Source: Greg Barnes, NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS, 1/19/21


The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rejected a petition from six North Carolina environmental groups that would have forced the Chemours chemical company to fund health studies on 54 types of “forever chemicals” released from its Fayetteville Works plant. The EPA said in a Jan. 7 response that the petitioners failed to prove the requested data was needed. The petition was filed Oct. 14 by the Center for Environmental Health, Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape Fear, NC Black Alliance, Democracy Green and Toxic Free NC.

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