Forever War: This is part of a series about the PFAS crisis in North Carolina.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.C.—Mike Watters was running on two hours of sleep and one cup of coffee as he drove home to Grays Creek from the federal courthouse in Raleigh.
Watters is among 2,658 plaintiffs suing Chemours, a chemical manufacturer near Fayetteville, North Carolina, for releasing toxic GenX and other PFAS into the Cape Fear River and surrounding air, soil, groundwater and drinking water wells—including the Watters family’s…