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Water letter alerts heightened
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levels of organic carbon
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revealed the water had above-com- ganic carbon.
By Matt Tate
pliance levels of trihalomethanes “Once the averages were known
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Tony Laughter with the Ivy River an increased risk of cancer. said, and the water’s total organic
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The N.C. Department of Envi-
ronment and Natural Resources
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set the contamination level of total
organic carbon at 2 percent. Run-
ning annual average levels between
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the stocks of companies whose earnings This article was written by Ed- M
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