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Tag: groundwater and soil contamination

A bulldozer rolls over a mountain of trash at a landfill site. People in Sampson County worry about contaminants such as creosote in the landfill near them.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Sampson County residents fear contaminated soil could be headed their way

by Will Atwater July 27, 2022August 30, 2022

By Will Atwater For generations, the Kerr-McGee Chemical Company and its predecessors used creosote to treat wood products on a piece of property adjacent to Cape Fear River waterways. The company changed hands multiple times after being founded in 1936 and finally went out of business in 1974. But Kerr-McGee left behind a toxic legacy […]

Cottage Grove activists, from left, Sel MPang, Verna Torain and Patricia Macfoy stand beside the sign for Bingham Park. Photo credit: Greg Barnes
Posted inEnvironmental Health

In a Greensboro community, a city park sits atop a toxic landfill

by Greg Barnes December 29, 2020December 31, 2020
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

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