Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Underground Time Bombs: Leaking Gasoline Storage Tanks Threaten the State’s Drinking Water
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25610
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In Scotland County, overused and abandoned underground gas tanks have been leaking gasoline into the groundwater. Officials found that wells serving 60 families – nearly every household in the county -- were tainted with unsafe levels of ethylene dibromide.
Source:
Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 3 Issue 3, February 15-28 1985,
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