental justice law; the cumulative impacts law. This law is currently entering into the rulemaking process, where the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will clarify details of how the law will work in effect. This will be an incredibly important process to engage with, as weak rules could effectively undermine any power this law could hold.

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Reducing Electronic Waste in Minnesota

When discarded electronics end up in landfills or informal recycling sites, they break down and release toxic chemicals that contaminate our soil and water. The best solution is to prevent that electronic waste (or e-waste) in the first place.
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Combatting the Lead Problem in Minnesota

Clean Water Action Minnesota is working to advocate for funding and programs to improve lead remediation efforts at all levels. This includes education, advocacy, and community powerbuilding. We are committed to fighting for lead abatement and removal until the problem has been completely eliminated.
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Safer Chemicals for Minnesota

Did you know the shampoo, cleaner, or laundry detergent you wash down the drain may be harming your health and the health of our water? Find out how these chemicals are making their way from our products into our bodies and water, discover simple steps you can take to protect your health from toxic chemicals, and see what we're doing to fight for safer chemicals.

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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.

Factsheet - e-Waste Recycling in Minnesota

Minnesota can benefit in a myriad of ways by investing in e-waste recycling.

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
Profiles in Prevention

Profiles in Prevention

Clean Water Action works to ensure access safe, affordable source of drinking water now, and for future generations. Too often that means fighting to hold polluters accountable for cleaning up their mess, but we know that ultimately, the best way to fight pollution is to prevent it at the source. The more pollution we prevent, the less we have to clean up.
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