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Understanding the Budget
The federal budget determines what programs get funded—and what gets cut. Unfortunately, the current administration is targeting some of the most effective agencies and programs working on public and environmental health. Explore the issues by reading the posts below, and make sure to let your legislators how you feel by calling their offices and speaking at town halls (here is a list of upcoming events).
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NIOSH
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Pittsburgh, 1947, on the left; Pittsburgh, 1974, on the right. Sources: EPA
Scott Pruitt testifies this week before the Senate for the first time as EPA administrator. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr
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United Soybean Board/Flickr
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Source: University of Maine.
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Des Moines Water Works
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NVFEL sign Photo: EPA
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Photos by Leroy Woodson and Frank Aleksandrowicz, NARA
U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.