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Tag: PFAS

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 the NC legislative building framed by fall leaves against the backdrop of a clear blue sky.
Posted inState Health Policy

COVID funds beef up health care spending in proposed state budget, which still lacks Medicaid expansion

by Anne Blythe, Rose Hoban, Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven, Elizabeth Thompson and Thomas Goldsmith November 17, 2021November 19, 2021
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

Wells polluted with PFAS found 18 miles from Chemours chemical plant

by Greg Barnes September 8, 2021August 31, 2022
shows three politicians who are usually at odds on the same dias, they're there in order to sign bills to provide COVID relief
Posted inState Health Policy

State Senate presents budget, with a bump up in spending for health and human services

by Mona Dougani June 23, 2021August 31, 2022

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