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Dr. Peggy
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I saw the world for what it was so I want to change it for the better. Environmental Activist PhD, registered nurse, futurist, workplace safety and health, into mentoring those who are being bullied

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Does fracking cause high radon levels in nearby homes?

So telling that Ohio gas and oil refused to comment for story #5 in this @maxfilby.dispatch.com @dispatch.com series on radon and lung cancer: bit.ly/48crfQ8

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Does fracking cause higher radon levels in nearby homes? What the research shows
A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an unanswered question.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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ICYMI- Today in Ohio podcast talks gas and oil wastewater brine migration in Marietta, Ohio.

Lawmakers have done little to limit danger to drinking water, while passing laws that allow frackers to operate in secrecy. bit.ly/43UfaO6

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Ohio pumps toxic fracking waste from other states underground and hopes it stays put. It won’t
While Pennsylvania maintains just 16 fracking waste disposal wells, Ohio has welcomed hundreds with minimal oversight, creating what podcast hosts describe as a ticking time bomb beneath residents' fe...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Families across the country have a lot less to be thankful for this year #ThanksTrump
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Our new research shows many of The Home Depot’s top suppliers are still using PVC in their packaging. Seriously?!

#PVC doesn’t make our homes better; it threatens our health, safety, and the environment. 🌎 The Home Depot can and must do more to phase it out of all packaging on store shelves.
Packed in poison plastic: New research shows The Home Depot’s key suppliers are using PVC packaging - Toxic-Free Future
Our new research shows that The Home Depot can and must do more to rid their stores of PVC, the poison plastic, from packaging.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Those killed include Palestinian families trying to return home and others caught in Israeli attempts to assassinate Hamas leaders.
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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More cancer, asthma, COPD, infertility likely from Amazon, @aepnews.bsky.social data center C02 emissions in Hilliard.

Natural gas is likely to come from fracked Ohio public lands. Learn more @saveohioparks.bsky.social. bit.ly/3Qts26r

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Save Ohio Parks
No fracking of public lands
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October 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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A ban on fracking natural gas from state parks and Lake Erie-- HB 399-- deserves a second hearing.

Call Rep. Monica Blasdel at (614)466-8022 and ask for one today: bit.ly/4nw9lNT

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Natural Resources Committee | Ohio House of Representatives
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October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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VOTE today for local and state candidates who commit to protecting our democracy, our freedoms and our state parks and public lands.

We need a second hearing on HB 399-- to ban fracking in state parks and Lake Erie.

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This image featuring a green planet, with clean air and water, is powered by wind and solar power. It was created by pvmars.
November 4, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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100+ water groups from Pennsylvania to Mississippi River form Ohio River Basin Coalition to protect water quality in 12+ states and 40 tribal nations: Indiana Public Broadcasting: bit.ly/4osULbe

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New coalition aims to clean up, protect waterways in the Ohio River Basin
The watershed that flows into the Ohio River covers most of Indiana, more than a dozen other states and at least 40 tribal nations.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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.@saveohioparks.bsky.social volunteers distributed hundreds of brochures to the public recently in front of COSI in Columbus.

The IMAX film there extolling the beauty of Ohio state parks was financed by the same Ohio GOP fracking them.

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Volunteers with Save Ohio Parks distributed hundreds of informational brochures to people entering COSI, where the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' new IMAX film promoting Ohio's beautiful state parks is being shown. Nowhere does the film admit that the same Gov. Mike DeWine and GOP promoting our parks is also fracking them. (Paul Becker Photo) The ODNR's new "Wild at Heart" docu film is being shown in six Ohio cities across the state. Save Ohio Parks wants Gov. Mike DeWine to call a moratorium on all nominations, bids and leases to frack under Ohio state parks and public lands. (Paul Becker Photo) A Save Ohio Parks volunteer waves to passersby at COSI to let them know that Ohio's pristine state parks and public lands are being desecrated and people's health threatened by polluting natural gas extraction mandated by the state of Ohio. (Paul Becker Photo)
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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We, the people, have more power than we realize. Tap it.

Ask Rep. Monica Blasdel to call second hearing on S.B. 399-- banning fracking state parks and Lake Erie.

Call: (614) 466-8022; Email: Rep79@ohiohouse.gov

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Save Ohio Parks volunteers distributed information in Columbus recently to visitors and families entering COSI. An IMAX movie there extols the beauty of Ohio state parks while ignoring that Ohio's state parks and public lands are mandated by law to be fracked for natural gas. (Paul Becker Photo)
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Israeli airstrikes kill 33 people in Gaza in escalation of post-ceasefire attacks
Medical officials say 17 people killed in Khan Younis area and 16 in strikes on Gaza City
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November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Does fracking increase radon-- the second-highest cause of lung cancer in Ohio?

