NC State Epidemiologist Resigns After McCrory "Misleads" on Well Water

"North Carolina’s state epidemiologist resigned Wednesday to protest her employer’s depiction that “deliberately misleads” how screening standards were created to test private wells near Duke Energy’s power plants.

Dr. Megan Davies’ immediate resignation after seven years on the job deepens a rift between Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration and some of the state’s top public health scientists. McCrory is a former Duke employee who is running for a second term as governor.

The millions of tons of coal ash stored at Duke’s power plants has contaminated groundwater under them. State tests last year found that cancer-causing chemicals were present in hundreds of nearby private wells, although Duke denies coal ash is the source."

Bruce Henderson reports for the Charlotte Observer August 10, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Toxicologist Faults North Carolina Over Coal Ash" (AP)

"‘Peon’ State Scientist Finds Himself Nose To Nose With Governor, Duke Energy" (Raleigh News & Observer)

"North Carolina Toxicologist Faces Backlash From Mccrory Administration Over Coal Ash" (Utility Dive)