Researchers have discovered “alarmingly high” levels of toxic forever chemicals draining onto the seashore at Myrtle Beach near a closed military base that is suspected of contaminating groundwater and creeks for years.
The findings by a team of researchers identified the forever chemicals in water, foam and soil, with discharges flowing toward the ocean from a tidal creek north of Springmaid Pier, according to a news release issued Wednesday, May 13. The area is on the extreme southern end of Myrtle Beach just up the coast from Myrtle Beach State Park.
The discovery is believed to be the first documenting forever chemicals at a South Carolina ocean beach where vacationers wade, swim and fish every summer. The city and state test the ocean for bacteria each summer, but they do not check the salty water for forever chemicals…