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“Local elected officials are pushing a broad range of bills to address toxic chemical pollution in North Carolina, including legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Deb Butler (D-New Hanover) to prohibit non-essential PFAS uses and eliminate discharges in drinking water.
Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Rep. Deb Butler (D-New Hanover), Rep. Mike Colvin (D-Cumberland), and Rep. Brian Cohm (D-Granville) introduced ‘PFAS Free NC,’ H.B. 881, Wednesday. The bill contains a sweeping range of provisions to eliminate non-essential PFAS uses, study health effects of exposure, require industries to disclose and remove PFAS and 1,4-dioxane discharges, and address indirect contamination routes, such as biosolids and landfill leachate.
‘I am proud to be a primary sponsor of H.B. 881 as I believe it to be the most comprehensive approach to tackling PFAS in our air, our water, our effluent and our soil,’ Butler told Port City Daily. ‘It is a multi-faceted approach that focuses on disclosure, public notice, scientific health effects studies, and accountability.”