Forever chemicals found in sea foam on New Hanover, Brunswick County beaches

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – It’s white, fluffy, and may be bad for your health.

Sea foam is now added to the growing list of things impacted by forever chemicals, known as PFAS, in the Cape Fear region.

Samples of sea foam collected by researchers with Clean Cape Fear along New Hanover and Brunswick County beaches show extremely high levels of PFAS, according to a study called Going Upstream: The Environmental State of our Waterways.

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