No sign tells you you’ve arrived at a Superfund site, but Rachael Thompson, the executive director of Glynn Environmental Coalition knows the four Brunswick-area ones well and regularly takes curious local citizens on tours of them. 

Next steps include educating health care providers in the area and planning for a larger study

The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program — often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.

A new report found most of Georgia’s heavily-contaminated superfund sites are vulnerable to impacts from climate change.

Environmental advocates on the coast are calling for more information about a proposed settlement around a polluted superfund site in Glynn County.