@maxfilby.dispatch.com @danaeking.bsky.social in @dispatch.com radon series: bit.ly/4oRVDXd

If we don't know, why do we frack?

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Does fracking cause higher radon levels in nearby homes? What the research shows
A possible correlation between fracking and radon has been studied several times, but whether there's a link remains an unanswered question.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Data centers use large amounts of PFAS-gas linked to cancer, birth defects, kidney disease and host of other illnesses.

Ph.D. and chemist Randi Pokladnik for @ohiocapitaljournal.com: bit.ly/3WZcLhc

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Ohio’s data centers will impact many Ohioans • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio’s Appalachian region is no longer a bucolic setting of small rural communities; it is an industrial zone littered with fracking operations. Soon, central Ohio will experience the same degradation...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Who DOES own the sun?

Don't Ohioans have the right to use solar for cheap, reliable energy-- and help save the planet in the process? @kmkowalski.bsky.social @canarymedia.com: bit.ly/4o5TRB8

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Why one Ohio couple is suing their city over rooftop solar fees
The city's utility says the charge is only fair to customers without solar, but the couple argues it’s an illegal penalty. The dispute echoes a nationwide…
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October 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Radiation exposure effects accumulate over time, endangering our health, soils and water.

Randi Pokladnik writes on HB 439– to prohibit gas and oil waste brine-spreading on Ohio roads. Your Ohio News: bit.ly/4ovTNdJ

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Bill seeks to end use of radioactive brine on Ohio roadways
Writer urges support for HB 439 to stop use of oil and gas waste as deicer and dust suppressant due to health and environmental risks
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October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Dirty, flammable oil and gas pollutes the air, water and soil-- and endangers people.

Cheaper, reliable renewable energy does not.

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Diesel tanker blaze closes I-75 overpass in West Chester Township, officials say
>> https://www.fox19.com/2025/10/28/diesel-tanker-blaze-closes-i-75-overpass-west-chester-township-officials-say/
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October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The Ohio Natural Resources Committee meets today at 9 a.m. for sponsor testimony on proposed HB 399 and 439-- anti-fracking and toxic waste brine-spreading legislation.

Watch it on The Ohio Channel: bit.ly/3W0Hwlz

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These work boots worn by an Ohio oil and gas wastewater brine truck driver tested positive for high radioactivity. Radioactivity can cause cancer, and it's a growing concern for frack waste haulers. Award-winning science journalist Justin Nobel warns about the health dangers to oil and gas transportation workers and our environment in "Petroleum 238: Big Oil's Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop it." (Karret Press, 2024). (Buckeye Environmental Network Photo)
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Another article about “no funds” from #FEMA in disaster. What do we pay taxes for if none of the budgeted funds come back to communities trying to rebuild?

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N.C. counties that busted budgets after Helene still waiting for FEMA to pay them back
A year after Hurricane Helene, North Carolina communities that exhausted their budgets on storm cleanup and recovery are still waiting for FEMA reimbursement.
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October 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Hardly a good sign: #tippingpoint #climatecrisis

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Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
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October 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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With wildfires 🔥 increasing across the USA and Canada here is how they impact your health😱

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Wildfires and Your Health
Climate change is making wildfires worse. Our warming temperatures contribute to both the severity and duration of many wildfires, and this trend is projected to increase in the coming decades.
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August 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Fellow Nurses: How Can We Help Rebuild Patients' Trust in the Healthcare System? www.medpagetoday.com/nursing/nurs...
Fellow Nurses: How Can We Help Rebuild Patients' Trust in the Healthcare System?
Join in and discuss this week's topic with your colleagues
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October 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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After almost a year of the administration withholding much-needed resources, we must demand Trump put people over polluters. End the illegal withholding of funds for key climate agencies. #CanceltheCuts
October 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Data centers consumed 17.4 B gallons of water in 2023; use could double by 2028.

Alliance for the Great Lakes worries U.S. states could negatively impact lakes' levels. Devin Nunnari/Burning River: bit.ly/48gTuP3

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Is Great Lakes Water Policy up to the Task of Protecting Lakes From A Mid-West Data Center Boom?
As data centers are rapidly being built across the Great Lakes Region to keep up with AI, water policy experts are concerned for the Great Lakes
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September 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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EPA surveilled #EastPalestine whistleblower as he traveled to Georgia to test for air, water, soil toxins following 2024 BioLab pool chemical explosion in Conyers. @pamelakirkland.bsky.social for GPB: bit.ly/4mhUENU

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Records reveal EPA surveillance of whistleblower who tested samples near BioLab fire
In an exclusive interview with GPB's Pamela Kirkland, environmental whistleblower Scott Smith discusses documents about suspected surveillance while he gathered soil and water samples after the BioLab...
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September 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM