Originally posted on CNN Politics by Donie O’Sullivan and Drew Griffin on May 17, 2018. The whistleblower whose disclosures about Cambridge Analytica shook the tech world over questions about users’ data privacy told Congress on Wednesday that the company engaged in efforts to discourage or suppress voting. Christopher Wylie, a former Cambridge Analytica employee… read more
Originally posted by NC State University by Mick Kulikowski. While searching for sources of bromide in the Cape Fear River watershed nearly five years ago, NC State environmental engineer Detlef Knappe and his team of researchers found more than they were looking for: high concentrations of a number of unexpected… read more
Originally posted on The Fayetteville Observer by Steve DeVane on May 8, 2018. A suspected carcinogen that hasn’t been used in years has been detected in a Robeson County private well at levels well above the federal guidelines, county officials said Tuesday. Tests of the well at a residence between… read more
Originally posted on The Washington Post by Brian Fung on May 8, 2018. Ever since Equifax lost control of millions of Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, names, dates of birth and other sensitive personal information in a massive data breach last year, the credit-reporting agency has gradually upped its estimates of the… read more
Originally posted on Slash Gear by Brittany A. Roston on May 2, 2018. The Centers for Disease Control posted its latest update on the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce, revealing that one person has died as a result since the late April update. Infections have been reported in 25 states… read more
Originally posted on CBSNews on May 3, 2018. Doctors are intensifying efforts to find out what caused groups of people in two different cities to mysteriously develop a rare eye cancer. Ocular melanoma typically occurs in just six out of every one million people, but we met four friends who went… read more
Ashley Niquetta went to services last Sunday at Evergreen AME Zion Church in Delco — the church she attended as a child — and gave a talk about pollution. Not just any pollution, but the 140 tons of methyl bromide emissions that could be emitted into the air each year in… read more
Originally posted on The News&Observer by John Murawski on May 2, 2018. Thousands of North Carolina doctors are breaking a new state law that limits opioid prescriptions for patients using the addictive drugs for the first time, according to the state’s largest health insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and preliminary data… read more
Originally posted on WECT6 Wilmington by Ben Smart on April 4, 2018. Six UNC Wilmington researchers addressed the media on Wednesday to explain their latest findings of GenX’s impact on the environment, including drinking water analysis, sediment buildup and release, rainwater GenX, and oyster studies. “The work continues until June… read more
Originally posted on MilitaryTimes by Tara Crop on April 27, 2018. The water at or around 126 military installations contains potentially harmful levels of perfluorinated compounds, which have been linked to cancers and developmental delays for fetuses and infants, the Pentagon has found. In a March report provided to the… read more