Toxicologist on cancer warnings: State acted despite science

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration are telling a string of misleading half-truths about the safety of well water containing a cancer-causing chemical near Duke Energy coal ash pits, a veteran state toxicologist said Wednesday, and he charged that they are the ones responsible for any resulting fear and confusion.
Toxicologist Ken Rudo’s comments in a statement issued through his attorney came a day after high-ranking state environ