Source: Kailey Tracy, WECT, 6/4/19

 Lawmakers responded Tuesday to findings from researchers at Duke University that coal ash spilled several times into a lake, and has gone unnoticed. The researchers said this most recently occurred after Hurricane Florence. Rep. Deb Butler (D) and Sen. Harper Peterson (D) held a press conference responding to the study at Sutton Lake on Tuesday. They had several recommendations, including asking the New Hanover County’s Health Department to analyze the study’s results.

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