Source: Tyler Dukes, WRAL, 10/12/17

Three months after state leaders announced they were forming an expert science panel to advise regulators and public health officials on everything from coal ash contaminants to GenX, agencies are still working to appoint members of the group.
Gov. Roy Cooper has repeatedly pointed to the formation of the Science Advisory Board as a tool the state will use to help protect people from new and unregulated chemicals using the best available scientific evidence.

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