…and environment from these new and emerging chemicals of concern, including GenX and hexavalent chromium. “We selected top talent from a robust pool of more than 50 candidates from across North Carolina,” Michael Regan, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality, said in a statement. “The panel we’ve assembled…
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In Dare County, Worry About Veto Override
…repeal, have voiced opposition to the governor’s veto. The bag ban repeal was inserted into HB 56 with a laundry list of other environmental regulations, particularly one that would provide further funding for studies on the situation regarding GenX, the unregulated chemical found in the Cape Fear River and Wilmington…
What Else Is In the Water? Study to Begin
…and Biochemistry, is designated as the university’s representative for program and project reports and correspondence. The first four months of the study will be devoted to establishing methodology and procedures. Sampling of raw and treated water is to begin once UNCW is confident with the methodology. The presence of GenX…
NCDEQ provides review of 2021 actions
…used to support community resilience through the program. DEQ expanded the actions required by Chemours to address GenX/ PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination in the Cape Fear Region. DEQ took enforcement actions against Chemours with fines of nearly $500,000 for several violations and for exceeding the facility-wide GenX annual air emissions limit. DEQ filed a complaint and…
Groups revive lawsuit against EPA over Chemours’ pollution
…seeking to require Chemours Co., the manufacturer of a compound known as GenX and based near Fayetteville, to conduct critical health studies on 54 substances that the groups say are putting hundreds of thousands of North Carolina residents at risk. In a statement, Bob Sussman, the petitioners’ counsel and a…
CRO Brings Home 26 NC Press Awards
…Entertainment Reporting, “‘Rising’ Exhibit Documents Coastal Change.” Kirk Ross, News Enterprise Reporting, North Carolina Policy Collaboratory series “Policy Collaboratory Moves Into New Phase“ “Collaboratory Studies: Better GenX Detection“ Jennifer Allen, Online Breaking News Coverage, “Cooper Promises Lawsuit Over Exemption.” Kathleen Onorevole, Best Multimedia Project, “Study: Nesting Turtles Prefer Dark Beaches.”…
EPA proposes 3 new actions to protect public from PFAS
…pollution since news broke five years ago that the chemicals were detected in the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for many in the Wilmington area. The Wilmington StarNews first reported in June 2017 that a North Carolina State University-led study had detected a compound called GenX and…
Groups sue EPA for not requiring Chemours pay for studies
…PFOS, continue to uncover the impacts of those in adults, children, and unborn babies. But there is little to no health data on these compounds, some of which, like GenX, one of the compounds created at Chemours, are being used as a replacement for PFOA and PFOS as those have…
Utility’s new filters for removing PFAS to go online this year
…for PFAS contamination such as Chemours’ compound known as GenX, the authority said. Chemours is a DuPont spinoff with a manufacturing plant near the Cape Fear River in Bladen County. Special report: GenX five years later The authority noted that, based on its projected drinking water demands, only four of…
AG, clean water advocates to speak during PFAS webinar
…Public Interest Research Group Education Fund, part of the national Public Interest Network social advocacy group. The attorney general in 2020 sued DuPont, Chemours and related companies for the damage their chemicals, including GenX, had caused to North Carolina’s natural resources. The company has since 2019 operated under a consent…
EPA Secretary Regan touts PFAS funding during NC stop
…in the Cape Fear region, the state had been working aggressively to address PFAS contamination. “We have become a national leader by necessity. In 2017 When GenX was discovered and a Cape Fear River, DEQ under then Secretary Reagan took decisive action to stop Chemours from releasing GenX into the…
Half of PFAS in drinking water not monitored by EPA: Study
…wall on-site to stop PFAS, including GenX, a chemical compound specific to the Fayetteville Works plant, from traveling through the ground into the river. Graphic: Natural Resources Defense Council The EPA is proposing to set limits on GenX and five other PFAS in public water systems. The agency’s proposal includes…