North Carolina Sues Chemical Company for Polluting a Nearby Creek
DURHAM, N.C.—Acetone and ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and “mucilaginous goo.” For decades, state regulatory documents show, a chemical repackaging and distribution company in Durham has discharged high levels of toxic chemicals, as well as other unknown substances, into a neighborhood cr
DURHAM, N.C.—Acetone and ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and “mucilaginous goo.” For decades, state regulatory documents show, a chemical repackaging and distribution company in Durham has discharged high levels of toxic chemicals, as well as other unknown substances, into a neighborhood creek that flows behind an elementary school, through a public park in a predominantly Black neighborhood, and […]
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