…bags outright. One of the easiest things a local government can do is require vendors it contracts with not use single-use plastics or products contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS — think GenX. “That’s a very easy, straightforward thing that local governments can do and it doesn’t require…
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Chemours asks to build barrier wall to slow PFAS
…of PFAS at the Chemours facility, first brought to light in June 2017 after the state was informed that GenX was found in the Cape Fear River. it was determined that Chemours was the source of what are often called forever chemicals. The state in August 2020 ordered Chemours to…
NC to hold PFAS testing meeting, set draft permit hearing
…would allow Chemours to discharge as much as 2.9 million gallons per day of effluent containing certain levels of PFAS, including GenX, into the Cape Fear River,” CFPUA officials said. ‘Neighbors’ campaign In recent months, Chemours has launched a campaign, Chemours Neighbors, committing to community involvement and investment. The company…
Climate change, pollution imperil Cape Fear, advocates say
…retardants. Five years ago, residents of the Cape Fear region learned that the Chemours Co.’s Fayetteville Works Facility upstream in Bladen County had been discharging PFAS, including GenX, directly into their drinking water source since 1980. A consent order, the result of a lawsuit brought by North Carolina Department of…
Cape Fear River advocate blasts Chemours’ expansion plans
…NCDEQ’s Division of Air Quality, told Coastal Review Thursday that Chemours had not submitted an application related to the announced expansion plan. Sargent said Cape Fear River Watch representatives will attend the public meetings. Anyone interested in joining can sign up online. Special report: GenX: Five Years Later In its…
PFAS detected in stain-resistant school uniforms: Study
…documents to help residents in impacted communities understand more about PFAS, including PFAS Factsheet, GenX Factsheet, PFAS Testing and Filtration, and PFAS Clinician Memo, Summer Tonizzo with the Office of Communications told Coastal Review. She said that the department continues its work to “understand the impact and effects of PFAS…
PFAS contamination likely at 58,000 sites in US: Study
…guidance, to help decide whether they should test their wells for PFAS or other potential contaminants. To assist with these efforts, NCDHHS has developed several documents to help residents in impacted communities understand more about PFAS, see here: PFAS Factsheet, GenX Factsheet, PFAS Testing and Filtration, and PFAS Clinician Memo.”…
Understaffed environmental agency ‘stretched to the limit’
Department of Environmental Quality staff sample Bladen County water for GenX contamination in 2019. Photo: NCDEQ Nearly one-fifth of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s job positions are unfilled, leaving the agency responsible for administering regulations to protect water, air quality and the public’s health in a tight pinch…
NC river toxins threaten subsistence fishing, tribal practices
…acid, or PFOS, which is one substance in the class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. “Most PFAS exposure is through drinking water or eating food that contains PFAS,” said environmentalist Beth Kline-Markesino, founder of North Carolina Stop GenX in our Water, a nonprofit advocacy group. “However it is…
Saltwater fish may be in future Cape Fear health advisories
…which are synthetic chemical compounds used in a host of consumer goods, including state and water-resistant products. Nearly 280 fish from across 14 different species were collected and tested for 56 different PFAS, including GenX, a human-made chemical specific to Chemours Fayetteville Works Facility more than 70 miles upriver of…
State’s Native Americans at higher risk of preterm births
…been tested or are waiting to be tested for GenX and other per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, contamination linked to Chemours’ Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County. Under the terms of a consent order, Chemours is responsible for paying to either install filtration systems in homes with wells that…
New Hanover County sues PFAS product makers, vendors
…This year will mark the seventh since the public was made aware that PFAS, including a compound known as GenX, were for decades being discharged into the Cape Fear River, the drinking water source for tens of thousands of people in the region. PFAS were also being released into the…