Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers

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68 of 70 wells tested in Oregon's Morrow County exceed federal nitrate limits. Residents connect rare cancers, miscarriages and kidney failure to Amazon data center cooling operations that draw heavily from local groundwater, concentrating agricultural runoff in an already-stressed aquifer. Oregon Rural Action organizes the community response.

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Joe Wilkins
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