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    RUTHERFORD COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) An Appalachian State scientist has a warning about the water quality of the Broad River. Dr. Shea Tuberty, an Appalachian State aquatic eco-toxicologist and biologist, is challenging regulators with his research on fish that were caught downstream from the American Zinc plant near Forest City. American Zinc, which deals with extremely hazardous metals that can potentially cause cancer, is under investigation by the EPA. The plant is permitted to release 980,000 gallons of waste water a day into the Broad River. Tuberty and his graduate students have been sampling fish upstream and downstream from American Zinc. He thinks state officials are not doing nearly enough to protect the waterway from pollutants coming from the plant.

United statesForest cityNorth carolinaRutherford countyDaniel smithJoe buchananAnna guerneyHannah woodburnDavid caldwellShea tubertyCarolina department of environmental qualityCarolina water quality divisionEuropean unionDuke energyAppalachian stateAmerican zinc