On Tuesday, the EPA announced it approved a request that it study health impacts of dozens of “forever chemicals” industrial waste detected in the Cape Fear River. But that is misleading, say members ...
The federal government plans to take steps to help public health officials determine the risks associated with a compound that has contaminated hundreds of wells around a Bladen County chemical plant ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - For years, we’ve known GenX, a chemical compound known as PFAS, is in the water supply for thousands of residents across the Cape Fear. However, Tuesday’s new report from the ...
The Environmental Protection Agency is changing its approach to chemical toxicity oversight, according to a report issued recently by the Government Accountability Office. In the overhaul, the EPA ...
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency says long-term exposure to compounds used in nonstick coatings appears to be dangerous even in minute amounts. The finding was for newer, ...
Battelle scientists and chemists will work on a new, $24 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help protect public ...
Just over a mile from where Patricia Flores has lived for almost 20 years, a battery smelter plant spewed toxic elements into the environment for nearly a century. Exide Technologies in southeast Los ...