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the photo shows an overflowing sewage drain. Waste water pushes up from under a metal manhole cover.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

N.C. communities set to get relief from water and sewer woes, but is the money being appropriated fairly?

by Greg Barnes September 23, 2021September 22, 2021

By Greg Barnes When the Johnston County town of Benson began replacing its sewer lines along Main Street two years ago, it found that some of the pipes date back 71 years, Mayor Jerry Medlin said. Some of those pipes were made out of clay, and some weren’t even hooked up, Medlin said. Benson got […]

Water pouring out of a pipe along the Yadkin-Pee Dee River may be a source of PFAS to the river ecosystem. Photo credit: N.C. State University
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Biden chooses N.C. environmental chief to head EPA

by Greg Barnes December 18, 2020December 10, 2022
a woman in rubber boots collects water from a muddy river, looking for PFAS. She's wearing a sweater, winter clothes
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Pittsboro task force recommends “deep discounts” so poor residents can afford clean drinking water

by Greg Barnes November 23, 2020November 21, 2020
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Duke study finds high PFAS levels in Pittsboro residents’ blood

by Greg Barnes October 29, 2020May 16, 2021
When the water at the Sanford water plant in September, it had high rates of PFAS
Posted inEnvironmental Health

State lawmaker says fighting PFAS in NC will require more than enforceable standards

by Greg Barnes September 10, 2020September 10, 2020
shows low level satellite photo of a dam feeding into a river, surrounded by trees, GenX
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Attorney general investigating industries that pollute NC’s waterways with PFAS

by Greg Barnes August 12, 2020January 29, 2021

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