Health dept. to meet in Eli Whitney over ‘forever chemicals’ concerns

Health dept. to meet in Eli Whitney over ‘forever chemicals’ concerns

Alamance County’s health department will convene a community meeting in Eli Whitney next week to brief residents on a potentially hazardous chemical that has turned up in the local water supply. The focus of this meeting, according to the health department, is the discovery of PFAS during a recent water quality test that Eli Whitney’s fire department has conducted as part of a statewide initiative. Known formally as per- and polyfluoroalkyl subs…