North Carolina Reporter for Inside Climate News Lisa Sorg joins 97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell on Thursday, April 17. She discusses her latest piece for the outlet, which details how a 2022 fertilizer plant fire in Winston-Salem led to the contamination of Yadkin County farmland and crops with toxic chemicals. PFAS chemicals are widespread, but are still being research for their health hazardous and how to address them. Sorg details what has been done by the Environmental Protection Agency so far, but how the change enacted by President Donald Trump’s administration might hamper those efforts. She also discusses how farms are often victims, as well as purveyors, of environmental issues like this incident.

Each Thursday “News on the Hill” centers conversations around climate and sustainability for our Climate Thursday segment. We visit with community leaders, policy makers, and experts in the fields of climate science and sustainability in order to put all of the latest climate news into local context. Find past Climate Thursday conversations here.

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