Despite growing evidence linking PFAS, known as "forever chemicals," to serious health and environmental risks, federal limits for these chemicals won't take full effect until 2031.

The Cape Fear River, stretching 200 miles from the heart of North Carolina to the Atlantic Ocean, is identified as one of the most toxic rivers throughout North America. Neighbors and environmentalists point upstream to the Chemours Fayetteville plant, where they've been dumping toxic waste into the river for decades.

"We found out there was PFAS in our well in 2022, five years after we were aware there was a PFAS problem in the river here in Wilmington," said Ty Jacobus, owner of Honeybird Organic Farm located in the outskirts of Wilmington, NC.

PFAS are manmade chemicals, used for decades in everything fro

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