Tuesday Top of the Scroll: Hidden danger in water confronts California wildfire survivors
California’s 2018 Camp Fire was the deadliest blaze in state history. … From all that destruction, a mysterious threat has emerged for those who appeared to have gotten by unscathed: household water supplies with concentrations of toxic benzene—including one sample that had 923 times what the state considers safe. More than nine months after the fire, the Paradise Irrigation District still has a “do not drink” order unless individual parcels have been cleared.