New River

High zinc levels are poisoning the New River

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The historic New River, which flows through centralĀ Appalachia – across North Carolina and West Virginia, in Virginia (USA) -, is showing signs of high levels of zinc that is poisoning the water and polluting the nearby land. New evidence has arisen, butĀ the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is not acting to solve the problem. This … Read more