[CPEO-BIF] "Wake Forest [NC] residents furious about drinking contaminated water for years"

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Wake Forest residents furious about drinking contaminated water for  
years

By Charlotte Huffman
WRAL TV-17 News (Triangle Area, NC)
October 25, 2012

A Wake Forest community is in an uproar after learning the state of  
North Carolina knew a resident’s water had been contaminated with  
toxic chemicals and failed to alert other residents for more than six  
years.

"It makes me feel horrible," homeowner Michele Hamilton said of  
unknowingly giving the toxic water to her kids "They're the most  
important things to me."

The EPA called families in the community this past summer, saying  
their water is contaminated with a cancer-causing chemical called  
trichloroethylene, or TCE, and to not drink, bathe or cook with the  
water.


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For the entire story, see
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/wake-county/2012/oct/25/wake-forest- 
residents-furious-about-drinking-conta-ar-2725769/

See also

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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