Are Cape Fear River ‘forever chemicals’ making alligators sick?
WILMINGTON, NC (STARNEWS) — Alligators in the Cape Fear River have been found to have higher elevations of PFAS chemicals in their blood and show genetic markers of autoimmune disease, according to a North Carolina State University study.
The findings were published in Frontiers in Toxicology last month following a study that compared blood serum in Cape Fear River alligators to those in a Lake Waccamaw reference population.
The research team was led by associate professor of biology at N.C. State University Scott Belcher.
