Otherwise, Brown said she doesn’t seek pollution information, which she felt should be more accessible and convenient.

Another local fisherman named Mark, who preferred to be identified only by his first name, said although he’s at Northbridge to fish for sport, he knows people who might be affected by and are unaware of the scope of local contamination — in particular, contamination caused by harmful toxins called polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals.” Mark, too, didn’t know about S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) fishing advisories or its fish tissue sampling for forever chemicals.