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Tag: Toxic Substances Control Act

Shows hands pouring a chemical into a testing container that labeled "Microfiber filter" These processes - along with mass spectrometry - helped identify GenX and PFAS in the Cape Fear River. NC State will have a research center dedicated to PFAS
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Local Scientists Uncovered Cape Fear River GenX Story

by Catherine Clabby October 18, 2017December 19, 2019

By Catherine Clabby Mark Strynar and Andy Lindstrom have not had high profiles in the dramas playing out in public since chemical contamination of Cape Fear River drinking water was made public last June. But without research the chemists from the Environmental Protection Agency started five years ago, all that followed may never have happened […]

Posted inEnvironmental Health

Disposing of Pesticides the Right Way

by Catherine Clabby September 14, 2017April 7, 2022
Photo taken from the banks of the Cape Fear River near the Memorial Bridge that crosses the river between New Hanover and Brunswick counties.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Cooper Takes Aim at Chemours, GenX, Other Chemicals

by Catherine Clabby July 25, 2017July 25, 2017
shows low level satellite photo of a dam feeding into a river, surrounded by trees
Posted inEnvironmental Health

GenX Pollution Questions Multiply

by Catherine Clabby July 17, 2017October 20, 2017
Chemical flame retardants are used to limit fires, but they've been linked with several health problems. Photo courtesy macwagen, Flickr Creative Commons
Posted inEnvironmental Health, Featured, Research News

Tutoring the Textile Industry on Risky Flame Retardants

by Catherine Clabby September 23, 2016September 23, 2016
Chemical flame retardants are used to limit fires, but they've been linked with several health problems. Photo courtesy macwagen, Flickr Creative Commons
Posted inConsumer News, Environmental Health, Featured

Crowdsourcing to Uncover Toxic Chemicals

by Gabe Rivin December 15, 2014April 7, 2017

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