State says Neuse arsenic levels safe after flooding at Duke Energy coal-ash ponds; Utility, environmental groups still at odds

State officials say water sampled from the Neuse River downstream from flooded coal-ash ponds at Duke Energy Progress’ H.F. Lee plant show levels of arsenic and heavy metals well within state safety guidelines. Environmental groups contend that testing by the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality is inadequate and underestimates the environmental damage the ash spill, caused by Hurricane Florence, has done to the river. But the state report supports tests done by Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK)…

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