Trump's Environmental "Protection" Agency approves toxic data center chemicals

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The Trump administration has fast-track approved two new data center chemicals that can result in cancer, neurological damage, reproductive harm, and even sudden death, according to a lawsuit just filed by the Earthjustic nonprofit.

Tom Perkins writes in The Guardian:

"The two compounds approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for import and immediate use in facilities across the US are photoacid generators that also appear to be Pfas "forever chemicals", though it is unclear because much of the EPA documents are redacted.

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