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Henry “Hal” Hart, Brunswick, was a participant in the Emory University exposure study. April 23, 2025 in Brunswick, GA. (Justin Taylor/The Current GA)

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  • Environment

Brunswick human exposure study leaves more questions than answers for participants

The 97-participant study included residents who lived or worked near the toxic sites.

May 22, 2025
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By:
  • Jabari Gibbs and
  • The Current
Rev. Barbara Brockman swirls a sample of water mixed with a reagent to prepare for incubation while talking with Luke Roberson, the coordinator of community engagement and outreach on the project from Georgia Southern. Credit: Serra Sowers/The Current

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  • Environment

Brunswick residents join scientists to test water quality near Superfund sites

A partnership between residents of Brunswick and Georgia Southern University’s Institute for Water and Health is hoping to bridge the gaps in data collection in some of Glynn county’s most polluted waters.

August 01, 2024
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By:
  • The Current and
  • Serra Sowers
An aerial view of the LCP Chemical Superfund site in Brunswick, Georgia.

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Study recruits Glynn residents to measure their bodies’ chemical levels

Home to four Superfund sites, the Brunswick area has a long history of environmental contamination from local industry. But there has never been a study of Brunswick residents to determine if the environmental contaminants have entered people’s bodies — until now.

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Woman in yard with grandchildren

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  • Environment

Lead-tainted Atlanta neighborhood becomes major EPA Superfund site

A westside Atlanta neighborhood contaminated with lead has been added to the EPA’s Superfund priority list, freeing up more federal funding for long-term cleanup.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Andy Miller
Water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont., in 2018. It's part of the Upper Tenmile Creek Mining Area Superfund site

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  • Environment

The EPA begins rolling out billions to clean up Superfund sites

Starting with $1 billion, the EPA announced that 23 states and Puerto Rico would be getting money to clean up Superfund sites in a previously unfunded backlog.

December 18, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Water contaminated with arsenic, lead and zinc flows from a pipe out of the Lee Mountain mine and into a holding pond near Rimini, Mont., in 2018. It's part of the Upper Tenmile Creek Mining Area Superfund site

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  • Environment

The EPA begins rolling out billions to clean up Superfund sites

Starting with $1 billion, the EPA announced that 23 states and Puerto Rico would be getting money to clean up Superfund sites in a previously unfunded backlog.

December 18, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Superfund site

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  • Environment

Brunswick Residents Living Next To A Superfund Site Worry About Cleanup 40 Years Later

For all the natural beauty surrounding the majority minority town of Brunswick and the wealthier white Golden Isles across the causeway, few locals are aware of the myriad environmental dangers surrounding them.

May 04, 2021
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By:
  • Laura Corley
Frank Fahland, 61, is one of hundreds of Libby, Mont., residents who has an asbestos-related disease. That makes them potentially more vulnerable to complications from COVID-19.

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  • Health

COVID-19 Stalks A Montana Town Already Grappling With Asbestos Disease

In Libby, Mont., an estimated 1 in 10 have an asbestos-related illness, after decades of pollution from a now-shuttered mine. With lungs already scarred, many fear contracting the coronavirus.

October 11, 2020
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By:
  • Nate Hegyi

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