‘Toxic Soup’: PFAS and other contaminants surged in French Broad River after Helene, study finds.

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This story was submitted on December 11, 2025 by Shea Tuberty
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‘Toxic Soup’: PFAS and other contaminants surged in French Broad River after Helene, study finds.
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‘Toxic Soup’: PFAS and other contaminants surged in French Broad River after Helene, study finds. New research shows how hurricanes can wash sewage, industrial chemicals and “everything in people’s garages” into North Carolina waterways, and how to prevent that in future storms. By Will Atwater, North Carolina Health News. November 28, 2025.
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Asheville, Marshall, and Hot Springs NC
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October 12, 2024
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This article first appeared on North Carolina Health News and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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