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Tag: Department of Environmental Quality

shows a man at a podium gesturing. In the corner to the upper right is a American Sign Language interpreter gesturing
Posted inInfectious Disease

Coronavirus Today – June 2 — Cash for COVID-19 vaccines; Staving off evictions; GOP panel nixes governor’s environmental pick

by Anne Blythe June 2, 2021October 25, 2022
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

North Carolina fines Chemours $200,000 more for failing to stop PFAS pollution

by Greg Barnes April 1, 2021March 31, 2021
shows a bridge over the Cape Fear River, photo taken at the level of the water. GenX has been contaminating the river with PFAS for years, it's been revealed.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

DEQ cites Chemours for PFAS treatment system failures

by Greg Barnes January 28, 2021January 27, 2021
Posted inHealth Inequities

‘Sick Buildings’ Add to COVID-Linked Inequity

by Coastal Review Online December 19, 2020January 27, 2021
glass of water to signify contaminated drinking water. There's little being done about 1,4 dioxane in the Cape Fear River Basin
Posted inEnvironmental Health

How long will it take to rid PFAS from private wells?

by Greg Barnes April 7, 2020April 6, 2020
A sign for Grays' Creek Elementary, in an area that
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Local governments, residents having to foot bill for industrial contamination

by Greg Barnes January 7, 2020January 6, 2020

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