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A $1.3-billion river dredging in North Carolina by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could unleash ‘forever chemicals’


A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.” The government’s initial plan: don’t test the mud

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