Forever Chemicals - North Carolina's Toxic Tap Water

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RALEIGH, NC - For decades, a North Carolina company dumped massive amounts of toxic chemicals into the Cape Fear River. These "forever chemicals" contaminated the river, air and groundwater surrounding the plant. The new WRAL Documentary, Forever Chemicals: North Carolina's Toxic Tap Water, debuts Wednesday, August 23 at 7:30 p.m. on WRAL.
The level of contamination to hundreds of thousands of people was discovered five years ago. Yet even today, thousands of people are still forced to use the contaminated water.
WRAL Investigative Documentary Reporter Cristin Severance co-reported on this important topic with Liz McLaughlin, WRAL's reporter covering climate change impacts and environmental issues.
“We spent months traveling to the contaminated areas and talking with the people still living with contaminated water,” said WRAL Investigative Documentary Reporter Cristin Severance.
“It’s shocking that people are still fighting to get clean water in North Carolina in 2023.”
It's one of the most pivotal contamination stories in the United States, and it is going on right here in our state.
"This documentary is an example of WRAL's dedication to covering crucial environmental topics that impact thousands of North Carolinians yet remain underreported," said WRAL Enterprise Executive Producer, Ashley Talley. "I'm so proud of the collaboration between our documentary team, including Cristin Severance and new award-winning photojournalist Dwayne Myers. Along with Liz McLaughlin, our climate change reporter, who shines a light on these issues year-round. This documentary is an important story that needs to be told."
The latest WRAL Doc, Forever Chemicals, shows how this contamination happened and highlights demands from families who want to know if drinking toxic water for years has led to health problems including cancer and birth defects.
Documentary Investigative Reporter: Cristin Severance
Documentary Videographer/Editor: Dwayne Myers
Co-Reporter: Liz McLaughlin
Additional Videography: Jay Jennings
Graphics: Shan Zhong
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22 авг 2023

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Комментарии : 83

@shepherd4901

This demotivates me to go to America for my further studies... feel bad for these people... Hope america remains as stable as it was during 90s... ❤❤❤

@BrittishCats

One of the worst things about this is that it's all convenience chemicals.

@tatarhead

Another example of companies prioritizing profit over the health of people.

@havabrownkittycat7107

And yet deregulation is getting wider support.

@preciouscry 21 день назад

I learned this all today in class.

@sheiilablackwell1626

My son died pf liver disease and my husband has prostate and colon canser i have kidney disease

@mrs.natashaellwood8634

The scary this is there are forever chemicals in the plastic water bottles they are giving her

@user-ze8nr6gq2p

WHY DID IT TAKE 44 YEARS TO DISCOVER ALL THIS ??????

@yygg9786

why on earth would they discharge it to a river!????????

@user-ze8nr6gq2p

This is terrible !!! Dupont/Chemours ought to be held responsible for all this !!! Pay billions out !!!!!

@yygg9786

everything has a risk and side efect. how could they be so ignorant and put chemicals to everything!?

@noniboalt9548

Thank you Beth Marquesino. Bless.

@rhoja1 28 дней назад

sue the companies involved & the City you live in.

@963ag 4 часа назад

The Camp Lejeune Marine Corps/ Navy military base, is perhaps the most well- known, widespread, and long- running water contamination case in North Carolina... But, apparently this is a huge problem both on military bases and in the civilian arena - and, in many states. This is outrageous and shameful - that the government more often than not, covers up, downplays, and ignores such things. Who knows how many are affected? It has been up to a few activists and lawyers, and some victims themselves, to make legislative changes and initiate litigation.

@SLynne. 19 часов назад

Where is the government in all of this????

@user-ze8nr6gq2p

The river can dramatically cleaned out, called 'dredgeing''/sucking out from bottom of river..esp. in the ume area.

@catalinamarquez6937 14 дней назад

So everything is being contaminated means means plants vegetable food everything grow with water is being contaminated

@user-ze8nr6gq2p

Sounds like another " Erin Brockovich " story. Very hurtful, even sinful that Dupont/employees did this all these years !!! State of North Carolina ought to hold the company responsible or did the State of N.C. kn of this and were paid off ???

@walter9724 28 дней назад

No such problems here in this part of Australia. Beautiful untouched remnants of the original rainforest that covered Australia 2 wells and a bore and 3 100,000 rainwater tanks of nothing but crystal clear pure water. Just show though in this video that Americans and big companies don't care.