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Minerals being tested include arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, silver, and manganese. The results show significant exceedances above permissible levels: arsenic (0.01 vs. 8.27), barium (0.05 vs. 853.73), chromium (0.05 vs. 57.42), lead (0.05 vs. 194.06), and selenium (0.2 vs. 2.26). Bumpus Cove has a history of nuclear fuel activity and dumping over decades. It's unclear if the contamination is due to Hurricane Helene or past dumping. The sample was taken from the mud flats in Bumpus Cove, suggesting that the contamination may stem from the silt of the Nolichucky River after the hurricane, rather than groundwater issues from the 1980s.