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shows low level satellite photo of a dam feeding into a river, surrounded by trees, GenX
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Climate change, pollution imperil Cape Fear, advocates say

by Coastal Review Online June 8, 2022June 7, 2022

By Trista Talton Coastal Review Online The Cape Fear River is unparalleled in many ways. It’s the only major river in North Carolina that empties directly into the Atlantic Ocean. It’s the state’s largest river basin where 6,500 miles of navigable waterways snake through 26 counties and 113 municipalities. The river is also the most […]

Boxes of Naloxone injections
Posted inRural Health

Gaps in NC addiction treatment disproportionately hit rural residents of color

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
a map of closed rural hospitals nation wide
Posted inRural Health

NC rural hospitals with worst financials are in poorer, more diverse counties

by Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven March 30, 2022March 29, 2022
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, 2022January 30, 2022
shows a man and a woman standing in front of the steps to their house where their water has been contaminated by PFAS and other chemicals
Posted inEnvironmental Health

To understand health effects of PFAS polluted water, residents submit blood samples

by Rose Hoban December 15, 2021December 15, 2021
Shows satellite view of land holding three large hog farm complexes with waste lagoons adjacent to the hog houses.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Decades of legal battles over pollution by industrial hog farms haven’t changed much for eastern NC residents burdened by environmental racism

by Melba Newsome October 29, 2021October 29, 2021

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