Tag: C8
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Toxic Firefighting Foam Has Contaminated U.S. Drinking Water
A small sea of fire retardant foam was unintentionally released in an aircraft hangar, temporarily covering a small portion of the flight line at Travis Air Force Base in California, Sept. 24, 2013. Photo: U.S. Air Force The EPA has yet to regulate the toxic PFCs found in fire-suppressing foam, Teflon, and other products that…
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Former Wilmington mayor: ‘I think we shouldn’t be drinking the water.’
State lawmakers tackling pollution issues heard a shocking claim Thursday from the man who used to lead one of North Carolina’s largest cities. “People ask me constantly, ‘Is the water safe to drink?’” former Wilmington Mayor Harper Peterson told lawmakers during a hearing on water pollution . “And I can’t answer that. I take a…
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Citizen Groups Will Sue DuPont and Chemours for Contaminating Drinking Water in North Carolina
After years of litigation over PFOA, an industrial toxin used to make Teflon and other non-stick and stain-resistant products, in 2009 DuPont introduced GenX. Now the slippery substitute has followed the path of the molecule it replaced, contaminating water near plants in West Virginia and North Carolina, and attracting its own intense legal interest. The…
