- North Carolina attorney general is suing Brenntag Mid-South over alleged illegal releases of toxic chemicals into a creek that flows through a predominantly Black neighborhood and into a major drinking water supply.
DURHAM, N.C.—Acetone and ethanol, 1,4-dioxane and “mucilaginous goo.”
For decades, state regulatory documents show, a chemical repackaging and distribution company in Durham has discharged high levels of toxic chemicals, as well as other unknown substances, into a neighborhood creek that flows behind an elementary school, through a public park in a predominantly Black neighborhood, and into a major drinking water supply.
Now, the North Carolina attorney general is suing Brenntag Mid-South on behalf of state regulators over the alleged illegal releases, according to a complaint filed last Monday in Durham Superior Court…