About 80 people who crowded into the Varina Area Library Wednesday for a meeting with local, state and federal officials had some of their environmental concerns eased but left with other questions unanswered. The good news: a Varina sterilization plant identified last year by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Click here to read more
Henrico and state officials first learned in late October that significantly elevated levels of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were present in the White Oak Swamp and Chickahominy River basin near Richmond International Airport in Eastern Henrico – but some federal officials knew at least six months earlier, the Citizen
Click here to read more
Two sets of surface water tests of more than a dozen sites along the Chickahominy River basin and White Oak Swamp Creek in Eastern Henrico have confirmed high levels of potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS, and Henrico County now is offering free testing of about 120 private wells in
Click here to read more
Apparent high levels of potentially dangerous chemicals in the Chickahominy River watershed and White Oak Swamp Creek near Richmond International Airport have prompted more extensive testing from state agencies, and the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts will host a Nov. 16 webinar to inform residents about the process. High levels
Click here to read more