NC's PFAS Plan: Public Hearing & Feedback Needed

0:00North Carolina is gearing up for a big public hearing tonight in Raleigh on a new plan to tackle PFAS, those for ever chemicals polluting our waterways. State regulators want industries and wastewater plants to monitor their discharges and come up with ways to cut back on the contamination. The plan comes from the Environmental Management Commission, but it's already catching heat because it skips hard limits on pollution levels or firm, reduction targets. FAS show up in stuff like non-stick pans and firefighting foam and they stick around forever linked to serious health issues like cancer. Folks and affected communities are pushing back hard, saying the burden shouldn't land on them to clean up the mess when polluters caused it. Places across the state are shelling out big bucks to filter these chemicals from drinking water. And critics argue this proposal doesn't go far. Enough to stop it at the source. The hearing kicks off at 6 p.m. at the Archdale Building in downtown Raleigh with sign-up starting at 5 p.m. There's another one Thursday, April 23rd at 6 p.m. in Wilmington City Hall Skyline

1:04Center and you can email comments to public comments at dq.nc.gov until June 15th. This push for feedback could shape rules that protect our water for years. Get involved if you can because clean sources start with voices like yours. Stepping up We've been listening to Durham News today, AI-powered local news.