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At the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority's Sweeney Treatment Plant, water flows into deep granular activated carbon filters, which remove PFAS. Then, the water receives ultraviolet disinfection before entering a finished water storage tank.
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Utilities in and around Wilmington have spent more than $240 million installing filters since learning of PFAS contamination in the Cape Fear River.

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Commerce and economic leaders in North Carolina say many large companies are in a holding pattern, waiting to make decisions on new factories, or other major investments. And for small businesses, prices on the goods required to make the products they sell could spike.
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Embodied Radio Show: Latest Episode
An illustration featuring the word "Embodied" in bold teal letters at the top. Below it, two overlapping human silhouettes face the same direction — one in black and the other in white — both within a single outline. Black directional lines swirl around and through the heads.
Charnel Hunter
Two doctors describe the role of intuition in medical decision-making as a case study into the mysterious power of this unquantifiable form of knowledge.
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