Actor Mark Ruffalo visits N.C. in anti-pollution push

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Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is visiting North Carolina to push for policies to eliminate the pollution ofchemicals from industrial products, like those discharged into the Cape Fear River for years.Ruffalo is scheduled to speak today at a Legislative Building news conference in Raleigh to highlight thechallenges of communities affected by PFAS, also called "forever chemicals."These compounds include GenX, which is used in producing nonstick surfaces. Little research exists aboutthe health effects of chemicals like GenX, which has been used at the Chemours Co. plant nearFayetteville.