Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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 that 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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