Forever Chemicals

Environmentalists say the EPA wrongly denied their petition to force Chemours to investigate the potential contamination factors and dangers of so-called “forever chemicals” already found in the Cape Fear, North Carolina, watershed.

Gerald Generette, left, and Maurice Miller look onto the Cape Fear River as it continues to rise in the aftermath of Florence in Fayetteville, N.C., Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

SAN FRANCISCO — Environmentalists say the EPA wrongly denied their petition to force Chemours to investigate the potential contamination factors and dangers of so-called “forever chemicals” already found in the Cape Fear, North Carolina, watershed.

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