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Hidden threat: North Carolina textile plant released millions of times the EPA limit for “forever chemicals”-and lawmakers did nothing

New research from Duke University traced high PFAS levels in North Carolina’s Haw River to a textile plant releasing nanoparticle “precursor” chemicals undetectable by standard tests. Concentrations reached 12 million parts-per-trillion in wastewater—3 million times the EPA drinking water limit. The plant’s Zimpro wastewater treatment process…

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