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Areas sometimes included when referencing the Appalachian region. Northern section is generally not included. Environmental issues in Appalachia, a cultural region in the Eastern United States, include long term and ongoing environmental impact from human activity, and specific incidents of environmental harm such as environmental disasters related to mining.
This is a list of Superfund sites in North Carolina designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. . The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations
Pittsboro said samples contain levels of 1,4-dioxane below EPA advisory levels, but the town will continue providing reverse osmosis-treated water.
A waste pond or chemical pond is a small impounded water body used for the disposal of water pollutants, and sometimes utilized as a method of recycling or decomposing toxic substances. Such waste ponds may be used for regular disposal of pollutant materials or may be used as upset receivers for special pollution events.
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The rain and subsequent flooding from Hurricane Florence drenched hog farms and power plants, threatening the safety of local drinking water.
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Nationally, COVID-19 levels are rising. More than half of states in the U.S., including North Carolina, are reporting “very high” levels of SARS-CoV-2 viral activity in wastewater.. At least ...