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Pig Waste Spill Floods North Carolina Waterway

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Aerial view of pig waste spill flowing into Doctor’s Creek tributary in Duplin County.

A quiet weekend in North Carolina took a turn when over 80,000 gallons of pig waste flooded a waterway. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) estimates the spill at 84,000 gallons, pouring into a tributary of Doctor’s Creek in Duplin County. This creek feeds the Northeast Cape Fear River, part of the state’s … Read more

Regulators Allowing PFAS Tainted Sludge to Poison Water

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Overhead view of farmland with a silhouette of a dumping container spilling a dark substance, and text 'WHY ALLOW THIS?' questioning the spreading of contaminated sewage sludge.

Across the United States, a quiet crisis is unfolding on farmlands, involving an unassuming but potentially devastating substance: sewage sludge. Used as fertilizer, this byproduct of water treatment processes contains per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), leading to widespread contamination that endangers public health, agriculture, and the environment. The Spread of Contaminated Sludge In an alarming … Read more