
NW Georgia has long lived with forever chemicals. Now comes the reckoning.
State leaders must take a proactive role in creating a remedy for residents and opposing efforts to shield companies from accountability for PFAS.

Calhoun residents didn’t ask for this fight. PFAS gave us no choice.
Many of us suffer from conditions we can’t explain — high cholesterol, kidney issues, ADHD, cancer — but we have no infrastructure to connect the dots.

‘Forever chemicals’ pose invisible threat and hidden costs
PFAS contamination is not an isolated problem but a systemic failure with far‑reaching consequences.
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Made in Georgia: Point Blank Pepper Co. creates hot products with a sweet twist
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New restaurants coming to Atlanta airport and more from the metro dining scene
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