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Author Archives: Greg Barnes

Greg Barnes retired in 2018 from The Fayetteville Observer, where he worked as senior reporter, editor, columnist and reporter for more than 30 years. Contact him at: gregbarnes401 at gmail.com

a man works on a contraption that consists several tanks hooked up in series.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Chemours’ pilot program could aide homeowners with PFAS-contaminated wells

by Greg Barnes January 31, 2022August 31, 2022

By Greg Barnes Representatives of the Chemours chemical company are expected to show up at Laura Adams’ Cumberland County home next week to walk her through the policies, procedures and potential cost of connecting to public water under a new pilot program. Adams found out in June that the well water at her home on […]

the photo shows an overflowing sewage drain. Waste water pushes up from under a metal manhole cover.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. communities set to get relief from water and sewer woes, but is the money being appropriated fairly?

by Greg Barnes September 23, 2021September 22, 2021
Shows arial view of construction of a thermal oxidizer to mitigate PFAS, machinery, building, etc at a the Chemours facility that has dumped PFAS and other fluorochemicals into nearby rivers, the air.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Wells polluted with PFAS found 18 miles from Chemours chemical plant

by Greg Barnes September 8, 2021August 31, 2022
we look through a chain link fence into an industrial complex / poultry plantwhere multiple workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Mountaire Farms workers in Lumber Bridge allege chemicals are making them sick

by Greg Barnes August 30, 2021August 31, 2022
we look through a chain link fence into an industrial complex / poultry plantwhere multiple workers have tested positive for COVID-19
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Trabajadores de Mountaire Farms en Lumber Bridge alegan que los productos químicos los están enfermando

by Greg Barnes August 30, 2021August 29, 2021
Brightly colored playground equipment behind W.M. Hampton Elementary School, where contamination has been found. Photo credit: Greg Barnes
Posted inChildren's Health

N.C. expected to remove lead, asbestos from public schools and child care centers

by Greg Barnes August 24, 2021August 31, 2022

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