False positive drug tests, cancer-causing toxins, incorrect medical bills

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Uncovered by Atlanta News First Investigates pulls back the curtain on the stories powerful people don’t want told. As the Southeast’s largest investigative team, we dig deeper to expose corruption, hold companies and government accountable, and uncover systemic failures that affect everyday consumers.

Here’s what we’re uncovering this week.

Episode 17

  • An executive order signed by President Donald Trump in April is drawing criticism from civil rights advocates, who warn it could disproportionately harm students of color and those with disabilities.
  • A Cartersville woman spent weeks trying to prove she wasn’t the patient who checked into an emergency room nearly 200 miles away. But it wasn’t until Atlanta News First Consumer Investigator Better Call Harry got involved that she finally got answers and relief from a $570 medical bill she didn’t owe.
  • A Cherokee County mother has been cleared by child welfare officials after false positive drug test results nearly separated her from her children.

Watch Uncovered by ANF Investigates every Sunday at 7 p.m. on Atlanta News First.

Episode 18

  • A joint investigation by Atlanta News First Investigates and Grist uncovered more than 50 people who worked at a metro Atlanta warehouse who claimed in a lawsuit their former employer exposed them to a cancer-causing toxin for years.
  • A Douglasville woman said she is finally getting relief after her water and sewage bill skyrocketed to $1,500 following three leaking toilets that she said her property management company failed to repair promptly.
  • An update on a night that could have turned deadly in Augusta, Georgia.

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