…around the Chemours facility. He said in community meetings he’s attended on the coast that upriver residents appreciate the work to stop GenX discharges, but remain worried about the bigger picture. “There is a frustration with the lack of understanding and knowledge of the long-term impacts of GenX,” he said….
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GenX Bill Stalls; DEQ Orders Chemours Action
…order, Chemours severed and capped the plant’s industrial wastewater pipe. On Nov. 13, DEQ issued a notice of violation to Chemours after a smokestack release of GenX caused deposition of the chemical on the facility’s grounds. Subsequent rainfall mixed with the GenX which resulted in contaminated stormwater being discharged to…
State to hold meeting on GenX effects, new EPA advisory
…in Fayetteville was identified as the company that produces GenX for industrial processes. GenX is the trade name for a man-made compound used in manufacturing nonstick coatings and for other purposes and is in a family of chemicals known as per- and poly- fluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS. GenX is…
Chemours challenges EPA health advisory for GenX
…for its intended purpose.” Health studies of animals that ingested GenX show health effects in the kidneys, blood, immune system, liver and developing fetuses, according to the EPA’s toxicity assessment. Chemours argues that the GenX toxicity assessment issued October 2021 was “materially different” from a draft assessment published in November…
Legislative Action On GenX, PFAS Still On Hold
…equipment, additional personnel and a mobile testing lab for analysis of PFAS compounds such as GenX. Molly Diggins In preliminary discussions on the budget there’s already been some pushback to that, partly because the enforcement actions again GenX manufacturer Chemours have resulted in a sharp reduction of the compound going…
Senate Adjourns With No Vote On GenX Bill
…four meetings digging into GenX contamination beginning in September. Latest Twist in the GenX Saga Detection of GenX pollution in and near the Cape Fear River has expanded over seven months, starting with disclosure last summer that the hard-to-break-down chemical was tainting municipal drinking water supplies in Wilmington and neighboring…
Science Board Gives Final OK to GenX Report
…substantial changes before approving a report on GenX as well as addressed methyl bromide used in log fumigation. GenX is the potentially carcinogenic chemical found in the Cape Fear River, and in hundreds of private wells surrounding the Chemours Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County. GenX and other per- and…
Panel Backs State’s GenX Health Goal
RALEIGH – A panel of scientists formed last year to address GenX and coal ash contamination has recommended state officials continue to use a health goal for GenX of 140 parts per trillion. Chemours’ plant is part of the Fayetteville Works industrial park in Bladen and Cumberland counties. File photo…
DEQ Subpoenaed for GenX Permit Records
…the issues surrounding GenX and the other unregulated chemical compounds.” In June, Gov. Roy Cooper directed DEQ and the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services to launch an investigation into Chemours’ discharge of GenX. Then last week, Cooper directed the State Bureau of Investigation’s Diversion and Environmental Crimes Unit…
GenX study finds Chemours-specific chemicals in residents
…Trista Talton WILMINGTON – Many people living in the Cape Fear River basin who volunteered to take part in the most recent GenX exposure study had higher levels of four highly fluorinated compounds in their blood than the average American. While GenX was not found in the blood samples of…
Researchers to Study GenX Exposure
RALEIGH — North Carolina State University researchers received a two-year, $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, or NIEHS, to study GenX exposure among New Hanover County residents. GenX is a chemical generated in the production of nonstick coatings for cookware. In early 2017, GenX was detected…
GenX Battle Expected As Legislature Returns
…session opens this week with a number of environmental measures on an evolving to-do list, including another round in the ongoing fight between the legislature and Gov. Roy Cooper regarding funding for the response to GenX contamination in the Cape Fear River. Related: Scientists Push Ahead With GenX Research Although…