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10/05/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Pollution in the ground water: Well water in Maine is contaminated with PFAs, and it’s compounding
Investigators have finally found out the horrific origin of the toxic chemicals in groundwater discovered in southwest Maine last spring. Seacoast Online reported that the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in the West Kennebunk well came from a small farm that served as a dumping ground for biosludge and corporate wastewater decades ago. Various parties […]
02/22/2018
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By Edsel Cook
GenX chemical has contaminated the water in North Carolina, residents troubled by lack of information
Like an unfolding nightmare, the area contaminated by cancer-causing GenX continues to grow. The Fayetteville Observer reported that North Carolina officials have once more broadened the area in Bladen County where ground water is at risk. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is investigating wells as far as 2 ½ miles from the Chemours […]
10/12/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Radioactive material from Fukushima discovered in the sand and groundwater beneath the beach, releasing cesium into the ocean
A new study that was published on Monday, October 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that scientists were able to discover a place where radioactive material from the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant mishap had gravitated to – in sands and brackish groundwater near beaches that reached up to 60 […]
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