Community Rising

PSA: Chemours Toxic PFAS Spill into Cape Fear River

Shoresides Season 1 Episode 11

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On July 22nd, the Chemours facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina notified Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority that sediment highly contaminated with PFAS chemicals leaked into the Cape Fear River. In this episode, Emily Donovan, co-founder of Clean Cape Fear, tells us what Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender county residents that rely on the river for drinking water need to know. 

For more information, go to www.cleancapefear.org/dailyfilter/ or https://www.cfpua.org/CivicAlerts.aspx

Produced by Kayla Guilliams. Music by Meydän.

Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, this series examines environmental news in the coastal Carolina region. 

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