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How to decide when official reassurance conflicts with lived experience

The city keeps saying our water is safe but three people on my block have cancer and I do not know if I am being paranoid or if I should trust my gut and move my family away.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between institutional authority and personal observation forces impossible choices about whom to trust with your family's safety.

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“Where Are You with Water quality and access?”

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