Source: FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER, 1/2/19


 
When the General Assembly returns to a new session next week, there will be some urgent but unfinished business awaiting: The Cape Fear River basin is still awash in dangerous pollutants and lawmakers have done little more than apply cosmetics to the problem. The health and safety of the millions who depend on the river for drinking water are still insufficiently protected. While the state Department of Environmental Quality has done remarkable work tracking and taking action against the release of GenX and related chemicals largely...

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