…guidance on GenX, which is an unregulated contaminant. Chemours stated in the press release that Trace GenX amounts in the Cape Fear River to date have been well below the health-screening level announced by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services on June 12 and the company continues…
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EPA pulls plug on previously approved GenX imports
…release this afternoon said it does not discharge GenX into the Cape Fear River through its recycling process at its Fayetteville Works facility in Bladen County and that a “calculation error” had incorrectly identified the amount the company wants to import. “Our reclamation and recycling process for [GenX] is circular…
SELC Files New Lawsuit to Stop GenX
…the Eastern District of North Carolina for the company’s pollution of air and water with toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, including GenX, the SELC announced Wednesday. Kemp Burdette “Hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians get their drinking water downstream from Chemours’ toxic discharge,” said Kemp Burdette, Cape Fear…
Public Input Sought on Draft GenX Report
RALEIGH − The public is being asked for comment by the closing date of Sept. 28 on a report that will guide setting GenX standards. The state Department of Environmental Quality announced Thursday that Secretaries’ Science Advisory Board officials are looking for input on the draft report that aims to…
DEQ Information Session on GenX Thursday
…Health and Human Services, or DHHS, began in June 2017 the state investigation on the compound known as GenX found in the Cape. The Chemours facility in Fayetteville was identified as the company that produces the GenX chemical for industrial processes, according to the DEQ website. Learn More GenX Investigation…
Lawsuit Filed To Halt GenX Emissions
…authority to require Chemours to stop immediately all emissions and discharges of GenX and chemically related compounds from its Fayetteville Works Facility,” according to the release. SELC argues in the filing that DEQ is authorized to order Chemours to stop releasing toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, including GenX,…
GenX: Levels in Brunswick Water Above Goal
BOLIVIA — Brunswick County officials said Wednesday that water samples recently taken from untreated and treated water contained levels of the compound GenX higher than than the state’s set goal for public health. The county announced it had received the additional results of testing for GenX in the water supply…
Butler Raises GenX Issue During Budget Talks
…some pointed opposition along the way. When Rep. Deb Butler, D-New Hanover, one of the least-senior members of the House minority, began her comments on the budget with a strongly worded explanation on the GenX contamination issue in the Cape Fear River, she was urged by a senior colleague from…
Vaughn Hagerty: The reporter who broke the GenX story
Vaughn Hagerty was first to report on contaminants like GenX in the Cape Fear River, which supplies drinking water for much of the region. He is now director of communications with the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority in Wilmington. Photo: Contributed Second in a series. Vaughn Hagerty was Trista Talton’s…
EPA proposes GenX, PFAS be treated as hazardous waste
…or PFBA. hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid, or HFPO-DA, more commonly referred to as GenX. GenX is specific to the Chemours plant in Bladen County. GenX does not remain long – three days tops – in the human bloodstream, but its health effects continue to be studied. In 2022, more than 1,000…
GenX: Looking Closer At Chemours’ Plan
…concerns.” Emissions and discharges of PFAS include the compounds that make up GenX, a chemical compound produced to make Teflon, which is used to make nonstick coating surfaces for cookware. Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility has been discharging GenX and other PFAS into the Cape Fear River and air since the…
More Time Allowed for GenX Report Input
…sure to include “GenX Report” in the email’s subject line. Comments may also be submitted by mail to NCDEQ, Attn: Louise Hughes, 1601 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, N.C. 27699-1601. All comments received by the Oct. 12 closing date will be considered in finalizing the report. Learn More DEQ/DHHS GenX investigation…