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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, 2024July 19, 2024

Environmental Health

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

by Will Atwater April 11, 2024April 15, 2024

A close-up photos of a machine part. The instrument has a mixture of black plastic and shiny metal parts. There is a short red electric cable that seems to be powering a small light on the device.

Environmental Health

PFAS research lauded as environmentalists call for regulatory action

by Will Atwater April 9, 2024April 16, 2024

Four people are standing next to a highway holding posters and banners. One poster reads: "We want clean water." The letters are written in black and there is a fish drawn in black marker holding a sign that reads: "We will work for clean water."

Environmental Health

Concerns persist even as the EPA denies Chemours permission to import waste

by Will Atwater December 6, 2023December 6, 2023

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

Critics skeptical as chemical companies agree to $1.19 billion PFAS settlement

by Will Atwater June 8, 2023June 8, 2023

Four women are standing in front, and two men are in the back, posing for a photograph. Three women and two men wear traditional Native American clothing.

Environmental Health

Cape Fear Indians worry about river contamination and what that means for their cultural traditions

by Will Atwater May 12, 2023May 22, 2023