North Carolina farms use treated sewage sludge as fertilizer, but concerns over PFAs contamination are growing. With few disposal alternatives, regulators and farmers face tough choices.

Elevated levels of a potential cancer-causing chemical drained into the largest river basin in North Carolina earlier this year, according to state officials. The North Carolina Department of ...

Levels of the compound believed to be a human carcinogen at the Asheboro wastewater treatment plant far exceeded national ...

A new EPA report warns that PFAS in biosolids may contaminate water and food. In NC, past use as fertilizer threatens ...

In a Dec. 23 letter to Montrose, Thomas Moore, a hydrologist with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, instructed the firm to proceed with its recommendations while also adding ...

DEQ is also monitoring wastewater plants in Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, and Reidsville, where some progress has been made in reducing contamination.

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The launch of a new Impact Fund will see Nordic travel company 50 Degrees North invest 10% of its annual profits into environmental and social projects, with the first recipients already revealed.

"The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality in Raleigh NC has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for Fine Particulates for Burke and McDowell counties, until midnight tonight ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It soars over the borders and divisions of the war-torn Middle East, bringing Arab and Israeli academics together. Experts from 12 countries gathered in Greece last week to ...