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Young black girl with braided hair is getting a drink from a school water fountain.
Posted inChildren's Health

Researchers find elevated lead levels at child care facilities across N.C.

by Will Atwater October 6, 2022October 10, 2022

By Will Atwater It is all too common to find lead in tap water at North Carolina child care facilities, according to a new study by researchers from RTI International.  The study, a collaboration between RTI and the Division of Public Health of the state Department of Health and Human Services, included more than 4,000 […]

Aerial photo shows a hog-waste lagoon in Columbus County. Photo courtesy of Cape Fear River Watch
Posted inEnvironmental Health

UPDATED: EPA agrees to probe NC permitting of hog operations near minority populations

by Carolina Public Press January 23, 2022January 21, 2022
shows a laptop opened to the NC Health News home page, with a set of hands on the keyboard
Posted inPublic Health

NC Health News’ top ten reader picks in 2021

by Rose Hoban, Anne Blythe, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Thomas Goldsmith, Taylor Knopf and Elizabeth Thompson December 30, 2021December 30, 2021
shows an open drainage pipe releasing a small stream of water into a polluted puddle
Posted inRural Health

How the infrastructure package could impact Appalachians living with failing water systems

by Southerly Magazine December 28, 2021December 27, 2021
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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