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Emily Donovan of Clean Cape Fear discusses the enormous problems posed by PFAS pollution
Emily Donovan, Clean Cape Fear
One of the most important and worrisome threats to our natural environment and human health to emerge in recent decades is a group of chemicals commonly referred to as PFAS. Also known as “forever chemicals,” PFAS are especially pernicious because they’re toxic, cause all kinds of health problems, and don’t break down in the environment. For the last several decades, corporate polluters spewed vast quantities of PFAS into the air and water in southeastern North Carolina, thus contaminating public water systems and thousands of private wells.
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