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Tag: Gray’s Creek residents united against PFAS in our wells and rivers

Shows two women in a lab, manipulating tools in order to test water samples, which are arranged on the tabletop
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Research suggests link between PFAS contamination and the coronavirus

by Greg Barnes July 13, 2020July 14, 2020

By Greg Barnes  John Wolfe doesn’t know what else he can do to protect himself against the coronavirus. The Wilmington boat captain follows all of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. He wears a mask and requires tourists on his boat to do the same. He practices social distancing and washes his hands […]

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

DEQ rejects Chemours corrective action plan

by Greg Barnes April 8, 2020April 8, 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
Houses against a blue sky in an area with wells contaminated by forever chemicals
Posted inEnvironmental Health

People are buying houses unaware of ‘forever chemicals’ in their well water

by Greg Barnes January 6, 2020January 8, 2020

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