Jane Hoppin, an environmental epidemiologist at N.C. State, was part of a research team that analyzed archived samples of blood and drinking water for forever chemicals. Credit: Cornell Watson/Inside Climate News
Forever War, Part 2: This story is published in partnership with WHQR, a nonprofit radio station and NPR affiliate in Wilmington. It is the second in a series of stories about the PFAS crisis in North Carolina.
The shipment arrived by FedEx, packed in dry ice. Inside were 119 plastic vials, each containing three drops of blood that had been stored at minus 112 degrees Fahrenheit for as long as a decade…