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A water treatment plant next to the Cape Fear River in NC.

Environmental Health

No NC limit on 1,4-dioxane means water customers bear costs

by Coastal Review Online April 6, 2025April 5, 2025

A man dressed in a long-sleeved blue button-up shirt, dark slacks, and black shoes stands with his hands on his hips and looks into the camera. He is standing in the grass on the side of a road in his neighbor's neighborhood, near three concrete squares, which provide access to monitoring wells that allow groundwater samples to be collected.

Environmental Health

Federal court backs EPA’s GenX health advisory; Chemours vows to continue legal challenges against regulatory agency

by Will Atwater July 31, 2024August 6, 2024

a multi-colored graphic, displaying sources of PFAS contamination and how the sources pollute to drinking water.

Environmental Health

North Carolina regulators pass on establishing standards for forever chemicals

by Will Atwater July 17, 2024June 26, 2026

Environmental Health

Biden administration’s action on PFAS: A shift in quality of life?

by Will Atwater April 11, 2024April 15, 2024

A man with gloves uses a device to remove litter from a creek after a storm.

Environmental Health

Study is first to sample NC rivers, streams for microplastics

by Coastal Review Online August 5, 2023August 8, 2023

Water pouring out of a pipe along the Yadkin-Pee Dee River may be a source of PFAS to the river ecosystem.

Environmental Health

Proposed bill raises alarm over potential weakening of environmental regulations

by Will Atwater June 16, 2023June 20, 2023