Source: NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH NEWS, 7/15/21


In May, Katy Hunt jumped out of her truck alongside a small stream in Lenoir County and knew instantly that something was wrong. “I was smacked in the face with the smell of waste,” said Hunt, the Lower Neuse River riverkeeper. “The water smelled foul. The air smelled foul. The water looked funny. It had this reddish-like orange and brownish sheen to the surface.”

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