…In her lab, they’ve been testing the effects of GenX compared to PFOA, or C8, for which GenX was meant to replace. They found that GenX, when orally exposed, is toxic for rodents but less toxic for these measures than PFOA. “The data implies that GenX leaves the body sooner…
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Legislative Commission Enters GenX Fray
…Ross Cahoon said the issue goes beyond just GenX, which he stressed is an industry-created term, and detailed findings on worrisome presence of related compounds, some in higher concentrations than GenX. The effects on human health of the other, so-called, “emerging contaminants” are even less known. “We’re not talking about…
GenX Aware: Old Assumptions, New Attitudes
…residents enrolled in the first research effort on GenX and similar substances in humans. Mike Watters of Cumberland County has taken on a citizen-scientist role, working with researchers to study the potential uptake of GenX in his homegrown vegetables. But has water quality become an issue with enough priority to…
Cooper Rolls Out State Response to GenX
…DEQ. Cooper said DEQ will deny Chemours’ permit request to release GenX, and issue a new draft permit that prevents GenX release. The draft permit will include a clause allowing DEQ to quickly re-open the permit if needed to regulate and enforce levels of any emerging compounds, based on new…
GenX Questions Continue: What About Food?
…how much GenX and its sister chemicals two companies released into public and private drinking water supplies. Now more questions are rising. Dutch scientists this week briefed North Carolina scientists that GenX and a related older chemical, PFOA (or C8), has been detected in vegetables, grass and leaves near a…
Scientists Push Ahead With GenX Research
…studying how GenX breaks down in the environment and determining how much GenX is sequestered in river sediments are important in filling the gaps in what’s known about the compound and its potential effects. He said those gaps are helping fuel public concerns including the fear that GenX could have…
GenX Response: Stored Water Disposal Set
…Sept. 10. Preliminary testing of water shows scant traces of the chemical GenX, a contaminant for which federal regulatory standards have yet to be developed. The pump-out is part of the authority’s latest moves to respond to the GenX contamination, in addition to a nearly $65,000 contract with the University…
GenX Study Shows Harm to Mice, Offspring
…health goal of 140 parts per trillion for GenX. There are no federal guidelines for the chemical compound. Fenton said that researchers were surprised the effects of PFOA and GenX were similar at low doses. “GenX did not accumulate in the liver to the extent that PFOA did,” she said….
Collaboratory Studies: Better GenX Detection
…might fit in the organization’s new initiative on GenX and emerging contaminants. Their project received $50,000 in this year’s round of collaboratory grants. Lockett said the goal is to make an inexpensive test that will allow someone to check their water for the presence of GenX with the same simple…
Blood Tests Show 4 PFAS, But No GenX
…research team’s co-investigators. The researcher’s method reporting limit was 2 parts per billion of GenX, explained Nadine Kotlarz, a postdoctoral research scholar at N.C. State. GenX is the commonly used term for perfluoro-2-propoxypropanoic acid, a chemical compound produced to make Teflon, which is used to make nonstick coating surfaces for…
GenX Bills Expected During January Session
RALEIGH – Legislators are sorting through a list of potential environmental provisions ahead of the General Assembly’s return in early January, moving up the timetable for further state response to GenX and other emerging contaminants. North Carolina State University water quality scientist Detlef Knappe and graduate student Catalina Lopez are…
Pivotal Fall Ahead For GenX Research, Action
…Panel OKs Health Goal – With Caveats As the new network cranks up, work on mitigating the effects of GenX downstream and downwind of the Chemours plant continues. Last week, a panel of scientists, including Knappe, concurred with the state’s health goal for GenX levels in surface water set by…