Source: Lisa Sorg, NC POLICY WATACH, 7/27/21


Tests show high PFAS levels at site that received contaminated soil from massive Colonial Pipeline spill, as well as nearby stream Julia Hughes was walking her dog near Shelby, in rural Cleveland County, last winter when she spotted mysterious foam in a culvert by the side of the road. “It was puffy and cloudy-looking, like if you touched it, it would stick to you,” she said. “I thought, 'That’s odd. This isn’t right.’” Hughes called the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality...

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