…areas inside the company’s Fayetteville Works facility. The EPA report includes analysis of industrial process wastewater samples DEQ collected from manufacturing areas within the Fayetteville Works facility on Sept. 18. The water samples were tested for GenX, two Nafion byproducts and three other fluorinated compounds. DEQ staff worked with EPA…
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EPA to list PFAS as hazardous as part of new approach
…that Regan put in place in April, focuses on three strategies: increase investments in research, leverage authorities to act now to restrict PFAS chemicals from being released into the environment, and accelerate the cleanup of PFAS contamination, EPA officials said. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, including GenX, are a…
PFAS testing: 1,000 homes qualify for filtration or tap, so far
…tested higher for at least one chemical compound, making them eligible to receive either in-home filtration systems or the option to tap into a public water utility. Sharon Mathis said samples from her well contained 6.9 parts per trillion, or ppt, of GenX, a compound specific to the Chemours facility…
Wells Test Positive for Emerging Compounds
…for the contaminants, which share similarities with the compound known as GenX that has been detected in the Cape Fear River near Wilmington and elsewhere around the Chemours Co. manufacturing plant in Bladen County. “Aircraft firefighting foam is one of the things that these compounds have been used in,” said…
Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board to discuss PFAS
Dr. Jane Hoppin will speak to the state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board Monday about a recent GenX study publication. Photo: N.C. State University Dr. Jane Hoppin is to give a presentation on the results of a recently published GenX study during the state Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board meeting Monday. The…
Sweeney’s new filters remove PFAS from water: Authority
…GenX, was detected in the treated drinking water, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority officials announced Tuesday. The filters treat 100% of the water at the Sweeney Plant that is distributed to customers. The authority said it will continue to monitor PFAS levels in untreated and treated water at the Sweeney…
Cape Fear Utility Files Lawsuit Over GenX
WILMINGTON – The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, or CFPUA, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Chemours and DuPont, alleging negligence and that the companies knew the threats of the chemicals discharged into the Cape Fear River. The Wilmington utility filed the complaint Monday in federal district court for the…
Bills Offer Options for PFAS Regulation
…push it in several different directions,’” McCallie said. “It’s not just one strategy.” It also broadens the discussion beyond reaction to the GenX contamination in the lower Cape Fear River. DEQ has done a good job dealing with Chemours and reducing GenX discharges from its Fayetteville Works facility, McCallie said….
No Criminal Action Taken Against Chemours
…chemical North Carolina State University researchers found in the drinking water sourced from the lower Cape Fear River. GenX is a man‐made, unregulated chemical used in manufacturing nonstick coatings. The state Department of Health and Human Services was notified about GenX and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in June 2017,…
Brunswick Water Treatment Project Gets OK
…add advanced treatment to our water treatment plant, and we look forward to this project being completed.” Brunswick County’s water customers and wholesale water customers receive either all or part of their water from the Northwest Water Treatment Plant. After learning that GenX and other PFAS compounds were found in…
Not All In-Home Water Filters Equal: Study
…say having a filter is better than not having one. Reverse osmosis works best Stapleton said the study, published Wednesday in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, found that reverse osmosis filters work best. They reduced GenX and other PFAS by 94% or more, according to a news release provided to…
EPA Denies Retaliation Against Scientist
…Energy). We are aware of no retaliation by EPA management.” The senators were invited to the facility to get an overview of the EPA’s PFAS research. PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals used in consumer products that can be released into the environment. One such chemical compound is GenX,…